FxPro vs Trading 212 compared

FxPro
Trading 212
79.27% of retail CFD accounts lose money
68% of retail CFD accounts lose money
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
    2.1
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.7
    /5
  • Research score
    4.5
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    4.1
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    4.8
    /5
  • Research score
    3.5
    /5
Recommended for
  • Investors and traders globally
  • Beginners
    4.4
    /5
  • Equity
    4.7
    /5
  • Forex
    3.9
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

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

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for a broker with great account opening and familiar with MetaTrader platform

Overall Score
4.6

Recommended for Equity investors and CFD traders looking for easy-to-use trading platforms

Country of origin

Cyprus

Country of origin

Bulgaria

Fees

Fees score
3.8
Fees score
4.0
Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, high CFD fees

Fees summary

Commission-free real stocks and ETFs, high 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
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.3
Number of base currencies

8

Number of base currencies

8

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
4.5
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 day

Required documents

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

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport / national ID / driver's licence Proof of address: bank statement / utility bill / mortgage statement / credit card statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
2.8
Web platform score
4.4
Mobile platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
4.9
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.1
Markets and products score
4.1
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: 79.27% 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.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 68% 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
4.5
Research score
3.5
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
4.0
Education score
4.0
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

£85,000 for cliens under FCA, €20,000 under CySEC, no protection under Bahamas

Investor protection amount

£85,000 for clients under FCA, and €20,000 for clients under CySEC or FSC Bulgaria

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

2006

Foundation date

2004

Country of regulation

Cyprus, UK, Bahamas, South Africa

Country of regulation

UK, Bulgaria, Cyprus

FxPro

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

Trading 212

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.

FxPro's service is on par with Trading 212's and a comparison of their fees shows that FxPro's fees are similar to Trading 212's.

Account opening takes somewhat less effort at FxPro compared to Trading 212, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at FxPro, while customer service quality is similar to Trading 212's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of FxPro as somewhat worse than the platform of Trading 212, found that clients have access to less markets and products with FxPro, while Trading 212 provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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