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Two things this check did not settle. The broker publishes an API page describing token authentication and client languages but never names the protocol on it, so no protocol is claimed here. And no expiry for the demo is stated anywhere in its documents. Worth knowing besides: US stock access on MT5 Global is provided through Lime Financial USA, a FINRA member, not through the Cypriot entity.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://www.j2t.com/solutions/" }, "w8ben": { "broker_slug": "just2trade", "broker_name": "Just2Trade", "supported": true, "filing": "in-app", "filing_quote": "I declare that all W-8BEN/W-9 where applicable, self-certification forms are correct and that I am authorized to sign such forms electronically.", "withholding_agent": null, "withholding_agent_quote": null, "stated_rate_pct": null, "stated_rate_quote": null, "validity_quote": null, "entity": "J2T Services Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 281/15)", "condition": "This is the whole of it. 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Whether the company withholds US tax at source, at what rate, and how long the form stays valid are not addressed in any of its documents: the general terms of business run to several hundred thousand characters and contain no occurrence of \"withhold\" or \"W-8\" at all, and the site has no help centre with a tax section.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.j2t.com/files/j2t/regulatorydocs/Brokerage%20Regulations_eng.pdf" } }, { "slug": "interactive-brokers", "name": "Interactive Brokers", "nameEn": "Interactive Brokers", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/interactive-brokers", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "interactive-brokers", "broker_name": "Interactive Brokers", "entity": "Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. 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Variable — can change weekly (rates effective from 05.10.2026).", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/interest" } ], "minDeposits": [ { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "entity": "XTB Limited (UK, FCA FRN 522157)", "condition": "Applies to XTB Limited, the UK entity, whose fee table and help centre are the source. Other XTB entities publish the same zero but different neighbouring figures — XTB S.A. in Poland puts free withdrawals above EUR 100 and XTB International in Belize above USD 50, against GBP 1.00 as the minimum stock order here. Which entity holds the contract for a reader in the EU or the CIS was not established.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/fees-and-payments-3/deposit", "row_kind": "headline", "scope": null, "amount": 0, "currency": "GBP", "quote": "There is no minimum deposit amount - you can fund your account with any amount.", "zero_caveat": "The zero is real and applies to both the Invest and the CFD account, and XTB publishes no payment-method floor of its own. What does bind is the order rather than the deposit: the same fee table puts the minimum investment value on stocks at GBP 1.00, so a smaller balance funds an account you cannot buy anything from.", "min_withdrawal_amount": 0, "min_withdrawal_currency": "GBP" } ], "countryAccess": [ { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "KZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "UA", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "BY", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "GE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "TR", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/live-account" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "UZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "DE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "PL", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "CZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "GB", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" }, { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "country_code": "US", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/trading-account-2/which-countries-do-you-accept-clients-from" } ], "custody": { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "real_shares": true, "holding_model": "omnibus-pooled", "holding_quote": "In accordance with the FCA Rules, custody assets are held with approved eligible custodians or relevant parties in accounts specifically designated as our client asset accounts. This means that you remain at all times the 'beneficial owner' of those investments, even though a company independent of us or a nominee company may be registered as the 'legal owner'.", "offers_share_cfd": true, "cfd_quote": "We act as principal for Over the Counter Derivatives – XTB Limited deals with You on a matched principal basis.", "insolvency_quote": "In the event of XTB Limited insolvency You may make a compensation claim to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).", "shortfall_quote": "As your custody assets are pooled in an omnibus account with those of our other clients, you may be required to share proportionally in any shortfall.", "entity": "XTB Limited (UK, FCA FRN 522157)", "condition": "Applies to XTB Limited, the UK entity authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 522157, company number 07227848), under its Terms of Business version 14.07.2026. That document keeps two products apart: real shares and ETFs are 'Organised Market Instruments' held under the client-asset rules, while stock CFDs are over-the-counter derivatives in which XTB Limited itself is the counterparty. Fractional shares are a further case — the terms state the whole instrument is not registered to the account, only the right to the fraction. Which XTB entity holds the contract for readers in the EU or the CIS was not established in this check.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/files/xtb-uk-terms-of-business-v.-14072026.pdf" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "auto-close-esma", "close_out_pct": 50, "close_out_is_regulatory": true, "negative_balance_protection": "retail-only", "nbp_condition": null, "quote": "If the net equity in your account (cash plus unrealised profits minus unrealised losses) falls below 50% of the required margin, we may close part or all of your positions at prevailing market prices.", "entity": "XTB Limited (UK, FCA FRN522157)", "condition": "Applies to XTB Limited, the UK entity authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 522157, company number 07227848), whose risk disclosure is the source document below. Negative balance protection covers retail clients; professional clients do not receive it. Which XTB entity holds the contract for readers in the EU or the CIS was not established in this check — read the entity named in your own client agreement before assuming these terms are yours.", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/trading-services/account-information/legal-information/risk-warning-notice.pdf" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "platforms": "xStation (web) (proprietary); XTB mobile app (iOS, Android) (proprietary)", "api": false, "api_kinds": null, "order_types": "market order; instant order (\"direct deal\"); limit order (buy limit, sell limit, take profit); stop order (buy stop, sell stop, stop loss)", "demo": true, "demo_expiry": "none-stated", "demo_expiry_days": null, "entity": "XTB Limited (UK, FCA FRN 522157)", "condition": "Applies to the UK entity, which its own help centre writes as \"XTB (UK) Limited\". Two things here changed recently enough that most comparisons still have them wrong: MetaTrader 4 was removed from this entity on 15 March 2024, with existing MT4 accounts moved to xStation, and API access was discontinued on 14 March 2025 — so no automated strategy can be run against this account at all. Order types are taken from §14.1 of the terms of business; a trailing stop exists but the broker documents it as a setting on a stop loss rather than as an order type, and states it is unavailable for Organized Market Instruments. The broker writes \"xStation platform\" in prose; the \"5\" appears only in the platform URL.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/our-platforms-6/what-trading-platforms-are-available-at-xtb" }, "w8ben": { "broker_slug": "xtb", "broker_name": "XTB", "supported": true, "filing": "in-app", "filing_quote": "The W-8BEN form can be completed in the mobile app. Click the profile icon in the top left corner, then select the Personal Details tab. W-8BEN form is also available in the Client office -> My profile -> Profile Data -> Tax office / W-8BEN form.", "withholding_agent": null, "withholding_agent_quote": null, "stated_rate_pct": null, "stated_rate_quote": null, "validity_quote": "Please be informed that W-8BEN form is valid for 3 years from the end of the year in which the form was completed.", "entity": "XTB Limited (UK, FCA FRN 522157)", "condition": "Read off the XTB help centre. The same article is published word for word under the Cypriot arm as well, so the wording is not specific to one of them. Two things this check did not establish. XTB states nowhere in its help centre whether it withholds US tax at source — the closest it comes is that a lower rate applies from the month after the form is approved, which is about timing rather than about who withholds. And it names no single rate: its own article says a reduced rate is \"in most cases 15% instead of 30%\" and immediately adds that it \"can be different than 15%\", so there is no figure to quote as the broker's. A third XTB entity is excluded outright — the form \"is not currently available to XTB International Limited clients\".", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.xtb.com/en/help-center/tax-statement-5-3/w-8ben-7" } }, { "slug": "exante", "name": "EXANTE", "nameEn": "EXANTE", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/exante", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "EXT Ltd", "regulator": "CySEC", "jurisdiction": "Cyprus", "reference": "165/12", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Investment Firms (Cypriot) · licence 165/12 of 28/02/2012", "registry_url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/37644/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "LHCM Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 789421", "status": "authorised-with-requirements", "register_status": "Authorised · since 29/08/2018 · notice: Restrictions / suspensions", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000003z595SAAQ", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "FCA notice: \"This firm has requirements or restrictions placed on the financial services activities that it can operate.