TD Ameritrade vs Plus500
| TD Ameritrade | Plus500 |
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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 | 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. |
 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US not 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 | |
| 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 | BPAY, Credit Card, Diners Club, Giropay, iDeal, JCB Card, Mastercard, Neteller, PayPal, Skrill, Swift, Trustly, Visa, Webmoney, Western Union, Wire Transfer |
| Minimum Trade | |
| None | Varies by asset |
| Regulator | |
| SEC | FCA, CySec, ASIC |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Margin Rate | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | No |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | Yes |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| Yes | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS and Android | 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 |
| CFD | |
| CFD trading not offered | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 | |
| FTSE Spread | |
| Variable | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Oil Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Stocks Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Forex | |
| Plus500 Offer forex trading via CFDs with tight variable spreads and a range of well over 70 currency pairs. Free Unlimited Demo Account. | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | Variable |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| Variable | Variable |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| Variable | Variable |
| Assets | |
| 70+ | |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | 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.) |
| Spread | |
| BTC 1%, ETH 1.6% | |
| Coins | |
| BCH, BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, IOTA, NEO, EOS, XMR | |
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