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CFDs, forex, crypto and other leveraged products are high-risk, and a high proportion of retail investor accounts lose money when trading them. This page is general information, not investment advice.
Broker Rankings
Best CFD Brokers
Contracts for Difference are leveraged derivatives classified as high-risk by most major regulators; regulated brokers are generally required to disclose the proportion of retail clients who lose money on these products. This page evaluates CFD brokers based on their margin call policies, negative balance protection, position sizing tools, and applicable leverage limits within your jurisdiction. CFDs provide leveraged exposure to an underlying asset without conferring ownership, making them suitable for short selling, hedging, and accessing markets that would otherwise be difficult to reach. The trade-offs include overnight financing charges and the lack of voting rights or dividend entitlements. Broker selection depends on the execution model, contract specifications, and the clarity of risk disclosures.
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Interactive Brokers
Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and futures
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StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForexCrypto
Interactive Brokers is a multi-asset broker with stocks, ETFs, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds and crypto across web, mobile and desktop platforms.
IronFX is a Cyprus-founded forex and CFD broker offering 200+ instruments across multiple account types on MetaTrader 4, regulated by FCA, CySEC, and FSCA.
Regulated by FCA, CySEC, and FSCA
UK clients covered by FSCS up to GBP 85,000
200+ instruments across forex, commodities, indices, shares, and crypto CFDs
Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and futures
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StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForexCrypto
tastytrade is a multi-asset broker focused on active traders, with stocks, ETFs, options, futures, forex and crypto plus web, desktop, mobile and API access.
Stock and ETF trades have $0 opening and closing commissions
Stock and ETF options close for $0 per contract
$10 max commission per leg on stock and ETF options
Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, futures and crypto
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StocksETFsFuturesCrypto
Kraken is a US-based crypto exchange founded in 2013, offering spot trading across 600+ assets, futures, margin, staking, and tokenized equities via xStocks in eligible regions.
Regulated by FinCEN, FCA, and MiCA (Central Bank of Ireland)
600+ tradable crypto assets
Spot trading starts at 0.25% maker / 0.40% taker, falling to 0.00% maker / 0.05% taker at the highest volume tier
LIQID is a Berlin-based digital wealth manager offering ETF portfolios, actively managed strategies and private markets access to investors from EUR 100,000.
BaFin-regulated with assets held as segregated Sondervermogen
Custody at V-Bank with statutory deposit protection up to EUR 100,000
Access to private equity, private debt and infrastructure from EUR 20,000 via ELTIF
Markets.com is a multi-regulated CFD and forex broker offering over 2,200 instruments across forex, shares, indices, commodities, ETFs, crypto and bonds via its proprietary platform, MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.