\" A separate UK company — not the entity EU or CIS clients contract with." }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "XHK Limited", "regulator": "SFC", "jurisdiction": "Hong Kong", "reference": "CE BNN565", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "With active SFO licence: Yes · date of licence 29 Jan 2019", "registry_url": "https://apps.sfc.hk/publicregWeb/corp/BNN565/details", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "EXT Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 589898", "status": "run-off", "register_status": "EEA Authorised - Supervised run-off · sub status Supervised run-off since 09/09/2021", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMdFHAA1", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "FCA notice: \"This firm is running off its UK business and cannot deal with new customers.\" A post-Brexit contracts-regime entry, not a UK licence — FSCS does not cover a new account." } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "per-share", "amount": 0.02, "currency": "USD", "condition": "US stocks (NYSE / Nasdaq / AMEX): $0.02 per share per side, $1 minimum per order. Execution, exchange, and clearing fees included. No custody fee on stocks and ETFs; debt instruments are charged 0.30% per year.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://exante.eu/markets/stocks/" }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "min-per-trade", "amount": 1, "currency": "USD", "condition": "US stocks (NYSE / Nasdaq / AMEX): $0.02 per share per side, $1 minimum per order. Execution, exchange, and clearing fees included. No custody fee on stocks and ETFs; debt instruments are charged 0.30% per year.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://exante.eu/markets/stocks/" }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "flat", "amount": 30, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "EUR/GBP 30 is the floor, not the price: the charge is 0.9% of the amount or 30, whichever is higher. A 10,000 withdrawal therefore costs 90, not 30. Intermediary-bank fees are extra.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114056-withdrawal-fee" }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0.9, "currency": null, "condition": "EUR/GBP 30 is the floor, not the price: the charge is 0.9% of the amount or 30, whichever is higher. A 10,000 withdrawal therefore costs 90, not 30. Intermediary-bank fees are extra.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114056-withdrawal-fee" }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "fee_type": "fx_conversion", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0, "currency": null, "condition": "This is EXANTE's rate for EUR/USD. Other major currency pairs cost 0.25% and all other currencies 0.4%, per its help centre, which adds that no additional fee applies when converting through the Account Summary module or with automatic conversion.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114076-fees-overview-exchange-imposed-fees" } ], "minDeposits": [ { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Applies to EXT Ltd. This threshold is EUR, not USD — every page on this site used to print it with a dollar sign, which understated it by roughly a tenth. Read what it gates carefully: it is the level at which live trading opens, not the size of a single transfer. The broker's own wording is that once documents are approved you may deposit any amount in parts, and access follows when the balance reaches the requirement. Equivalents are accepted in GBP, USD, CHF, PLN, CZK and AUD without a published conversion table. There is no minimum withdrawal, but there is a withdrawal charge — a standard minimum commission of 30 EUR/GBP, which is a different thing from a threshold.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114049-minimum-deposit-to-start-trading", "row_kind": "headline", "scope": null, "amount": 10000, "currency": "EUR", "quote": "Live trading access requires a minimum deposit, which varies based on account type: Individual accounts: 10,000 EUR (or equivalent in other accepted currencies). Corporate accounts: 50,000 EUR (or equivalent in other accepted currencies).", "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": 0, "min_withdrawal_currency": "EUR" }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Applies to EXT Ltd. This threshold is EUR, not USD — every page on this site used to print it with a dollar sign, which understated it by roughly a tenth. Read what it gates carefully: it is the level at which live trading opens, not the size of a single transfer. The broker's own wording is that once documents are approved you may deposit any amount in parts, and access follows when the balance reaches the requirement. Equivalents are accepted in GBP, USD, CHF, PLN, CZK and AUD without a published conversion table. There is no minimum withdrawal, but there is a withdrawal charge — a standard minimum commission of 30 EUR/GBP, which is a different thing from a threshold.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114049-minimum-deposit-to-start-trading", "row_kind": "tier", "scope": "Individual account", "amount": 10000, "currency": "EUR", "quote": null, "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": null, "min_withdrawal_currency": null }, { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Applies to EXT Ltd. This threshold is EUR, not USD — every page on this site used to print it with a dollar sign, which understated it by roughly a tenth. Read what it gates carefully: it is the level at which live trading opens, not the size of a single transfer. The broker's own wording is that once documents are approved you may deposit any amount in parts, and access follows when the balance reaches the requirement. Equivalents are accepted in GBP, USD, CHF, PLN, CZK and AUD without a published conversion table. There is no minimum withdrawal, but there is a withdrawal charge — a standard minimum commission of 30 EUR/GBP, which is a different thing from a threshold.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114049-minimum-deposit-to-start-trading", "row_kind": "tier", "scope": "Corporate account", "amount": 50000, "currency": "EUR", "quote": null, "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": null, "min_withdrawal_currency": null } ], "countryAccess": [ { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "country_code": "US", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://exante.eu/clientsarea/accounts/open-account/" } ], "custody": { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "real_shares": true, "holding_model": "omnibus-pooled", "holding_quote": "EXT will segregate Clients' Assets from assets belonging to EXT; provided that Clients' Assets may be placed or kept in a common pool of identical assets or otherwise deposited in an omnibus clients' account.", "offers_share_cfd": null, "cfd_quote": null, "insolvency_quote": null, "shortfall_quote": "You acknowledge that your assets may be placed or kept in a common, omnibus or client account of EXT or any Delegate or are otherwise commingled with assets belonging to other customers, and that if there is an un-reconcilable shortfall in any such account, you may have to share in that shortfall.", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Applies to EXT Ltd, the Cypriot entity licensed by CySEC under number 165/12, under Terms of Business v9.0 (07.25). This document never states in as many words that the client acquires title to the securities; what it does state is that EXT executes orders for and on behalf of the client and not as principal, and that it segregates client assets from its own while pooling them in an omnibus account. It also puts retail clients' financial instruments outside title-transfer collateral arrangements. LHCM Ltd and XHK Limited, the other entities behind the EXANTE brand, publish separate terms that were not read here, and whether this entity sells contracts for difference on shares was not established.