TD Ameritrade vs Avatrade
| TD Ameritrade | Avatrade |
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| One of the largest discount brokers in the US, with a fixed trading commission and access to a large array of trading products and securities | Leading forex and CFD broker regulated in Ireland, Australia, Canada and South Africa. Avatrade are particularly strong in integration, including MT4 |
 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US not accepted |
| Awards | |
| Best Forex Broker 2019 - DayTrading.com
Best Trading App 2021 - DayTrading.com |
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| Bonus | |
| 60 days free trades when depositing $3k | None |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Futures, E-minis, Forex | Stocks, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $0 | $100 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Apple Pay | Bitcoin Payments, Credit Card, FasaPay, Mastercard, MoneyGram, Perfect Money, Skrill, Swift, Webmoney, Western Union, Wire Transfer |
| Minimum Trade | |
| None | $1 |
| Regulator | |
| SEC | CBoI, ASIC, FSB |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Margin Rate | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | Yes |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | Yes |
| ECN Account | |
| No | Yes |
| DMA Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS and Android | iOS and Android |
| Auto Trading | |
| ? | Avatrader make auto trading easy with API integration into numerous platforms including MetaTrader4, Duplitrade and MQL5 |
| Trade Signals | |
| ? | ? |
| Social Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | Yes |
| Account Currencies | |
| - | USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD |
| CFD | |
| CFD trading not offered | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:400 | |
| FTSE Spread | |
| 0.5 pt | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 1.0 var | |
| Oil Spread | |
| 0.02 | |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.13 Abv Market | |
| Forex | |
| Avatrade offer 50+ currency pairs and their spreads are some of the best among any broker. They are regulated across 5 continents. | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | 1.0 var |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| Variable | 0.7 var |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| Variable | 1.7 var |
| Assets | |
| 40+ | |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | Regulated in 5 continents, Avatrade offer a very secure way to access Crypto markets. They offer a great range of Crypto, very tight spreads, and 1:2 leverage. [Not available in Canada] |
| Spread | |
| BTC 1% ETH 2% | |
| Coins | |
| BCH, BTC, BTG, ETH, LTC, XRP, EOS, DASH | |
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