Eightcap vs Oanda compared

Eightcap
Oanda
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money
78.3% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Eightcap

Key score 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 score1.8/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score3.5/5.0
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 3.97/5
You can't open an account at Eightcap

Oanda

Key score 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 score4.5/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score4.8/5.0
  • Account opening score4.2/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 3.88/5
You can open an account at Oanda
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Forex traders who prefer the MetaTrader platform

Overall Score
4.5

Recommended for Forex traders who value a user-friendly platform and great research tools

Country of origin

Australia

Country of origin

USA

Fees

Fees score
4.3
Fees score
4.0
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary

Low CFD and forex trading fees, average 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
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.2
Number of base currencies

7

Number of base currencies

9

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
4.2
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$100

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1-3 days

Required documents

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

Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.1
Web platform score
4.5
Mobile platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
4.5

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.7
Markets and products score
1.8
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: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 78.3% 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
1.8
Research score
4.5
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
3.3
Education score
4.8
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

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

Security

Investor protection amount

No protection

Investor protection amount

£85,000 in the UK, €20,000 in the EU, CAD 1,000,000 in Canada, none in the US, Australia, Asia and other countries

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

2009

Foundation date

1996

Country of regulation

Australia, Vanuatu

Country of regulation

US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Canada, Malta, Japan, British Virgin Islands

Eightcap

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

Oanda

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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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.

Eightcap's service is on par with Oanda's and a comparison of their fees shows that Eightcap's fees are similar to Oanda's.

Account opening takes somewhat less effort at Eightcap compared to Oanda, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Eightcap, while customer service quality is similar to Oanda's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Eightcap as less user-friendly than the platform of Oanda, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Eightcap, while Oanda provides excellent research and education.

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