Basic data of broker
Recommended for Beginners and investors looking for free US stocks/ETFs and a simple, easy to use trading platform
Recommended for Options and futures traders focusing on US markets
Best options trading platform
Australia
USA
Fees
Low trading and average non-trading fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, no inactivity fee
Stock and ETF fees
Forex fees
Fund fees
Bond fees
Options fees
Futures fees
Crypto fees
CFD fees
Non-trading fees
Deposit and withdrawal
1
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$50
$0
1 day
1 day
Australian ID for Australian clients. No documents needed for UK clients.
Proof of identity: ID / passport Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill
Trading platform
Markets and products
Research, education
Poor
Great
Customer service
Security
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
2017
2017
Australia, UK
USA
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Stake's service is slightly weaker than tastytrade's and a comparison of their fees shows that Stake's fees are similar to tastytrade's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at Stake compared to tastytrade, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Stake, while customer service quality is considerably lower than tastytrade's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Stake as being of the same quality as the platform of tastytrade, found that clients have access to less markets and products with Stake, while tastytrade provides better research and education.