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://exante.eu/files/terms-business_new_ext/" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "no-notice", "close_out_pct": null, "close_out_is_regulatory": false, "negative_balance_protection": "retail-only", "nbp_condition": "EXT Ltd's Risk Disclosure states the protection conditionally: it applies to retail clients “under certain circumstances”, and then only “if so provided by the competent financial market supervisory authority within national product intervention measures”. It is not written as an unconditional guarantee covering everything in the account.", "quote": "EXT or the Counterparty may change Margin requirements at any time and EXT is not required to provide you with advance written notice. Provided that, however, and notwithstanding any demand for additional Margin, EXT or the Counterparty may at any time proceed to liquidate Open Positions in accordance with the Transaction Documentation.", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Governs EXT Ltd only. EXANTE operates two other legal entities — LHCM Ltd and XHK Limited — under separate regulatory authorisations, whose margin and liquidation terms have not been checked in this pass and may differ.", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://exante.eu/files/terms-business_new_ext/" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "platforms": "EXANTE trading platform (Windows, macOS, Linux) (proprietary); EXANTE web platform (proprietary); EXANTE mobile app (iOS, Android) (proprietary); Bloomberg EMSX (via FIX) (third-party)", "api": true, "api_kinds": "FIX 4.4; HTTP/REST", "order_types": "Market order; Limit order; Iceberg order; Stop order; Stop Limit order; Time-Weighted Average Price order (TWAP); Trailing Stop order", "demo": true, "demo_expiry": null, "demo_expiry_days": null, "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Read off the EXANTE help centre, which is shared across the brand — LHCM Ltd under the FCA and XHK Limited under the SFC use the same pages, and no entity-specific difference in platforms, API or demo terms is stated anywhere, so this is attributed to the Cypriot entity by default rather than by a statement. MetaTrader is not offered: the broker says so outright and points to FIX and a Bloomberg EMSX integration instead. Two separate one-month limits are easy to confuse: the FIX API demo connection runs for one month, while the demo account itself carries no stated expiry at all. Order names are the broker's own section headings; order durations (Day, GTC, IOC, FOK) and the conditional OCO and If-Done pairs are documented separately and are not order types, so they are not folded in here.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114100-what-is-your-trading-technology-based-on" }, "w8ben": { "broker_slug": "exante", "broker_name": "EXANTE", "supported": true, "filing": "in-app", "filing_quote": "Please fill out the questionnaire in the Client’s Area under the Settings → Profile → Agreements page. The system will automatically generate the necessary document for you to sign electronically, so no paper forms are needed.", "withholding_agent": true, "withholding_agent_quote": "Although the IRS issues W-8 forms, they should be submitted to EXANTE, acting as the withholding agent, rather than sent directly to the IRS.", "stated_rate_pct": 30, "stated_rate_quote": "Failure to submit the form by the end of each year will result in withholding the maximum rate of 30% applied to foreign entities or individuals.", "validity_quote": "All W-8 forms remain valid for the year they are signed and three full calendar years afterwards.", "entity": "EXT Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 165/12)", "condition": "Read off the EXANTE help centre, which is shared across the brand and names no entity in the articles quoted here. A neighbouring article does name the companies behind the arrangement: \"XNT and EXT have acquired Qualified Intermediary (QI) status from the IRS\", and separately that \"as a financial intermediary and according to terms of business, Exante acts as a tax agent for its clients\". The CySEC licence number is ours, not theirs — it does not appear in these documents. Paper filing is ruled out explicitly: the form is e-signed and validated during submission.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://support.exante.eu/en/articles/114121-what-is-the-w-8-form-and-when-should-i-submit-it" } }, { "slug": "tickmill", "name": "Tickmill", "nameEn": "Tickmill", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/tickmill", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill South Africa (Pty) Ltd", "regulator": "FSCA", "jurisdiction": "South Africa", "reference": "FSP 49464", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorized · Date Authorised 09/10/2019 · FSP Type Company - Private", "registry_url": "https://www2.fsca.co.za/Fais/Search_FSP.htm", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "FSCA's FSP search returns its results through a form, so the link opens the search: enter FSP number 49464." }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill UK Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 717270", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorised · since 29/07/2016", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000001HjJatAAF", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd", "regulator": "CySEC", "jurisdiction": "Cyprus", "reference": "278/15", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Investment Firms (Cypriot) · licence 278/15 of 05/08/2015", "registry_url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/74706/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill Ltd", "regulator": "FSA Seychelles", "jurisdiction": "Seychelles", "reference": "SD008", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Listed under Securities Dealer", "registry_url": "https://fsaseychelles.sc/regulated-entities/capital-markets", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "The FSA's securities-dealer list names Tickmill Ltd but prints no licence number; SD008 is the number Tickmill publishes." }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 733772", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 10/12/2023", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000003F7dx8AAB", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "flat", "amount": 0, "currency": null, "condition": "Tickmill charges no withdrawal fee. Intermediary banks and e-wallet providers may apply their own charges, which Tickmill does not control.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/conditions/deposit-and-withdrawal" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "pct-per-year", "amount": 1.75, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "min-balance", "amount": 100, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "max-balance", "amount": 50000, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "pct-per-year", "amount": 1.75, "currency": "GBP", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "min-balance", "amount": 100, "currency": "GBP", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "max-balance", "amount": 40000, "currency": "GBP", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "pct-per-year", "amount": 0.25, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "min-balance", "amount": 100, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "max-balance", "amount": 45000, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional \"up to 7%\" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/interest-rates" } ], "minDeposits": [ { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 278/15)", "condition": "Applies to Tickmill Europe Ltd. Read the figure as 100 units of whichever base currency you open the account in: Tickmill prints it without a currency sign and adds its own note that the minimum deposit may vary depending on the base currency, and the same 100 appears against USD, EUR, GBP, PLN and CHF. It is shown here in euro for that reason, not because euro is privileged. The threshold does not change with the account type — the European entity offers only Classic and Raw, and both carry it; the Pro and VIP tiers quoted elsewhere belong to non-EU Tickmill entities, which this check did not cover. The same 100/25 pair applies across all fourteen payment methods, so no method imposes a higher floor.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/trading/accounts-overview", "row_kind": "headline", "scope": null, "amount": 100, "currency": "EUR", "quote": "CLASSIC ACCOUNT Starting Deposit 100 Available Base Currencies USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, CHF", "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": 25, "min_withdrawal_currency": "EUR" } ], "countryAccess": [ { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "KZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "UA", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "BY", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-18", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/api/regulators/0" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "GE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "TR", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "UZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "DE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "PL", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "CZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "GB", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" }, { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "country_code": "US", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://my.tickmill.com/en/sign-up/account-type" } ], "custody": { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "real_shares": false, "holding_model": "none", "holding_quote": null, "offers_share_cfd": true, "cfd_quote": "It is understood that when trading in CFDs, there is no delivery or safekeeping of the Underlying Asset to which the CFD is referring to.", "insolvency_quote": "The Company is a member of the Investors Compensation Fund (ICF). So, depending on his classification, the Client may be entitled to compensation from the ICF in the event that the Company is unable to meet its obligations.", "shortfall_quote": null, "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 278/15)", "condition": "Applies to Tickmill Europe Ltd, licensed by CySEC under CIF 278/15. No Tickmill document says outright that the company does not offer real shares; the finding rests on four things its own documents do say. Its order-execution policy scopes itself to 'all the types of Contracts for Difference offered by the Company'. The client agreement's only product appendix is the CFD trading terms. Its definition of an underlying asset lists currency pairs, metals, equity indices, forwards and commodities, and no individual shares. And every key information document on its Cyprus legal page, including the one for stocks, is a CFD document. Tickmill UK Ltd and Tickmill Ltd (Seychelles) were not examined.