Ranking

Best brokers for fractional shares 2026

Fractional trading opens expensive shares to small budgets and allows exact portfolio weighting. What matters: the minimum per order, which securities are actually divisible, and whether fractions are transferable — otherwise a broker switch forces a sale.

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brokers rated: 24
Data as of: 30 Aug 2026

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Fractional shares

The top 3 in detail

Why these three lead — derived from the criteria this category weights most heavily.

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Interactive Brokers

The cheapest serious route to almost every market on earth — if you can live with the learning curve.

Ahead on Fees (4.9) and Product range (5.0) — together those two carry 46% of this category's weighting.

US stocks from USD 0.0035 per share on the Tiered plan, minimum USD 0.35 per order and capped at 1% of trade value
Currency conversion at 0.20 basis points (minimum USD 2) — an order of magnitude cheaper than most European brokers' 0.25%–1.5%
Roughly 160 market destinations in 36 countries from a single multi-currency account, with 28 settlement currencies
No inactivity fee since 2021, plus no custody fee and no platform fee

Group index 90/100Protection depends on your legal entity

SECFCACBIASIC

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForexCFDsCryptoBonds+4

4.7

Category score

Overall score: 4.5 / 5

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.9

Mobile app20%

4.3

Trading platform20%

4.8

Product range16%

5.0

Stocks (per order): 0.05 %
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0 %

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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Charles Schwab

The full-service US giant that also owns thinkorswim, a professional-grade trading platform.

4.6

Ahead on Trading platform (4.8) and Fees (4.6) — together those two carry 50% of this category's weighting.

USD 0 commission on every online listed US stock and ETF order, with no share cap and no proprietary-fund restrictions
thinkorswim desktop, web and mobile are included free — full options chains, thinkScript, backtesting and paperMoney simulation
Options at USD 0.65 per contract, with the fee waived on buy-to-close orders at USD 0.05 or less

Group index 93/100Protection depends on your legal entity

SECFINRA

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForex+4

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.6

Mobile app20%

4.4

Trading platform20%

4.8

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1 %

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Fidelity Investments

The research-and-education benchmark for US investors, with the cheapest funds in the industry attached.

4.5

Ahead on Fees (4.7) and Safety & regulation (4.7) — together those two carry 44% of this category's weighting.

USD 0 online US stock and ETF commissions, and Fidelity does not accept payment for order flow on equity orders
Zero-expense-ratio index mutual funds (the FZROX family) — no other major US broker matches this on fund cost
Options exercise and assignment cost USD 0, and buy-to-close orders at USD 0.65 or less are free

Group index 73/100Protection depends on your legal entity

SECFINRA

StocksETFsOptionsCryptoBonds+2

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.7

Mobile app20%

4.6

Trading platform20%

4.5

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1 %

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Also worth a look

Rank 4 and below, ordered by category score.

moomoo

4.3

One of the most data-rich free trading platforms on the market — if you happen to live in one of the seven countries it serves.

Data-driven active traders
US options traders

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+3

Pros: Free Nasdaq TotalView Level 2 depth on the US platform — Webull charges USD 3.99 per month for comparable data
Cons: Available to residents of only seven countries — the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Malaysia and New Zealand — with no EU, UK or DACH entity

Group index 86/100

FINRAMAS

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XTB

4.3

One of the strongest trading platforms in the commission-free bracket - xStation 5 is a professional workspace attached to a zero-commission share account.

Serious charting on a budget
Commission-free European stocks

0% — 0% commission on stocks and ETFs up to the monthly volume cap

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.5 %

StocksETFsOptionsForex+4

Pros: xStation 5 is one of the strongest platforms in the commission-free bracket - a real screener, market heat map, sentiment data, economic calendar and news in one workspace, on web, desktop and mobile with near-identical features.
Cons: The 0.5% currency conversion charge (0.8% at weekends and on public holidays) applies whenever the instrument currency differs from your account currency. For a EUR investor buying US stocks it is charged on the way in and again on the way out, and it dwarfs the commission it replaces.

Group index 72/100

FCAKNF

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Questrade

4.2

Canada's biggest independent broker, now genuinely commission-free — with a 1.5% currency spread as the sting in the tail.

