Online brokers compared for fees, trading platforms, safety and more. See how E*TRADE stacks up against Markets.com!
Last update of data—Jan 2023
E*TRADE is a US stockbroker regulated by top-tier authorities SEC and FINRA. The company is listed on NASDAQ and has a banking background.
Markets.com is a brand of Markets.com, a global CFD and forex broker regulated by the UK FCA, Australia's ASIC, CySEC in Cyprus, and South Africa's FSCA, among others.
Recommended for investors and traders looking for solid research and a great mobile trading platform.
Recommended for traders looking to venture into CFD trading.
E*TRADE
E*TRADE is a US stockbroker regulated by top-tier authorities SEC and FINRA. The company is listed on NASDAQ and has a banking background.
Recommended for investors and traders looking for solid research and a great mobile trading platform.
Markets.com
Markets.com is a brand of Markets.com, a global CFD and forex broker regulated by the UK FCA, Australia's ASIC, CySEC in Cyprus, and South Africa's FSCA, among others.
Recommended for traders looking to venture into CFD trading.
E*TRADE's service is slightly better than Markets.com's and a comparison of their fees shows that E*TRADE's fees are lower than Markets.com's.
Account opening takes somewhat more effort at E*TRADE compared to Markets.com, deposit and withdrawal processes are considerably more complicated at E*TRADE, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Markets.com's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of E*TRADE as somewhat better than the platform of Markets.com, found that clients have access to slightly more markets and products with E*TRADE, while Markets.com provides just about the same quality of research and education.
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