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Robinhood vs FXCM

Robinhood vs FXCM Comparison Table 2023
Robinhood FXCM
Review
0.9

Robinhood is #13 in our CFD broker rankings.

We do not recommend trading with Robinhood. Their business practices have harmed traders and their "free" trading offer has been criticized for actually costing their traders millions of dollars.
Review
3.5
United States Flag Traders from US accepted
United States Flag Traders from US not accepted

Robinhood have pioneered mobile trading in the US. Their offer attempts to provide the cheapest share trading anywhere.

FXCM are an FCA regulated, London based broker. Companies under the FXCM umbrella are also regulated in Australia and South Africa.

Instruments
Stocks, Options, CFD, Crypto, ETFs Spreadbetting, CFD, Forex, Crypto
Demo Account
No Yes
Minimum Deposit
$0 £300
Payment Methods
Minimum Trade
$10 Varies by asset
Regulator
SEC FCA, CySEC, ASIC.
Margin Trading
No Yes
Margin Rate
2.5%
MetaTrader 4
No Yes
MetaTrader 5
No No
cTrader
No No
AlgoTrader
No No
OmniTrader
No No
TradingView
No Yes
Autochartist
No No
eSignal
No Yes
Trading Central
No No
STP Account
No No
ECN Account
No No
DMA Account
No No
MAM Account
No Yes
PAMM Account
No No
LAMM Account
No No
Demat Account
No No
AI / Machine Learning
No No
Robo Advisor
No No
Negative Balance Protection
No Yes
Market Maker
No Yes
P2P Trading
No No
Spot Trading
No No
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android and Windows iOS and Android
Copy Trading
No Yes
Copy Trading Platform
FXCM offers social and copy trading on forex, CFDs and cryptos through the hugely popular ZuluTrade platform.
Social Trading
No Yes
VPS Hosting
No No
Tournaments
No No
Demo Competitions
No No
Ethical Investing
No No
Custodial Account
No No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No No
Islamic Account
No No
Account Currencies
  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
  • CAD
  • AUD
  • ZAR
  • CHF
Stock Exchanges
Commodities
CFD Trading
Leverage
1:2 1:30
FTSE Spread
N/A 1.18 pts var*
GBPUSD Spread<
N/A 0.5 pips*
Oil Spread
0.05 (var)*
Stocks Spread
0.3% Var 0.2% Var*
Forex Trading
Forex trading not offered
GBPUSD Spread
0.5 pips var*
EURUSD Spread
0.2 pips var*
EURGBP Spread
0.5 pips var*
Assets
40
Cryptocurrency
Robinhood offers crypto investing with zero commissions
Spread
0%
Coins
  • BTC
  • ETH
  • BCH
  • LTC
  • SOL
  • DOGE
  • BTG
  • OMG
  • XMR
  • QTUM
  • DASH
  • XRP
  • XLM
  • ZEC
  • NEO
  • LSK
Crypto Lending
No No
Crypto Mining
No No
Crypto Staking
No No
Auto Market Maker
No No
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