Canadian self-directed investors
Registered account investing (TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, RESP)

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1.5 %

StocksETFsOptionsForex+6

Pros: CAD 0 commission on every Canadian and US stock and ETF trade, on both the buy and the sell side, with no ECN fees at all on Canadian orders
Cons: The 1.5% CAD/USD conversion charge is high and unavoidable unless you deliberately manage currency; on a CAD 20,000 US-stock purchase it costs CAD 300, dwarfing any commission saving

Group index 76/100

CIROOSC

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tastytrade

4.2

An options-specialist US broker: USD 1 per contract to open, closing commission-free — built by people who trade premium for a living.

Options premium sellers
High-volume multi-leg traders

USD 0 to close — No commission to close options positions

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+5

Pros: Equity options are USD 1 per contract to open, USD 0 to close and capped at USD 10 per leg — large multi-leg orders scale for free
Cons: FINRA censured and fined tastytrade USD 850,000 in 2026 for failing to run adequate best-execution reviews on equity orders routed to five payment-for-order-flow market makers between 2020 and 2023

Group index 82/100

FINRASEC

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Risk warning: investing in securities involves risk. You may lose some or all of the capital you invest.

Trading 212

4.1

One of the cheapest mainstream ways to buy stocks and ETFs in Europe - 0% commission, 0.15% FX, and almost nothing else to pay.

Low-cost ETF investing
Monthly savings plans

EUR 8–100 reward — Reward via promo link or promo code

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Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: €1
FX conversion: 0.15 %

StocksETFsForexCFDs+3

Pros: One of the lowest all-in costs among mainstream European brokers for buy-and-hold investors: no commission, no custody fee, no inactivity fee, free withdrawals with no minimum, and a 0.15% FX conversion fee.
Cons: Research is the weakest of any broker at this size. There is no meaningful screener, no analyst consensus, no fundamental data worth the name and no export tooling - you will make every decision using data from somewhere else.

Group index 75/100

FCABaFin

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Wealthsimple Trade

4.1

The best consumer app in Canadian finance, and the first broker in the country to make equity options genuinely free.

App-first Canadian investors
Options sellers and covered-call writers

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1.5 %

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+3

Pros: CAD 0 commission on Canadian and US stocks and ETFs, plus USD 0 per equity and ETF options contract on every tier, including free assignment
Cons: The 1.5% CAD/USD conversion is the same as Questrade's. A USD account (CAD 10 a month on Core, free on Premium from CAD 100,000) removes it on the US trades themselves but not on the CAD you convert into it, which still costs 1.5% per transaction under CAD 10,000 and falls to 0% only from CAD 100,000; journalling at CAD 9.95 is the other way round it

Group index 69/100

CIRO

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Webull

4.1

A desktop-grade trading terminal wrapped in a zero-commission app — with a support desk that lags badly behind the software.

US options traders
Chart-driven active traders

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+5

Pros: USD 0 commission on US-listed stocks, ETFs and equity options, with no per-contract fee — index options are the only equity-derivative exception at USD 0.50 per contract
Cons: Customer support is the standing complaint: Trustpilot sits at roughly 1.3–1.4 out of 5, with transfers and account access the most common themes

Group index 86/100

FINRACFTC/NFA

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Robinhood

3.9

Equity options with no per-contract fee and one of the highest-rated trading apps in our comparison — paired with a thin research offering and penalties from the SEC, FINRA and NYDFS since 2020.

Active options traders
Mobile-first investors

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+3

Pros: Equity and ETF options carry no commission and no per-contract fee — only about USD 0.04 per contract of pass-through, against USD 0.65 at Schwab and Fidelity
Cons: Four significant regulatory settlements since 2020 — SEC USD 65m in 2020, FINRA USD 57m in 2021, NYDFS USD 30m in 2022 and FINRA USD 26m plus USD 3.75m restitution in 2025 — covering order-flow disclosure, supervision, AML and reporting failures

Group index 78/100

SECFINRA

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eToro

4.0

One of the most complete copy-trading products in Europe, wrapped in a notably simple broker app - and paid for through conversion charges rather than commissions.

