| overall rating |
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| overall pros |
- Low trading and non-trading fees
- Easy and fully digital account opening
- Great education
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- Free stock and ETF trading
- Fast and fully digital account opening
- Easy-to-use trading platforms
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| overall cons |
- You can trade only on US markets
- Forex trading is available through a separate account
- High financing (margin) rates
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- Basic product portfolio
- Limited availability of customer service
- Lack of educational tools
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fees
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- Low trading fees
- Low non-trading fees
- Zero commission stock, ETF and options trading
- High financing (margin) rates
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- Free stock and ETF trading
- No inactivity fee
- Transparent fee structure
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account opening
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- Fully digital
- No minimum deposit
- Low minimum deposit
- Slow account verification
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- Fast
- Fully digital
- Low minimum deposit
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deposit and withdrawal
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- No deposit fee
- User-friendly
- Free ACH withdrawal
- Credit/Debit card not available
- High outgoing wire transfer fee
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- Credit/Debit card available for AU, NZ customers
- Only one account base currency
- $2 withdrawal fee
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web trading platform
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- User-friendly
- Good search function
- Good customizability (for charts, workspace)
- No clear fee report available
- No two-step (safer) login
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- User-friendly
- Clear fee report
- Two-step (safer) login
- Limited customizability (for charts, workspace)
- No price alerts
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mobile trading platform
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- User-friendly
- Good search function
- Good variety of order types
- No two-step (safer) login
- No price alerts
- Mutual funds and bonds are not covered
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- User-friendly
- Touch/Face ID login
- Order confirmation
- No two-step (safer) login
- No price alerts
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desktop trading platform
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markets and products
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- Stock
- ETF
- Fund
- Bond
- Options
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research
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- Good interactive chart
- Trading ideas
- Good option strategy analyzer
- Basic recommendations
- Missing screeners
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- Data on asset fundamentals
- User-friendly
- Live market data
- Limited interactive charting
- No/limited set of analytic tools
- Some research tools available only for premium account holders
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customer service
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- Phone support
- Live chat
- 24/7 availability
- Average speed of customer support
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- No phone support
- No live chat
- No 24/7 support
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education
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- Trading platform tutorial
- Educational videos
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- No demo account
- No trading platform tutorial videos
- No educational videos
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safety
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- Majority of clients belong to a top-tier financial authority
- High level of investor protection
- Banking background
- No negative balance protection
- No investor protection in case of forex
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- Majority of clients belong to a top-tier financial authority
- High level of investor protection
- Does not hold a banking license
- Not listed on stock exchange
- Financial information is not publicly available
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| recommended for |
Investors and traders looking for low fees and focusing on the US market
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Beginners looking for free trading and a simple, easy to use trading platform
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