Stake vs Capital.com

Stake vs Capital.com Comparison Table 2024
Stake	Capital.com
Review 2.9	Review 1.8

Stake is an Wall Street brokerage offering 6,000+ stocks on a mobile investing app. This multi-reglated broker has gained a strong reputation since its inception in 2017, with over 450,000 customers. The brand offers competitive fees, with just a $3 brokerage charge and 0.5% for FX conversion, making it popular with global traders.	Capital.com offer CFDs on a range of markets with competitive spreads and zero commissions. The broker also offers the Investmate app, negative balance protection and leveraged trading.
	Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. % of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Bonus Offer
Free Stock
Comment by Reviewer
"Stake will appeal to aspiring stock investors looking for a heavily regulated, easy-to-use mobile platform with low fees and thousands of US shares."
Pros
Strong regulatory oversight with licenses and memberships with FINRA, SIPC and the FCA Excellent range of 6,000 US stocks and ETFs, plus a useful stock comparison tool Free first 'mystery' stock when you sign up and fund your account within 24 hours Competitive $3 brokerage charge and free fractional shares, plus no inactivity or account fees Sleek and user-friendly mobile interface with price charts, a financial news stream and market data Attractive 'Stake Black' membership for Australian and New Zealand clients, offering instant fund settlements and more Educational content and market overviews are posted to help investors stay up to date with the US and Australian markets Fractional trading and stock lending help Stake offer a complete investing package Clients can take advantage of free trades on Wall Street stocks and ETFs
Cons
Stake charges hefty deposit and withdrawal fees, and up to A$20 per month for its top account levels To unlock market depth, company financial data and OTC stock trading, investors need to pay up to A$20 per month for Stake Black UK investors are limited to bank transfers when making deposits and withdrawals There is only one method for clients to contact the customer support team The brokerage does not support trading using leverage or margin There are limited technical analysis tools in the app There is a narrow range of trading instruments
Awards
	Top 5 Trading Platforms Globally 2021 - BrokerChooser Best Mobile Platform / App - Investment Trends
Instruments
Stocks, ETFs	CFDs, forex, indices, shares, commodities, spread betting (only available in the UK), cryptos (not available in the UK)
Demo Account
No	Yes
Minimum Deposit
$50	$20 (By credit card - varies by payment method)
Trading Platforms
Own	MT4 TradingView
Payment Methods
Apple Pay Credit Card Debit Card Google Wallet POLi Wire Transfer	Apple Pay Boleto Credit Card Debit Card Giropay GlobePay iDeal Mastercard PayPal Przelewy24 Sofort Trustly Visa Wire Transfer
Minimum Trade
Variable	$1
Regulator
FCA, ASIC, FMA	FCA, CySEC, ASIC, FSA
Margin Trading
No	Yes
Margin Rate
	1.5%
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
No	No
Negative Balance Protection
No	Yes
Market Maker
No	No
P2P Trading
No	No
Spot Trading
No	Yes
Mobile Apps
iOS & Android	iOS & Android + InvestMate
Auto Trading
	Expert Advisors (EAs) on MetaTrader
Copy Trading
No	No
Social Trading
No	No
VPS Hosting
No	No
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
No	No
Custodial Account
No	No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No	No
Inactivity Fee
$0	$0
Islamic Account
No	No
Account Currencies
USD GBP AUD NZD BRL	USD EUR GBP PLN
Stock Exchanges
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Nasdaq New York Stock Exchange	Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Borsa Italiana Bombay Stock Exchange CAC 40 Index France DAX GER 40 Index Deutsche Boerse Dow Jones Euronext FTSE UK Index Hang Seng Hong Kong Stock Exchange IBEX 35 Japan Exchange Group London Stock Exchange Nasdaq National Stock Exchange Of India New York Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange
Commodities
	Aluminium Cocoa Coffee Cannabis Copper Corn Cotton Gold Lithium Oil Orange Juice Palladium Platinum Silver Soybeans Sugar Wheat
CFD Trading
CFD trading not offered	Trade CFDs on an array of assets with ultra-low spreads
Leverage
	1:30
FTSE Spread
	0.9 pt var
GBPUSD Spread
	0.00013 pips var
Oil Spread
	0.03 pips var
Stocks Spread
	Var
Forex Trading
Forex trading not offered	Capital.com offer a long list of forex CFD pairs for trading. All have competitive spreads. The firm also ensures negative balance protection
Forex App
	Capital.com offers the highly rated Investmate app. As well as leveraged forex trading with competitive spreads and fees, the application offers a comprehensive educational package for beginners. The FX investing app is free to download from the respective app store with a live Capital.com account.
GBPUSD Spread
	0.00013 pips (var)
EURUSD Spread
	0.00007 pips (var)
EURGBP Spread
	0.00015 pips (var)
Assets
	130+
Cryptocurrency
Crypto trading not offered	Capital.com have some of the tightest spreads available on cryptos. They also offer crypto-only pairs, so that investors can trade cryptos versus each other, not purely the $ or € price. (Crypto not available to UK retail clients).
Spread
	66 pips (BTC to USD)
Coins
	BTC XLM ETH XRP NEO TRX BTG LTC QTUM XEM ADA BTS
Crypto Lending
No	No
Crypto Mining
No	No
Crypto Staking
No	No
Auto Market Maker
No	No

Review	Review
	Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. % of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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