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/files/documents/legal-documents/cysec/client-agreement.pdf" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "auto-close-esma", "close_out_pct": 50, "close_out_is_regulatory": true, "negative_balance_protection": "retail-only", "nbp_condition": null, "quote": "For Retail Clients' trading accounts, when the Margin Level reaches 50% (ratio of equity to Margin in the Client Account), the client positions will start closing automatically at market prices (Stop Out level of 50%) starting with the most losing Order and the Company has the right to refuse new Orders.", "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 278/15)", "condition": "Covers only Tickmill Europe Ltd, the Cyprus entity (CySEC 278/15). Tickmill also runs a separate UK entity under the FCA (717270) and offshore entities, whose margin terms were not checked here. The 50% stop-out quoted below is the retail level; under the same clause, professional accounts stop out at 30%. Basis for negative balance protection is the ESMA regulatory regime (ESMA Decision (EU) 2018/796, mandating NBP for retail CFD clients EU-wide) applicable to Tickmill Europe Ltd as a CySEC CIF, rather than a sentence in Tickmill's own Client Agreement or Risk Disclosure, neither of which uses the phrase \"negative balance protection.\"", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/files/documents/legal-documents/cysec/client-agreement.pdf" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "platforms": "MetaTrader 4 (metatrader); MetaTrader 5 (metatrader); MetaTrader WebTrader (MT4/MT5 in the browser) (metatrader)", "api": null, "api_kinds": null, "order_types": "Take Profit (T/P); Stop Loss (S/L); Limit orders; Buy Stop; Sell Stop", "demo": true, "demo_expiry": "inactivity", "demo_expiry_days": 7, "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 278/15)", "condition": "Applies to the European entity. Everything you trade in here is MetaTrader — Tickmill Europe runs no terminal of its own, and its own mobile app is account administration rather than a trading platform: the broker describes it as somewhere to \"open and manage trading accounts, deposit and withdraw funds, and access support\". Two things this check did not establish. No retail API is documented anywhere on the European site — its own search returns nothing for \"API\" while finding the MetaTrader pages, and the only FIX mention sits on the white-label partner page, which is an institutional arrangement rather than client access. And the MT5 page advertises \"6 pending order types\" without listing them, so the order types here are only the ones the client agreement names outright. The demo clock is an inactivity timer, not a term: seven days without a login, reset by every login.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/trading-platforms/metatrader-web-trader" }, "w8ben": { "broker_slug": "tickmill", "broker_name": "Tickmill", "supported": true, "filing": "in-app", "filing_quote": "To trade CFD Stocks and ETFs, you are required to complete the W-8BEN form that is available in the Client Area. To complete the W-8BEN Form follow these simple steps: Login to the Client Area. Click on Profile. From the drop-down menu select ‘W-8BEN Form’. Complete the form and sign it and press ‘Submit’.", "withholding_agent": true, "withholding_agent_quote": "Tickmill applies a flat 30% U.S. withholding tax on dividends and other distributions from U.S. securities, regardless of a client’s country of residence or any applicable tax treaties. Reduced treaty rates are not applied. Clients are solely responsible for seeking any reclaim directly with the relevant tax authority.", "stated_rate_pct": 30, "stated_rate_quote": "Tickmill applies a flat 30% U.S. withholding tax on dividends and other distributions from U.S. securities, regardless of a client’s country of residence or any applicable tax treaties. Reduced treaty rates are not applied.", "validity_quote": null, "entity": "Tickmill Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 278/15)", "condition": "The odd one here, and worth reading twice. Tickmill Europe offers no real shares at all — its stock exposure is contracts for difference — and it still requires the form: it gates access to the CFD stock and ETF symbols, and the withholding applies to the dividend adjustments on those contracts. Term 21.5 of its client agreement (September 2025) is the part most worth knowing, quoted in full below. The form's validity period is not stated anywhere on the site: \"W-8BEN\" appears on exactly one page and never in the client agreement. Corporate clients use a different route, uploading a W-8BEN-E rather than the in-app form.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.tickmill.com/eu/instruments/stocks" } }, { "slug": "admirals", "name": "Admirals", "nameEn": "Admirals", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/admirals", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admiral Markets AS / Jordan", "regulator": "JSC", "jurisdiction": "Jordan", "reference": null, "status": "authorised", "register_status": "ادميرال ماركتس ايه اس /الأردن · وسيط مالي لحساب الغير، الوسيط لحسابه", "registry_url": "https://www.jsc.gov.jo/Uploads/Files/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B5%20%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9.pdf", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "JSC publishes the firms licensed to deal on foreign exchanges as a list in Arabic. It names the company with two licences, broker for the account of others and broker for its own account, and prints no licence number; the link opens that list." }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd", "regulator": "CySEC", "jurisdiction": "Cyprus", "reference": "201/13", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Investment Firms (Cypriot) · licence 201/13 of 14/06/2013", "registry_url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/37716/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admiral Markets UK Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 595450", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorised · since 12/06/2013", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMdhxAAD", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admiral Markets Cyprus Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 616560", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 31/12/2020", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000P4NjxAAF", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admiral Markets AS", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 504672", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 27/06/2013", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000MfrU1AAJ", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admiral Markets AS", "regulator": "EFSA", "jurisdiction": "Estonia", "reference": null, "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Listed only among closed Licenced investment firms in Estonia", "registry_url": "https://www.fi.ee/en/investment-market/investment-firms-0/investment-market/investment-firms?closed=0", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "Finantsinspektsioon's list of closed investment firms names the company but prints no licence number, and its card page shows no details." }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals AU Pty Ltd", "regulator": "ASIC", "jurisdiction": "Australia", "reference": "AFSL 410681", "status": "licence-transferred", "register_status": "CURRENT under the name PU PRIME TRADING PTY LTD · name ADMIRALS AU PTY LTD 28/09/2022 – 23/01/2025", "registry_url": "https://service.asic.gov.au/search/EntityDetail?LicenceNumber=410681&PermissionType=Australian%20financial%20services%20licensees&licenceName=PU%20PRIME%20TRADING%20PTY%20LTD", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "The licence itself is still current, but ASIC's name history shows its holder stopped being Admirals AU Pty Ltd on 2025-01-23 and is now PU Prime Trading Pty Ltd. ASIC lists no other Australian licence under an Admiral name." } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "per-share", "amount": 0.02, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Invest.MT5 account (real shares). US stocks $0.02/share min $1 on NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX/BATS/ARCA. CFD account uses different pricing.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/admiral-invest-stocks-and-etfs" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "min-per-trade", "amount": 1, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Invest.MT5 account (real shares). US stocks $0.02/share min $1 on NYSE/NASDAQ/AMEX/BATS/ARCA. CFD account uses different pricing.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/admiral-invest-stocks-and-etfs" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "flat", "amount": 0, "currency": null, "condition": "One withdrawal request per month is free; every request after it costs 3% of the amount withdrawn. On a EUR 5,000 withdrawal that is EUR 150.