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Davy Select vs Eightcap

Compare Davy Select and Eightcap side by side: fees, regulation, platforms.

Davy Select

Davy Select

Irish self-directed investors

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, regโ€ฆ

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Eightcap

Eightcap

CFD traders who use MT5 or TradingView

Eightcap is a CFD broker offering forex, shares, indices, commodities and crypto on MT5 and TradingView, withโ€ฆ

Head-to-head comparison

Davy Select vs Eightcap
Feature Davy Select Eightcap
Minimum deposit - โ‚ฌ100
Stock trading fee Irish and UK stocks: 0.5% (min EUR 14.99); International stocks: 0.06% + EUR 25 settlement per trade -
Regulators CBI CySEC
Best for Irish self-directed investors CFD traders who use MT5 or TradingView
Markets & account
Stocks
ETFs
Forex
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CFDs
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Crypto
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Bonds
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Funds
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Money Market Funds
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Business Account
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Demo Account
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Pros & cons

Davy Select

Davy Select

Pros

  • Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland with long track record
  • Client funds held in segregated accounts
  • Access to over 7,500 stocks across 30 international markets
  • Over 650 ETFs and 1,200 funds available
  • Pension accounts (PRSA, ARF, PRB) offered on the same platform
  • No account opening fee and no deposit fee
  • Research tools powered by Morningstar and Thomson Reuters

Cons

  • High inactivity fee of EUR 50 per quarter
  • Irish and UK trade commissions of 0.5% are above the low-cost market average
  • EUR 40 custody charge per trade for instruments outside Ireland and UK
  • No demo account available
  • Mobile app is view-only - trades cannot be executed on mobile
  • Account opening process is not fully digital and can take several weeks
  • No CFDs, leverage, crypto or forex trading
Eightcap

Eightcap

Pros

  • Raw account spreads start from 0.0 pips
  • Standard and TradingView accounts show no commission
  • No internal fees for deposits or withdrawals
  • TradingView account includes Pine Script automation
  • Demo accounts allow up to 35 days or 5000 orders
  • EUR, GBP and USD account base currencies are available

Cons

  • Raw account commission is 2.75 EUR, 3.5 USD or 2.25 GBP
  • All listed account types require a โ‚ฌ100 minimum deposit
  • Bank withdrawals can take 3-7 working days
  • Wire withdrawals may cost $/ยฃ 8 or โ‚ฌ4 - โ‚ฌ10 EUR
  • Demo accounts expire after 35 days or 5000 orders
  • No interest is paid on account funds
  • Professional clients may not get negative balance protection
Davy Select

Davy Select

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

Eightcap

Eightcap

Eightcap is a CFD broker offering forex, shares, indices, commodities and crypto on MT5 and TradingView, with a โ‚ฌ100 minimum deposit.

Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

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