| overall rating |
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| overall pros |
- Low fees
- Solid company background
- Great fundamental research
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- Commission-free stock and ETF trading
- Fast and easy account opening
- User-friendly mobile trading platform
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| overall cons |
- Limited to UK products
- Current bank account is needed for mobile platform
- Slow customer support
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- High non-trading fees
- Not user-friendly withdrawal
- Limited product portfolio
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fees
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- Low stock, ETF, fund, and bond fees
- No withdrawal fee
- No inactivity fee
- Volume-based monthly customer fee
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- Low trading fees
- Low stock and ETF fees
- Commission-free stock trading
- High non-trading fees
- Withdrawal fee
- Inactivity fee
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account opening
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- Fully digital
- No minimum deposit
- Slow
- Account opening only for UK residents
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- Fully digital
- Low minimum deposit
- User-friendly
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deposit and withdrawal
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- Credit/Debit card available
- Free withdrawal
- No deposit fee
- Missing electronic wallets
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- Credit/Debit card not available
- Withdrawal is way overcomplicated
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web trading platform
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- User-friendly
- Clear fee report
- Good search function
- No two-step (safer) login
- Limited customizability (for charts, workspace)
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- Clear fee report
- Good variety of order types
- Order confirmation
- No two-step (safer) login
- Poor search function
- Design is very outdated
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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
- No Touch/Face ID login
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desktop trading platform
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- Clear fee report
- Good variety of order types
- Good search function
- Limited customizability (for charts, workspace)
- No two-step (safer) login
- No price alerts
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markets and products
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research
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- Trading ideas
- Data on asset fundamentals
- Quality news flow
- Limited interactive charting
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- Trading ideas
- Data on asset fundamentals
- Quality news flow
- Limited interactive charting
- Not user-friendly
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customer service
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- Phone support
- Live chat
- Relevant answers
- No 24/7 support
- Slow support
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- Phone support
- Fast response time
- Relevant answers
- No live chat
- No 24/7 support
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education
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- Educational videos
- Quality educational articles
- No demo account
- No trading platform tutorial videos
- No webinars
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- Demo account
- Trading platform tutorial
- Hard to navigate
- Poor production quality
- Not updated for a long time
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safety
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- High level of investor protection
- Banking background
- All clients belong to a top-tier financial authority
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- Majority of clients belong to a top-tier financial authority
- High level of investor protection
- Financial information is publicly available
- No negative balance protection
- Does not hold a banking license
- Not listed on stock exchange
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| recommended for |
Long-term investors looking for a broker with low fees and solid background
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Stock and options traders looking for low trading fees and focusing on the US market
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