Fidelity International vs XTB compared

Fidelity International
XTB
76% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Fidelity International

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.
  • Markets and products score1.9/5.0
  • Account opening score3.5/5.0
  • Fees score3.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.43/5
You can't open an account at Fidelity International

XTB

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.
  • Markets and products score3.9/5.0
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
  • Fees score4.3/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 4.06/5
You can't open an account at XTB
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors focusing on the UK market

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for low fees and great deposit/withdrawal service

Best CFD broker

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Poland

Fees

Fees score
3.0
Fees score
4.3
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary

Low forex, average non-trading fees, high stock CFD 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
4.5
Number of base currencies

1

Number of base currencies

5

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

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

$1360

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents
*

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

*
Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.7
Web platform score
4.4
Mobile platform score
4.2
Mobile platform score
4.4
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
4.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.9
Markets and products score
3.9
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: 76% 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
4.0
Research score
4.8
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
2.5
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
3.9
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

£85k for UK clients, €20k for clients under CySEC and CNMV, €22k for other European clients, and no protection for other customers

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

1980

Foundation date

2002

Country of regulation

UK

Country of regulation

UK, Poland, Cyprus, Spain, Belize, Dubai

Fidelity International

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

XTB

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

*Data marked with an asterisk contain additional info, expand the relevant sections below to see details.

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.

Fidelity International's service is slightly weaker than XTB's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity International's fees are higher than XTB's.

Account opening takes more effort at Fidelity International compared to XTB, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Fidelity International, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than XTB's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity International as being of the same quality as the platform of XTB, found that clients have access to less markets and products with Fidelity International, while XTB provides somewhat better research and education.

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