DEGIRO vs NinjaTrader compared

DEGIRO
NinjaTrader
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.
  • Research score
    2.5
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    3.8
    /5
  • Account opening score
    5.0
    /5
  • Research score
    4.8
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    1.9
    /5
  • Account opening score
    3.5
    /5
Recommended for
  • Beginners
    4.1
    /5
  • Equity
    4.9
    /5
  • Investors and traders globally
You can't open an account in United States
You can open an account in United States

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.9

Recommended for Traders and investors looking for execution only

Best discount broker

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Active traders focusing on futures

Best futures broker

Country of origin

Netherlands

Country of origin

USA

Fees

Fees score
4.5
Fees score
4.4
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, one free ETF trading per month

Fees summary

Low trading, but high non-trading 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
3.0
Deposit and withdrawal score
1.6
Number of base currencies

7

Number of base currencies

3

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
3.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$400

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

>3 days

Required documents

Proof of identity: ID / passport Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.0
Web platform score
-
Mobile platform score
4.5
Mobile platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
4.8

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.8
Markets and products score
1.9
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
*
*
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
*
*
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs

Research, education

Research score
2.5
Research score
4.8
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
3.0
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.4
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€20,000 for securites (+all cash held on the DEGIRO Cash Account up to €100,000)

Investor protection amount

No protection

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

2008

Foundation date

2003

Country of regulation

Germany

Country of regulation

USA

DEGIRO

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NinjaTrader

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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.

DEGIRO's service is slightly better than NinjaTrader's and a comparison of their fees shows that DEGIRO's fees are similar to NinjaTrader's.

Account opening takes less effort at DEGIRO compared to NinjaTrader, deposit and withdrawal processes are more seamless at DEGIRO, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than NinjaTrader's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of DEGIRO as being of the same quality as the platform of NinjaTrader, found that clients have access to more markets and products with DEGIRO, while NinjaTrader provides better research and education.

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