Copy trading
Crypto plus stocks in one account

USD 100,000 virtual — Demo account with USD 100,000 in virtual funds

Stocks (per order): US$1
Minimum deposit: US$50
FX conversion: 0.75 %

StocksETFsForexCFDs+4

Pros: CopyTrader is one of the most mature copy-trading products in Europe: no separate fee on top of normal trading costs, a USD 200 minimum per copied trader, and up to 100 traders copied at once.
Cons: Currency conversion costs 0.75% each way between a European local-currency account and USD, before Club discounts whose size eToro's own pages state differently - for a broker whose core product is USD-denominated, that is the one number you most need.

Group index 91/100

FCAASIC

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flatex

4.0

One flat EUR 5.90 per order, free ETF savings plans and a German banking licence — the incumbent that actually competes on price.

Medium and large single orders
ETF savings plan investors

Stocks (per order): €5.90
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.35 %

StocksETFsCFDsCrypto+5

Pros: EUR 5.90 flat commission on German, US, Canadian and other foreign orders with no percentage component up to EUR 40,000 — a EUR 10,000 trade costs the same as a EUR 1,000 trade
Cons: 0.00% p.a. credit interest on cash balances. Competitors pay 1%–1.75% on the settlement or call account, so an investor holding EUR 20,000 in cash gives up EUR 200–350 a year that never shows up in any fee table

Group index 79/100

BaFin

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comdirect

3.9

One of Germany's most complete online brokers — every product, every platform, and a price list to match.

Investors who want one full-service account
Eurex options and futures traders

Stocks (per order): €4.90 + 0.25 %
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1 %

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+6

Pros: The broadest product range of the three German incumbents: shares, ETFs, funds, bonds, certificates, warrants, CFDs and direct Eurex options and futures in one depot
Cons: Standard commissions are among the highest in the market: EUR 4.90 plus 0.25% of order value, minimum EUR 9.90 and maximum EUR 59.90, plus a EUR 2.50 venue fee — roughly four times what flatex charges on a EUR 10,000 order

Group index 93/100

BaFinECB

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Consorsbank

3.9

Free ETF savings plans, a real derivatives desk and free professional software — behind a tiered price list that rewards activity.

ETF savings plan investors
Eurex and US derivatives traders

Stocks (per order): €4.95 + 0.25 %
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.26 %

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+5

Pros: All ETF savings plans run at 0% of the savings rate on more than 1,700 ETFs, permanently — the partners cover the fee, replacing the old 1.50% charge
Cons: The tiered pricing starts unremarkable and Consorsbank does not publish the volume thresholds for Silver, Gold and Platinum status on its public price pages, so a new customer cannot calculate what they will actually pay next year

Group index 93/100

BaFinACPR

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Quick comparison

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Best brokers for fractional shares — Quick comparison
Broker	Category	Overall	Fees30%	Mobile app20%	Trading platform20%	Stocks (per order)	Minimum deposit	Regulation	Action
1Interactive Brokers	4.7	4.5	4.9	4.3	4.8	0.05 %	None	SECFCA, CBI, ASIC, MAS	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
2Charles Schwab	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.8	Free	None	SECFINRA, FDIC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
3Fidelity Investments	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.5	Free	None	SECFINRA, FDIC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
4moomoo	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.6	Free	None	FINRAMAS, ASIC, CIRO, SC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
5XTB	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.6	Free	None	FCAKNF, CySEC, CNMV, DFSA, FSCA, FSC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
6Questrade	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.4	Free	None	CIROOSC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
7tastytrade	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.5	4.6	Free	None	FINRASEC, NFA	Visit broker Risk warning: investing in securities involves risk. You may lose some or all of the capital you invest.
8Trading 212	4.2	4.1	4.8	4.7	3.8	Free	€1	FCABaFin, ASIC, CySEC, FSC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Our methodology

How we build this ranking

No editorial gut feeling — a published calculation. This category shifts the weights of our rating model towards what its audience actually needs.

Weighting in this category

24 brokers rated

The pale tick marks the weight in the general Brokaro model.

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Base model

The formula

The category score is 70% the category-specific weighting and 30% the general overall score. A strong all-rounder therefore does not drop out simply because it fails to lead one single criterion.

Category score = 0.7 × Σ(w_i × s_i) + 0.3 × Overall score

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