TradeStation Global vs Trading 212 compared

TradeStation Global

Trading 212

TradeStation Global

4.8

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Trading 212

4.6

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68% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Key differences

Trading platform combined score
3.5
/5
Markets and products score
5.0
/5
Research score
4.3
/5

Trading platform combined score
4.8
/5
Markets and products score
4.1
/5
Research score
3.5
/5

Recommended for

Equity
4.8
/5
Forex
3.9
/5

Beginners
4.4
/5
Equity
4.7
/5
Forex
3.9
/5

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Basic data of broker

Overall Score

4.8

Recommended for Traders and investors looking for low fees and a wide selection of products

Overall Score

4.6

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

Country of origin

Bulgaria

Fees

Fees score

4.1

Fees score

4.0

Fees summary

Low trading and average non-trading 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

3.5

Deposit and withdrawal score

4.3

Number of base currencies

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score

4.0

Account opening score

4.5

Account opening fully online

Minimum deposit

Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

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

3.8

Web platform score

4.4

Mobile platform score

3.5

Mobile platform score

4.9

Desktop platform score

3.3

Desktop platform score

Markets and products

Markets and products score

5.0

Markets and products score

4.1

Stocks

Fractional shares

ETFs

Forex

Funds

Bonds

Options

Futures

Crypto

CFDs

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 60% 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

4.3

Research score

3.5

Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score

2.5

Education score

4.0

Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score

4.5

Customer service score

5.0

Phone

Live chat

24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Investor protection amount

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

Banking background

Listed on stock exchange

Foundation date

1982

Foundation date

2004

Country of regulation

UK, Bulgaria, Cyprus

TradeStation Global

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Trading 212

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.

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

Account opening takes somewhat more effort at TradeStation Global compared to Trading 212, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at TradeStation Global, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Trading 212's.

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

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