Plus500 vs TradeStation
| Plus500 | TradeStation |
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| A trader with a Plus500 account can trade CFDs on underlying financial instruments such as Forex, Stocks, Commodities, Cryptocurrency (Availability subject to regulation), Options and Indices. With tight spreads and no commission, they are a leading global brand. Voted #1 in UK. | US based broker with pricing methods split to cater for active day traders, or longer term stock holders |
 Traders from US not accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
| Awards | |
| Best Overall Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com
Best Overall Broker 2020 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2019 - DayTrading.com Best Trading App 2019 - DayTrading.com |
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| Promotions | |
| Bonus | |
| None | None |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto | Stocks, Futures, E-minis, CFD |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $100 | $500 |
| Payment Methods | |
| BPAY, Credit Card, Diners Club, Giropay, iDeal, Mastercard, Neteller, PayPal, Skrill, Swift, Trustly, Visa, Webmoney, Western Union, Wire Transfer | |
| Minimum Trade | |
| Varies by asset | Min lot size will vary |
| Regulator | |
| FCA, CySec, ASIC | SEC |
| Margin Trading | |
| Yes | No |
| Margin Rate | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| Yes | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| No | Yes |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS, Android and Windows |
| Auto Trading | |
| No | No |
| Trade Signals | |
| No | No |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
| USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, ZAR | USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, CHF |
| CFD | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 | 1:20 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| Variable | N/A |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | N/A |
| Oil Spread | |
| Variable | 0.06 pips |
| Stocks Spread | |
| Variable | 0.2% Var |
| Forex | |
| Plus500 Offer forex trading via CFDs with tight variable spreads and a range of well over 70 currency pairs. Free Unlimited Demo Account. | Forex trading not offered |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| Variable | |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Assets | |
| 70+ | |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Plus500 accounts can trade CFDs on a range of cryptocurrencies 24/7, with competitive spreads (Just 1% for BTC). Leverage of 1:2 is also available. (Availability subject to regulation.) | Crypto trading not offered |
| Spread | |
| BTC 1%, ETH 1.6% | |
| Coins | |
| BCH, BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, IOTA, NEO, EOS, XMR | |
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