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/deposits-and-withdrawals" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 3, "currency": null, "condition": "One withdrawal request per month is free; every request after it costs 3% of the amount withdrawn. On a EUR 5,000 withdrawal that is EUR 150.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/deposits-and-withdrawals" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "free-per-month", "amount": 1, "currency": null, "condition": "One withdrawal request per month is free; every request after it costs 3% of the amount withdrawn. On a EUR 5,000 withdrawal that is EUR 150.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/deposits-and-withdrawals" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "fx_conversion", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0.3, "currency": null, "condition": null, "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/products/fees-and-charges" }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "fee_type": "cash_interest", "unit": "pct-per-year", "amount": 0, "currency": null, "condition": "Forex/CFD broker with no interest-on-cash product; the official FAQ lists no cash interest.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/faq/general-faq" } ], "minDeposits": [ { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, from its account-types table read in a browser — the site refuses automated requests. The threshold is the sharpest split of any broker here: the account that holds real stocks and ETFs, Invest.MT5, opens at 1 EUR, while the CFD accounts open at 100 EUR, so the flat 100 usually quoted for Admirals is the wrong figure for anyone who came to buy shares. Note that the broker's own tooltip on that same table says a trading account must be funded with a minimum of 100 EUR, which its own table then contradicts for Invest.MT5. Local-currency equivalents are published alongside: 100 USD, 100 CHF, 40 000 HUF, 400 PLN and 450 RON for the CFD accounts, 1 USD and 5 RON for Invest.MT5 — so the same split reads as 1 against 100 in dollars as well as in euro. The MT4 accounts, not shown here, carry 100 EUR or 100 USD. No minimum withdrawal is published — the deposits page defers to the client area. Scope re-checked on 2026-09-18: admirals.com, admiralmarkets.com and admiralmarkets.co.uk all geo-route to the same Cyprus-served site, so the UK (Admirals UK Ltd) and offshore (Admirals SC) account tables were not reachable and nothing here is claimed for them.", "verified_at": "2026-09-18", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/account-types", "row_kind": "headline", "scope": null, "amount": 1, "currency": "EUR", "quote": "Minimum Deposit to Start Trading — Trade.MT5: 100 EUR | 100 USD | 100 CHF | 40 000 HUF | 400 PLN | 450 RON. Invest.MT5: 1 EUR | 1 USD | 5 RON. Zero.MT5: 100 EUR | 100 USD | 100 CHF | 40 000 HUF | 400 PLN | 450 RON.", "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": null, "min_withdrawal_currency": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, from its account-types table read in a browser — the site refuses automated requests. The threshold is the sharpest split of any broker here: the account that holds real stocks and ETFs, Invest.MT5, opens at 1 EUR, while the CFD accounts open at 100 EUR, so the flat 100 usually quoted for Admirals is the wrong figure for anyone who came to buy shares. Note that the broker's own tooltip on that same table says a trading account must be funded with a minimum of 100 EUR, which its own table then contradicts for Invest.MT5. Local-currency equivalents are published alongside: 100 USD, 100 CHF, 40 000 HUF, 400 PLN and 450 RON for the CFD accounts, 1 USD and 5 RON for Invest.MT5 — so the same split reads as 1 against 100 in dollars as well as in euro. The MT4 accounts, not shown here, carry 100 EUR or 100 USD. No minimum withdrawal is published — the deposits page defers to the client area. Scope re-checked on 2026-09-18: admirals.com, admiralmarkets.com and admiralmarkets.co.uk all geo-route to the same Cyprus-served site, so the UK (Admirals UK Ltd) and offshore (Admirals SC) account tables were not reachable and nothing here is claimed for them.", "verified_at": "2026-09-18", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/account-types", "row_kind": "tier", "scope": "Invest.MT5 — real stocks and ETFs", "amount": 1, "currency": "EUR", "quote": null, "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": null, "min_withdrawal_currency": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, from its account-types table read in a browser — the site refuses automated requests. The threshold is the sharpest split of any broker here: the account that holds real stocks and ETFs, Invest.MT5, opens at 1 EUR, while the CFD accounts open at 100 EUR, so the flat 100 usually quoted for Admirals is the wrong figure for anyone who came to buy shares. Note that the broker's own tooltip on that same table says a trading account must be funded with a minimum of 100 EUR, which its own table then contradicts for Invest.MT5. Local-currency equivalents are published alongside: 100 USD, 100 CHF, 40 000 HUF, 400 PLN and 450 RON for the CFD accounts, 1 USD and 5 RON for Invest.MT5 — so the same split reads as 1 against 100 in dollars as well as in euro. The MT4 accounts, not shown here, carry 100 EUR or 100 USD. No minimum withdrawal is published — the deposits page defers to the client area. Scope re-checked on 2026-09-18: admirals.com, admiralmarkets.com and admiralmarkets.co.uk all geo-route to the same Cyprus-served site, so the UK (Admirals UK Ltd) and offshore (Admirals SC) account tables were not reachable and nothing here is claimed for them.", "verified_at": "2026-09-18", "source_url": "https://admiralmarkets.com/start-trading/account-types", "row_kind": "tier", "scope": "Trade.MT5 — CFDs", "amount": 100, "currency": "EUR", "quote": null, "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": null, "min_withdrawal_currency": null }, { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, from its account-types table read in a browser — the site refuses automated requests. The threshold is the sharpest split of any broker here: the account that holds real stocks and ETFs, Invest.MT5, opens at 1 EUR, while the CFD accounts open at 100 EUR, so the flat 100 usually quoted for Admirals is the wrong figure for anyone who came to buy shares. Note that the broker's own tooltip on that same table says a trading account must be funded with a minimum of 100 EUR, which its own table then contradicts for Invest.MT5. Local-currency equivalents are published alongside: 100 USD, 100 CHF, 40 000 HUF, 400 PLN and 450 RON for the CFD accounts, 1 USD and 5 RON for Invest.MT5 — so the same split reads as 1 against 100 in dollars as well as in euro. The MT4 accounts, not shown here, carry 100 EUR or 100 USD. No minimum withdrawal is published — the deposits page defers to the client area. 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You will enter directly into a contract with us in respect of the underlying financial instrument or thing on which the price of the CFD is based.", "insolvency_quote": "We are covered by the Cypriot Investor Compensation Fund. Should we be unable to meet our liabilities in respect of investment business, if you make a valid claim, you may be entitled to redress from the ICF in respect of the investments that we arrange or deal in for you.", "shortfall_quote": "You consent to the use of your Securities safekept in the interests or on your account or another client or to the pledging or encumbering of such Securities (including a set-off at the expense of the Securities).", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, licensed by CySEC under number 201/13, under its terms and conditions of 19.11.2024. 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The custodian is not named anywhere in the document, and the referenced securities-trading terms and securities risk disclosure could not be retrieved.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://admiralfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/CYSEC/en/Cysec_Terms_and_Conditions_19_11_2024.pdf" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "auto-close-esma", "close_out_pct": 50, "close_out_is_regulatory": true, "negative_balance_protection": "retail-only", "nbp_condition": null, "quote": "The margin close-out protection will be triggered when the sum of funds in the CFD trading account and the unrealized net profits of all open CFDs connected to that account falls to less than half (i.e., 50%) of the total initial margin protection for all those open CFDs.", "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Applies to Admirals Europe Ltd, formerly Admiral Markets Cyprus Ltd — licence 201/13 from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, incorporation number HE 310328. Both identifiers appear, matching, in the two primary documents used here: the CySEC Terms and Conditions valid from 19.11.2024 and the Leverage Policy. Negative balance protection is scoped to retail clients; the policy excludes professional clients and eligible counterparties on the basis that they have the necessary knowledge and experience.", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://admiralfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/CYSEC/en/Cysec_Terms_and_Conditions_19_11_2024.pdf" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "admirals", "broker_name": "Admirals", "platforms": "Admirals Platform (web) (proprietary); MetaTrader 4 (metatrader); MetaTrader 5 (metatrader); MetaTrader WebTrader (metatrader)", "api": null, "api_kinds": null, "order_types": null, "demo": true, "demo_expiry": "fixed-term", "demo_expiry_days": 30, "entity": "Admirals Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 201/13)", "condition": "Read in a browser: the site refuses automated requests outright, returning 403 to everything including robots.txt, which is why this broker was missing from the first pass. The demo is the part worth planning around and it is unusually strict — a standard 30-day life from the day it is opened, not an inactivity window. With an active live account the demo can stay available alongside it, provided you sign in to it at least once every 30 days. Order types are not listed here: the broker gives counts rather than names, four pending types on MetaTrader 4 and six on MetaTrader 5, and a count is not a list. 