Interactive Brokers
Oanda
Basic data of broker
Recommended for Traders looking for broad market access and a professional trading environment
Best online broker
Recommended for Forex traders who value a user-friendly platform and great research tools
USA
USA
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, free stock and ETF trading for US customers
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
23
9
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$0
1-3 days
1-3 days
Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement
Proof of identity: ID / passport Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill
Trading platform
Markets and products
Disclaimer: 60.0% 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.
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
Great
Great
Customer service
Security
£85,000 or $500,000 (but only $250,000 for cash) in the UK depending on the assets you hold; $500,000 ($250,000) in the US; €20,000 (IB Ireland & Luxembourg) or €100,000 (IB Central Europe) in the EU, CAD 1 million in Canada; HKD 500,000 in Hong Kong
£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
1977
1996
USA, Ireland, UK, Hungary, India, Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore
US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Canada, Malta, Japan, British Virgin Islands
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
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Interactive Brokers's service is slightly better than Oanda's and a comparison of their fees shows that Interactive Brokers's fees are slightly lower than Oanda's.
Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Interactive Brokers compared to Oanda, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at Interactive Brokers, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Oanda's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Interactive Brokers as somewhat worse than the platform of Oanda, found that clients have access to much more markets and products with Interactive Brokers, while Oanda provides just about the same quality of research and education.
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