Merrill Edge vs Charles Schwab
| Merrill Edge | Charles Schwab |
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2.8
Merrill Edge is #34 in our broker rankings. |
2.8
Charles Schwab is #34 in our broker rankings. |
 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
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Merrill Edge is one of the best online brokers for investors in the United States. |
Charles Schwab is a large US investment broker offering a massive range of stocks, ETFs and equity derivatives in a variety of savings and investment accounts |
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| Bonus | |
| $600 Transfer Bonus | |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Options, Bonds | Stocks, Futures, Options, Crypto, ETFs |
| Demo Account | |
| No | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $0 | $1 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Minimum Trade | |
| 0.01 lots | 1 |
| Regulator | |
| SEC, FINRA | SEC, FINRA, FCA1 |
| Margin Trading | |
| Yes | No |
| Margin Rate | |
| 8.625% | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | No |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| AlgoTrader | |
| No | No |
| OmniTrader | |
| No | No |
| TradingView | |
| No | No |
| Autochartist | |
| No | No |
| eSignal | |
| No | No |
| Trading Central | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| No | No |
| MAM Account | |
| No | No |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| No | Yes |
| Robo Advisor | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | No |
| Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| Yes | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS & Android | iOS & Android |
| Auto Trading | |
| Yes | |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | No |
| Tournaments | |
| No | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Custodial Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Guaranteed Stop Loss | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
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| Commodities | |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | Charles Schwab supports indirect crypto trading through digital coin trusts and crypto-related stocks. |
| Spread | |
| Floating | |
| Coins | |
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| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Staking | |
| No | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
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