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Best Stock Brokers

Buying shares makes the broker your route to every exchange, dividend payout, and corporate action. The stock brokers on this page are reviewed on exchange coverage, custody, fractional shares, dividend reinvestment, supported order types, and year-end tax reporting. Active traders weigh charting and execution speed; long-term investors weigh custody fees, recurring contributions, and the account types available in their jurisdiction.

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Lightyear

Lightyear

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs and crypto

FCA EFSA FINRA SIPC
Stocks ETFs Crypto

Low-cost investing platform with free ETFs, multi-currency accounts, fractional investing, savings products, and a 0.35% FX fee.

  • No account fee
  • Free ETF execution and custody
  • 0.35% FX conversion fee
moomoo

moomoo

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and crypto

SEC FINRA FINCEN
Stocks ETFs Options Crypto

moomoo offers U.S. stocks, ETFs, options, margin, crypto and paper trading through mobile, desktop, TradingView and API access.

  • $0 commissions on U.S. stocks and ETFs
  • $0 contract fees on U.S. equity options
  • Margin rates start as low as 6.8%
Plus500

Plus500

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and futures

CySEC FCA EFSA CFTC ASIC FMA FSCA SCA DFSA JFSA MAS FSA SCB BAPPEBTI CIRO
Stocks ETFs Options Futures Forex CFDs Crypto

Plus500 offers CFD trading across forex, shares, ETFs, options and crypto, plus Plus500 Invest for stocks, with web/mobile apps and a demo account.

  • 0% opening and closing trade fees on CFD positions
  • 0% Plus500 deposit and withdrawal fees
  • Unlimited demo with live quotes and adjustable balance
Quantfury

Quantfury

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, futures and forex

FCA SCB SEC FINRA SFC
Stocks ETFs Futures Forex Crypto

Quantfury offers commission-free access to 2000+ assets, real-time exchange prices, leverage without borrowing fees, and web, iOS and Android apps.

  • No trade commissions on trades and investments
  • No borrowing fees for leverage
  • 4.25% APY on USD, USDT and USDC cash balances
Totality

Totality

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and futures

ASIC
Stocks ETFs Options Futures Forex CFDs Crypto

Totality is an Australian multi-asset broker, formerly Saxo Australia, offering stocks, ETFs, bonds, FX, CFDs, futures, options and crypto exposure on web, mobile and desktop platforms.

  • Zero minimum deposit lowers the cash barrier to start
  • No account maintenance or inactivity fees
  • US stock and ETF brokerage starts from $1
Vanguard

Vanguard

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs and options

FINRA
Stocks ETFs Options

Vanguard offers funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds, margin, options, Cash Plus and advice services, with $0 online commissions on major listed products.

  • $0 online commissions for stocks, ETFs and Vanguard mutual funds
  • $1 minimum for Vanguard ETFs through fractional shares
  • $0 Cash Plus minimum balance and no service fee with e-delivery
XTB

XTB

Investors seeking stocks, ETFs, options and forex

BaFin KNF FCA CySEC
Stocks ETFs Options Forex CFDs Crypto

XTB combines stocks, ETFs, CFDs, options, ETF plans, cash interest and a multi-currency card. Its German branch is supervised by KNF and BaFin.

  • 0% stock and ETF commission up to 100 000 EUR monthly turnover
  • Minimum deposit is 1 EUR
  • Fractional shares are available for selected stocks