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If Custody Assets are held in Company name or that of a custodian, the Custody Assets may not be segregated or separately identifiable from Company Assets or those of a custodian and, in the event of a default by the Company or the custodian, may be not as well protected from any claims by the Company creditors.", "offers_share_cfd": null, "cfd_quote": null, "insolvency_quote": null, "shortfall_quote": "Investments registered or recorded in the name of a nominee will be pooled with those of one or more of the Company's other clients. 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Whether this entity sells contracts for difference on shares was not established: the terms of business do not contain the words 'CFD' or 'contract for difference' anywhere, and its current fee schedule prices only exchange-traded stocks, ETFs, futures and options — but neither document denies such a product outright.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://freedom24.com/download/documents/1188/General_Terms_of_Business_01072026" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "freedom-finance", "broker_name": "Freedom Finance", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "notice-then-close", "close_out_pct": null, "close_out_is_regulatory": false, "negative_balance_protection": "none", "nbp_condition": null, "quote": "Before the next 20:00 UTC after the moment the Margin Call was sent at, the Client shall execute the Margin Call, funding the Client's account with Funds or Securities or closing Open positions to release collateral sufficient for increasing CAR to the Minimal Level.", "entity": "Freedom Finance Europe Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC CIF 275/15)", "condition": "Governs Freedom Finance Europe Ltd's CySEC-regulated margin transactions only. 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Whether a demo account exists was not established: no policy or document mentions one, and the broker's own suggestions board carries a request for a demo account marked \"Under Consideration\", which hints at the answer without stating it.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://freedom24.com/download/documents/255/Best_Execution_Policy" } }, { "slug": "etoro", "name": "eToro", "nameEn": "eToro", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/etoro", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro (Europe) Ltd", "regulator": "CySEC", "jurisdiction": "Cyprus", "reference": "109/10", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Investment Firms (Cypriot) · licence 109/10 of 14/01/2010", "registry_url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/37683/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro (UK) Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 583263", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorised · since 09/05/2013", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMkLXAA1", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro Money UK Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 900203", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorised Electronic Money Institution · since 23/05/2018", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000m4IXlAAM", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro AUS Capital Limited", "regulator": "ASIC", "jurisdiction": "Australia", "reference": "AFSL 491139", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "CURRENT · commenced 04/09/2017", "registry_url": "https://service.asic.gov.au/search/EntityDetail?LicenceNumber=491139&PermissionType=Australian%20financial%20services%20licensees&licenceName=ETORO%20AUS%20CAPITAL%20LIMITED", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro (Seychelles) Limited", "regulator": "FSA Seychelles", "jurisdiction": "Seychelles", "reference": "SD076", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Listed under Securities Dealer", "registry_url": "https://fsaseychelles.sc/regulated-entities/capital-markets", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "The FSA's securities-dealer list names eToro (Seychelles) Limited but prints no licence number; SD076 is the number eToro publishes." }, { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "entity": "eToro (Europe) Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 523775", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 03/03/2023", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMGkcAAH", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "per-trade", "amount": 1, "currency": "USD", "condition": "Stocks: $1 to open and $1 to close a position on most exchanges, US included; $2 on Australian, Hong Kong, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Tokyo exchanges. eToro notes the charge depends on country of residence and shows the exact cost before you confirm. 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In such case, it may not be possible to separate your securities from those of other clients.", "offers_share_cfd": true, "cfd_quote": "We may act as principal or on a matched principal basis when providing you with the CFD Trading Services. This means we will be the counterparty to your trades.", "insolvency_quote": "If we or our third-party nominee becomes insolvent, your securities may not be immediately identifiable by separate certificates, physical documents, or equivalent electronic entries on the register. Instead, any claim will be against the Omnibus Account, and therefore more time might be needed for us to identify which securities are yours, and which belong to a different client.", "shortfall_quote": "If there is an unreconciled shortfall caused by the default of a custodian, you may share proportionately in that shortfall.", "entity": "eToro (Europe) Limited (Cyprus, CySEC 109/10)", "condition": "Applies to eToro (Europe) Limited, licensed by CySEC under number 109/10, under the terms published 12.08.2026. Here whether you get a real share depends on the trade rather than on the instrument: the terms execute unleveraged buy orders in securities as securities, but execute leveraged buys, all short positions, trades by users from certain countries and trades on certain exchanges as CFDs instead, at eToro’s own discretion. In both cases the terms state that eToro may act as principal or on a matched principal basis and is the counterparty to your trades. 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Negative balance protection applies to retail clients; professional clients are not subject to these restrictions.", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://www.etoro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/etoro_EU_TnC_Publication_2026-08-12_Clean-1.pdf" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "etoro", "broker_name": "eToro", "platforms": "eToro investing platform and app (web, mobile) (proprietary)", "api": true, "api_kinds": null, "order_types": "limit order; stop loss order; take profit order", "demo": null, "demo_expiry": null, "demo_expiry_days": null, "entity": "eToro (Europe) Limited (Cyprus, CySEC 109/10)", "condition": "Two things here are unusual enough to state plainly. The order list is the only enumeration in the entity's own terms, and it is open-ended — it names a limit, a stop loss and a take profit and then adds \"or such other order as may be available\", without naming a market order or a trailing stop at all; the market-order pages on eToro's site are general education rather than a statement of what this entity offers, so nothing was taken from them. And the demo account is deliberately absent from this page although one exists: the same terms say that a client trading on a demo account is a customer of eToro Group Limited, not of the Cypriot entity this page covers, so it is not this entity's offer to describe. The API clause is broad but names no protocol. 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Two things in the same clause are worth more than the usual mechanics. The consequence of not returning the form is unusually blunt: \"If you do not return the signed and completed W-8BEN form before the date we specify, we reserve the right to sell your US shares.\" And on rates, the next clause says only \"We will apply the default rate of taxes applied by the relevant tax authorities\" — a default rate, with no mention of treaty relief. The terms name no submission route, no rate figure and no validity period, so none is carried here. eToro also puts an ongoing duty on the client to say if they stop being eligible for W-8BEN status.