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Decision summary | ||
| Overall score | 83 | 91 |
| Trust score | 86 | 100 |
| Cost score | 78 | 92 |
| Platform score | 92 | 92 |
| Withdrawal score | 80 | 89 |
| Best for | active stock and ETF traders · complex options traders · futures traders | European self-directed investors seeking low-cost access to stocks and ETFs · Investors who prefer web/mobile platforms and exchange-traded products |
| Watch out | Needs verification | Needs verification |
Trust & regulation | ||
| Regulators | TradeStation Securities is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC, an FCM registered with the CFTC, a member of FINRA and NFA, and a member of SIPC for securities accounts. Source | Primarily supervised by BaFin and Bundesbank in Germany; Dutch branch registered with DNB and supervised by AFM and DNB. Source |
| License numbers | FINRA BrokerCheck lists TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC. with CRD#: 39473 / SEC#: 8-48711. Source | Financial licence number not disclosed in reviewed official sources. Commercial registrations found: flatexDEGIRO Bank SE HRB 141330 on flatexDEGIRO Bank SE imprint; DEGIRO UK footer states HRB 105687; Dutch Branch KvK 82510245. Source |
| Regulated entities | TradeStation Securities, Inc. is the U.S. broker-dealer/futures commission merchant; official disclosures also name TradeStation Europe B.V., TradeStation International Ltd and TradeStation Technologies, Inc. as TradeStation Group subsidiaries operating under the brand. Source | DEGIRO is operated by flatexDEGIRO Bank Dutch Branch, a branch of flatexDEGIRO Bank SE; flatexDEGIRO Bank SE is a licensed German bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Source |
| Negative balance protection | No negative balance protection was found; official margin disclosures say margin customers can lose more funds than they deposit, and futures risk disclosures say futures losses can be substantial and could exceed margin requirements. Source | No negative balance protection found. Official account-profile page warns losses can exceed deposit and result in a negative Balance for derivatives, margin and short-selling services; margin profiles are legacy-only. Source |
| Investor compensation | SIPC plus excess Lloyd's coverage for securities accounts; futures accounts rely on CFTC/NFA segregation rules rather than SIPC. Source | Cash in flatexDEGIRO Bank SE Cash Account protected up to €100,000 per customer under German Deposit Guarantee Scheme; investor compensation covers up to 90% of non-returned assets, max €20,000 per customer; UK FSCS does not apply. Source |
| Restricted countries | No official country-by-country eligibility or restricted-countries list was found in the checked official pages. Contact page distinguishes United States, International, and Europe support paths and points non-U.S. prospects to TradeStation International/Europe sites. Source | Available via listed country selector in Europe/UK; US persons are not accepted; UK onboarding for new clients was temporarily unavailable on the reviewed UK page. Source |
Costs & account conditions | ||
| Minimum deposit | Standard account minimum deposit was not found in official pages checked. Promotional pricing requires at least $5,000 net-new external assets; futures options opening transactions require $5,000 minimum start-of-day equity; margin/short stock requires $2,000 to open and maintain positions. Source | No fixed minimum deposit identified; DEGIRO homepage says users can add any amount of money to the account for free. Bank-account verification search result states minimum EUR 0.01 for linking a new bank account. Source |
| Spread from | Not applicable to the core listed securities/futures brokerage pricing model; TradeStation pricing is commission, exchange, routing, clearing, market-data and service-fee based rather than advertised spread-based. No forex/CFD spread schedule found. Source | Not a quoted-spread CFD/FX broker field. DEGIRO discloses that bid-ask spreads are implicit market costs and not direct broker costs. Source |
| Commission | Tiered active-trader pricing: U.S. stocks/ETFs $0; options, futures, futures options, mutual funds and fixed income have product-specific fees with exceptions for direct routing, OTC/sub-dollar, exchange/regulatory, clearing and service fees. Source | Examples from UK fee page: US stocks €1 + €1 handling; LSE £1.75 + £1 handling; selected ETFs €0 + €1 handling; global ETFs €2 + €1 handling; options €0.75 commission. Currency, connectivity, external product and spread costs may apply. Source |
| Maximum leverage | Equities margin may provide intraday buying power up to 4x margin excess and overnight buying power up to 2x; futures margin is product-specific and can change, with advertised low intraday margins for select contracts. Source | DEGIRO currently does not allow new changes to margin-trading profiles; legacy Active/Trader/Day Trader accounts may have Debit Money / derivatives risk but maximum leverage was not disclosed in reviewed sources. Source |
| Deposit fee | Receiving wires $0; returned ACH/check $25. ACH deposit fees were not otherwise disclosed in public pages checked. Source | No deposit fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; deposits listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Withdrawal fee | Wire withdrawal/service fees vary by domestic/international and account type; outgoing account transfer $125; DTC receive/deliver $25 per issue. Source | No withdrawal fee disclosed on UK fee page and homepage; withdrawals listed as FEE €0 / no deposit-withdrawal fees. Source |
| Inactivity fee | Inactivity fee $10/month for equities and futures accounts, waived if minimum activity/account-balance criteria are met. Source | No inactivity fee; UK fee page lists inactivity fee as €0. Source |
Markets, platforms & payments | ||
| Tradable assets | Official product/pricing pages support stocks, ETFs/ETPs, options, futures, futures options, mutual funds, treasuries and fixed income; crypto exposure is via futures/ETPs/market data rather than current spot crypto brokerage. Source | Shares, ETFs, bonds and derivatives such as options and futures; DEGIRO product pages also describe investment funds availability. Source |
| Trading platforms | Advanced platform suite includes TITAN X, desktop, web, mobile, FuturesPlus, APIs and simulator/analytics tools. Source | DEGIRO provides a web/desktop trading platform (Webtrader) and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Source |
| Account types | Individual & joint, retirement, entity and institutional accounts; product pages enumerate individual/joint/custodial, IRA variants, and entity structures. Source | DEGIRO account/profile types include Basic, Active, Trader, Day Trader and Custody. Active, Trader and Day Trader are legacy-only and new margin profiles are no longer available. Source |
| Deposit methods | Funding page points to equities, futures and futures-options funding instructions; contact/service-fee pages indicate ACH/Smart Transfer and wire transfers are supported, with transfer and DTC-related service fees listed. Source | Manual bank transfer from a verified linked/reference bank account; deposits must use the account base currency. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | ACH/Smart Transfer and wires supported; check withdrawals suspended indefinitely. Source | Withdrawals go back to the primary registered/linked bank account; only uninvested cash in the Cash Account can be withdrawn. Source |
| Withdrawal processing time | Not disclosed in the checked public official pages; likely varies by method/account and should be manually confirmed in account funding/HUB instructions. Source | Withdrawals may take up to 2-4 working days; transfers can take up to 2-3 working days to complete. Source |
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