Charles Stanley Direct vs LYNX compared

Charles Stanley Direct
LYNX
Key differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Markets and products score
    1.5
    /5
  • Account opening score
    4.6
    /5
  • Research score
    3.5
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    5.0
    /5
  • Account opening score
    2.0
    /5
  • Research score
    4.3
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    3.6
    /5
  • Equity
    4.3
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.5

Recommended for Beginners and buy-and-hold investors focusing on the UK market

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Any European traders looking for low stock and ETF fees and a good mobile trading platform

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Netherlands

Fees

Fees score
3.4
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low stock and ETF fees

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.0
Number of base currencies

1

Number of base currencies

9

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.6
Account opening score
2.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$22.6

*
Minimum deposit
*

$2970

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

>3 days

Required documents
*

Proof of identity: passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

*
Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport Proof of residency: bank statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.5
Web platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
3.7
Mobile platform score
3.5
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
3.8

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.5
Markets and products score
5.0
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
*
*
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 60.0% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
3.5
Research score
4.3
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
2.0
Education score
3.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
4.5
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

20,000

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

1985

Foundation date

2006

Country of regulation

UK

Country of regulation

Netherlands, Ireland

Charles Stanley Direct

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LYNX

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Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

Charles Stanley Direct's service is slightly better than LYNX's and a comparison of their fees shows that Charles Stanley Direct's fees are similar to LYNX's.

Account opening takes much less effort at Charles Stanley Direct compared to LYNX, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at Charles Stanley Direct, while customer service quality is somewhat better than LYNX's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Charles Stanley Direct as being of the same quality as the platform of LYNX, found that clients have access to much less markets and products with Charles Stanley Direct, while LYNX provides somewhat better research and education.

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