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.etoro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/etoro_EU_TnC_Publication_2026-08-12_Clean-1.pdf" } }, { "slug": "degiro", "name": "DEGIRO", "nameEn": "DEGIRO", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/degiro", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "entity": "flatexDEGIRO Bank SE", "regulator": "BaFin", "jurisdiction": "Germany", "reference": "BaFin-ID 10119766", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "CRR-Kreditinstitut, Kreditinstitut, Kryptowertedienstleister, SSM-Institut", "registry_url": "https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&institutId=119766", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "DEGIRO operates as the Dutch branch of this German bank. DNB registers the branch (R182877) for integrity supervision only and states that its deposits are not covered by the Dutch deposit guarantee scheme; the bank is supervised in Germany." }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "entity": "DEGIRO B.V.", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 595455", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 18/07/2023", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMdi2AAD", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "per-trade", "amount": 2, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "US stocks: €2.00 per trade (€1.00 commission + €1.00 handling). Most European exchanges (Euronext, XETRA, Warsaw and others): €4.90 (€3.90 + €1.00 handling); the client’s home exchange is cheaper and set by country. ETF Core Selection: €1.00 (handling only, free trades available). Options: €0.75/contract. LSE: £2.75 (£1.75 + £1.00). Verified 2026-10-10 against the UK fee schedule (rates from 2026-01-01). Exchange connectivity: 0.25% of portfolio value capped at €2.50 per year per exchange (London Stock Exchange exempt), charged only for exchanges you actually use — verified 2026-09-01.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.com/uk/fees" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "min-per-trade", "amount": 2, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "US stocks: €2.00 per trade (€1.00 commission + €1.00 handling). Most European exchanges (Euronext, XETRA, Warsaw and others): €4.90 (€3.90 + €1.00 handling); the client’s home exchange is cheaper and set by country. ETF Core Selection: €1.00 (handling only, free trades available). Options: €0.75/contract. LSE: £2.75 (£1.75 + £1.00). Verified 2026-10-10 against the UK fee schedule (rates from 2026-01-01). Exchange connectivity: 0.25% of portfolio value capped at €2.50 per year per exchange (London Stock Exchange exempt), charged only for exchanges you actually use — verified 2026-09-01.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-10-10", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.com/uk/fees" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "fee_type": "fx_conversion", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0.25, "currency": null, "condition": null, "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-25", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.com/uk/fees" } ], "minDeposits": [ { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "entity": "flatexDEGIRO Bank SE (Germany, BaFin and Bundesbank)", "condition": "Applies to flatexDEGIRO Bank SE, trading as DEGIRO, from its own fee page. The figure previously shown here was zero, which is not what the broker says: it names one cent, and the same cent as the minimum withdrawal. The condition around it is the part worth knowing — funding is by SEPA transfer in euro from a bank account in your own name that DEGIRO has already verified, and linking that account requires a verification payment whose own minimum is 0.01 EUR. The Dutch fee page carries the identical pair, so the threshold does not change with the country you open from.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/fees", "row_kind": "headline", "scope": null, "amount": 0.01, "currency": "EUR", "quote": "The minimum amount you can deposit and withdraw is €0.01, giving you full control over your money.", "zero_caveat": null, "min_withdrawal_amount": 0.01, "min_withdrawal_currency": "EUR" } ], "countryAccess": [ { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "KZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "UA", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "BY", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "GE", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "TR", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "UZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "DE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "PL", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "CZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "GB", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.com/uk/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" }, { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "country_code": "US", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/become-client/registering-degiro-account/how-do-i-open-degiro-account" } ], "custody": { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "real_shares": true, "holding_model": "omnibus-pooled", "holding_quote": "DEGIRO uses SPVs to hold Money and other Financial Instruments for the Client. The SPVs are passive entities established as foundations (stichtingen) under the laws of the Netherlands. By using the SPVs, clients' positions in Financial Instruments are segregated from the capital of DEGIRO and will remain available for the clients of DEGIRO in the unlikely event DEGIRO becomes insolvent.", "offers_share_cfd": null, "cfd_quote": null, "insolvency_quote": "DEGIRO holds Financial Instruments for you in such a way that they cannot be accessed by creditors of DEGIRO, even if DEGIRO would be declared bankrupt.", "shortfall_quote": "If there is a deficit in a certain currency or in a certain Financial Instrument, which DEGIRO and SPV holds for the account and risk of the clients of DEGIRO, then DEGIRO will be entitled to divide this deficit over all clients of DEGIRO for whose account such currency or Financial Instrument is or should be held, pro rata to the total position of such currency of Financial Instrument that should be held for each of them.", "entity": "flatexDEGIRO Bank SE, acting through its Dutch branch, trading as DEGIRO (Germany, BaFin and Bundesbank; branch supervised by AFM and DNB)", "condition": "Applies to flatexDEGIRO Bank SE through its Dutch branch, under the client agreement and investment services information published for Ireland, document version 20220830 — which still names the company flatexDEGIRO Bank AG, the form it held before converting to an SE; the broker's own help centre now writes SE, and that is the name used here. The custody arrangement is the one thing that sets this broker apart on this page: client instruments are held not by the broker but by separate Dutch foundations with no members or shareholders, which is what makes them bankruptcy-remote from DEGIRO. Within those vehicles the instruments are still held in omnibus accounts, pooled with other clients. Whether the broker sells contracts for difference on shares was not established: the words do not appear in the client agreement, the investment services information or the instrument catalogue, but no document denies such a product outright.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/data/pdf/ie/Client_Agreement_Investment_Services_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf" }, "platforms": { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "platforms": "DEGIRO Webtrader (browser) (proprietary); DEGIRO mobile app (iOS, Android) (proprietary)", "api": false, "api_kinds": null, "order_types": "Market Order; Limit Order; Stop Loss; Stop Limit; Trailing Stop Loss Order (only available on Xetra and Frankfurt exchanges)", "demo": false, "demo_expiry": null, "demo_expiry_days": null, "entity": "flatexDEGIRO Bank SE, acting through its Dutch branch, trading as DEGIRO (Germany, BaFin; branch supervised by AFM and DNB)", "condition": "Applies to the Dutch branch, which is what degiro.ie is served by — there is no separate Irish company. The refusal of programmatic access is unusually firm and stated twice: no API, and separately no bots, scripts or API wrappers, which the broker says violates its terms of service. There is no demo either, and the broker gives its reason rather than leaving it unexplained. One thing this check could not confirm with a quote: DEGIRO nowhere states that it does not offer MetaTrader. Its help-centre search returns no articles for it while returning dozens for \"trading platform\", and its sitemap lists only the Webtrader and the app — strong, but an absence rather than a sentence.", "verified_at": "2026-10-11", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/orders/what-are-different-order-types" }, "w8ben": { "broker_slug": "degiro", "broker_name": "DEGIRO", "supported": true, "filing": "in-app", "filing_quote": "At DEGIRO, clients fill in a substitute form which includes the relevant mandatory fields contained on the official form. This substitute form is in accordance with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) instructions and is fully digital. You can do this by completing the form ‘W-8BEN/ W-8BENE’, which you can find under ‘Tax information’ in your Profile.", "withholding_agent": false, "withholding_agent_quote": "Withholding tax is usually withheld by the paying agent of the paying organisation, but withholding can also take place higher up the custody chain. DEGIRO usually receives the income as a net amount, after the deduction of the withholding tax.", "stated_rate_pct": null, "stated_rate_quote": null, "validity_quote": "During the third year from the completion of the 'W-8BEN/ W-8BENE' Form, or in case of changes in your circumstances that makes any information on the form incorrect, we will ask you to renew it. The renewal periodicity is based on official regulations from US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).", "entity": "flatexDEGIRO Bank SE, acting through its Dutch branch, trading as DEGIRO (Germany, BaFin; branch supervised by AFM and DNB)", "condition": "Read off the DEGIRO helpdesk. Note that DEGIRO does not use the form itself — it takes a substitute of its own that carries the same mandatory fields. Two statements in its documents sit in tension and are left that way rather than reconciled here: it says it usually receives income already net of withholding, which is why it is recorded above as not being the one withholding, and separately that \"DEGIRO has entered into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to make use of this system\", which is how relief at source is arranged. No withholding rate is carried on this page: the rate table DEGIRO publishes is self-dated 15-05-2023 and carries its own caveat that it \"is of a general nature and cannot be considered exhaustive\", so quoting it under a 2026 verification stamp would date it wrongly.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.degiro.ie/helpdesk/tax/tax-treaties/how-can-i-apply-lower-tax-rate-us-income" } }, { "slug": "trading-212", "name": "Trading 212", "nameEn": "Trading 212", "url": "https://brokerfit.io/en/broker/trading-212", "registryEntities": [ { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "entity": "Trading 212 UK Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 609146", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Authorised · since 01/10/2014", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMi1QAAT", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "entity": "Trading 212 Markets Ltd", "regulator": "CySEC", "jurisdiction": "Cyprus", "reference": "398/21", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Investment Firms (Cypriot) · licence 398/21 of 01/03/2021", "registry_url": "https://www.cysec.gov.cy/en-GB/entities/investment-firms/cypriot/89835/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "entity": "Trading 212 EU GmbH", "regulator": "BaFin", "jurisdiction": "Germany", "reference": "BaFin-ID 10109603", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Wertpapierinstitut", "registry_url": "https://portal.mvp.bafin.de/database/InstInfo/institutDetails.do?cmd=loadInstitutAction&institutId=109603", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "entity": "Trading 212 Ltd", "regulator": "FSC Bulgaria", "jurisdiction": "Bulgaria", "reference": "RG-03-0237", "status": "authorised", "register_status": "Listed among Investment Firms as TRADING 212 EOOD", "registry_url": "https://www.fsc.bg/en/investment-avtivity/lists-of-supervised-entities/investment-firms/", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": "The FSC's investment-firm list names TRADING 212 EOOD (former name Avus Capital OOD) but prints no licence number; RG-03-0237 is the number Trading 212 publishes." }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "entity": "Trading 212 Ltd", "regulator": "FCA", "jurisdiction": "United Kingdom", "reference": "FRN 569256", "status": "no-longer-authorised", "register_status": "Cancelled · since 10/05/2024", "registry_url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000NMPfIAAX", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "note": null } ], "fees": [ { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "fee_type": "stock_commission", "unit": "zero", "amount": 0, "currency": "GBP", "condition": "0% on stocks and ETFs (Invest and ISA accounts). 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Bank transfers and Instant Bank Transfers stay free, and deposits to a CFD account are never charged.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-03", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007139838-What-are-the-fees-for-funding-my-account" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "fee_type": "deposit", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0.7, "currency": null, "condition": "Card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Open Banking (PL) and Klarna deposits are free until 2,000 GBP or EUR has been deposited in total into the Invest and ISA accounts; every such deposit after that is charged 0.7%, shown before you confirm. Bank transfers and Instant Bank Transfers stay free, and deposits to a CFD account are never charged.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-03", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007139838-What-are-the-fees-for-funding-my-account" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "fee_type": "deposit", "unit": "free-up-to", "amount": 2000, "currency": "EUR", "condition": "Card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Open Banking (PL) and Klarna deposits are free until 2,000 GBP or EUR has been deposited in total into the Invest and ISA accounts; every such deposit after that is charged 0.7%, shown before you confirm. Bank transfers and Instant Bank Transfers stay free, and deposits to a CFD account are never charged.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-03", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007139838-What-are-the-fees-for-funding-my-account" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "fee_type": "withdrawal", "unit": "flat", "amount": 0, "currency": null, "condition": "Trading 212 charges nothing to process a payment, though the receiving bank may take its own cut.", "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-08-21", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/11472022690973-What-are-the-withdrawal-fees" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "fee_type": "fx_conversion", "unit": "pct-of-amount", "amount": 0.15, "currency": null, "condition": null, "entity": null, "verified_at": "2026-09-25", "source_url": "https://www.trading212.com/terms/invest" } ], "countryAccess": [ { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "KZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "UA", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "BY", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "GE", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "TR", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "UZ", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "DE", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "PL", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "CZ", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "GB", "status": "available", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" }, { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "country_code": "US", "status": "unavailable", "verified_at": "2026-09-17", "source_url": "https://helpcentre.trading212.com/hc/en-us/articles/12933782261917-What-are-the-supported-countries" } ], "custody": { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "real_shares": true, "holding_model": "omnibus-pooled", "holding_quote": "Whenever your Investments are registered in the name of a Nominee Company nominated by us, that Nominee Company will hold them on trust for you. This means that you are the beneficial owner of the Investments. Your Investments will be registered in the same name as those of other clients (pooled together with other clients’ Investments in an omnibus co-mingled custody account, like with like).", "offers_share_cfd": true, "cfd_quote": "Buying CFDs on a stock does not make you a shareholder in the respective company. You shall not have voting rights or liquidation rights. When trading with CFDs, you and we explicitly agree that neither of us shall physically acquire the base instrument purchased by the CFD.", "insolvency_quote": "If we or the Nominee Company used by us were to become insolvent, there may be delays in identifying individual assets, and possibly an increased risk of loss if there should be a shortfall because additional time may be needed to identify the assets held for specific clients.", "shortfall_quote": "In the event of an unreconciled shortfall caused by the default of a custodian, you may share proportionately in that shortfall.", "entity": "Trading 212 EU GmbH (Germany, BaFin 10109603)", "condition": "Applies to Trading 212 EU GmbH, the entity Trading 212's own help centre names as \"the sole provider of the custody services\" after migrating client assets out of Trading 212 Markets Ltd. The nominee and omnibus wording quoted below is from the Invest terms issued by Trading 212 Markets Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 398/21) and predates that migration; the German entity's own custody terms were not obtained in this check, so treat the mechanism as described rather than as re-confirmed for the new custodian. CFDs are a separate contract under which no underlying instrument changes hands on either side. The nominee company is never named, and the CFD terms do not state in as many words who acts as counterparty. Trading 212 also runs a UK entity under FCA supervision, which these documents do not cover.", "verified_at": "2026-09-08", "source_url": "https://www.trading212.com/legal-documentation/cy/invest/Invest-Terms_EN.pdf" }, "protection": { "broker_slug": "trading-212", "broker_name": "Trading 212", "offers_margin": true, "liquidation": "auto-close-esma", "close_out_pct": 50, "close_out_is_regulatory": true, "negative_balance_protection": "retail-only", "nbp_condition": "Trading 212 Markets Ltd grants this protection to retail CFD clients specifically; the source document is its CFD Terms, which do not cover anything held outside CFD trading.", "quote": "The provisions under Clause 8.4. shall apply when the shortage of funds exceeds 50% of the margin required, and all of your open positions shall be closed one by one or simultaneously.", "entity": "Trading 212 Markets Ltd (Cyprus, CySEC 398/21)", "condition": "Applies to Trading 212 Markets Ltd CFD Terms, regulated by CySEC. Trading 212 also runs a separate UK FCA entity, which this document does not cover. Negative balance protection is provided to retail CFD clients.", "verified_at": "2026-08-31", "source_url": "https://www.trading212.com/legal-documentation/cy/cfd/CFD-Terms_EN.pdf" } } ] }