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Best trading apps 2026

A good trading app is not a reduced desktop platform but an interface designed on its own terms. We look at whether every order type is available on mobile, how usable charts are on a small screen, whether biometric login is supported — and how the app holds up when markets get volatile.

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brokers rated: 52
Data as of: 30 Aug 2026

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The top 3 in detail

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

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IG

The most complete leveraged-trading operation in Europe — and it prices like it knows that.

Ahead on Safety & regulation (4.9) and Trading platform (4.7) — together those two carry 31% of this category's weighting.

Around 17,000 tradable markets in a single account — shares, indices, FX, commodities, bonds, ETFs, turbo warrants and crypto CFDs, subject to regional restrictions
Six top-tier licences — FCA (FRN 195355), BaFin, FINMA, ASIC (AFSL 515106), MAS and JFSA — plus a mid-tier DFSA licence in Dubai; the FINMA licence among those six is a full Swiss banking licence at IG Bank S.A., which puts Swiss cash under esisuisse protection
Zero commission on UK and international shares, and the GBP 24 quarterly custody fee was scrapped outright in January 2026 rather than merely waived for active traders
Platform stack that scales with the trader: web and mobile for most, ProRealTime for charting and backtesting, L2 Dealer for full order-book DMA, plus MT4, TradingView and documented REST/streaming APIs

Group index 100/100Protection depends on your legal entity

FCABaFinFINMAASIC

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForexCFDsCryptoBonds+5

4.5

Category score

Overall score: 4.5 / 5

Strengths in this category

Mobile app45%

4.5

Trading platform18%

4.7

Fees16%

4.0

Safety & regulation13%

4.9

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.8 %

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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.

CMC Markets

One of the best charting packages in retail CFD trading, wrapped around a narrower product range than the market count suggests.

4.5

Ahead on Trading platform (4.8) and Safety & regulation (4.6) — together those two carry 31% of this category's weighting.

Next Generation is one of the strongest charting suites bundled with a retail CFD account —115+ indicators, 70 chart patterns, 12 chart types and pattern-recognition scanners, at no extra cost
0% commission on UK and European share CFDs (Greece the sole exception at 0.45%), against IG's spread-plus-conversion model
EUR/USD averages around 0.7 pips on the standard account, and FX Active delivers from 0.0 pips for USD/GBP 2.50 per side per 100,000 notional

Group index 94/100Protection depends on your legal entity

FCAASIC

StocksETFsOptionsForexCFDs+5

Strengths in this category

Mobile app45%

4.5

Trading platform18%

4.8

Fees16%

4.3

Stocks (per order): Free (CFD)
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.7 %

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Saxo

A Danish bank that trades like a professional platform — broad, polished, and no longer expensive.

4.5

Ahead on Trading platform (4.7) and Safety & regulation (4.7) — together those two carry 31% of this category's weighting.

Full Danish banking licence (Finanstilsynet licence 1149) and SIFI designation — a stronger structural safeguard than a broker-only permission
US stocks and ETFs at 0.08% with a USD 1 minimum on the entry-level Classic tier, and 0.05%/0.03% at higher tiers
Roughly 71,000 instruments including 23,000 stocks, 7,400 ETFs, 5,200 bonds, 3,100 listed options and 250 futures across 50-plus exchanges

Group index 96/100Protection depends on your legal entity

DFSAFCA

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesForex+6

Strengths in this category

Mobile app45%

4.6

Trading platform18%

4.7

Fees16%

4.2

Stocks (per order): 0.08 %
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.25 %

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Also worth a look

Rank 4 and below, ordered by category score.

Pepperstone

4.4

Raw spreads and five platforms for traders who care about execution cost, not about owning the asset.

Active FX traders
Scalping and day trading

From 0.0 pips — Raw spreads from 0.0 pips with commission

Stocks (per order): 0.1 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit: US$10
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsForexCFDs+5

Pros: Razor all-in EUR/USD cost of about 0.8 pips - a 0.0 to 0.1 pip raw spread plus USD 3.50 per lot per side
Cons: Everything is a CFD. You never own the share or ETF, so there are no voting rights, no transferable holdings and no dividend tax reclaim

Group index 82/100

FCAASIC

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Capital.com

4.3

A polished retail CFD platform in Europe, provided you accept that CFDs are the whole product.

Active CFD traders
Forex day trading

Stocks (per order): in the spread
Minimum deposit: US$20
FX conversion: 0.7 %

StocksETFsForexCFDs+4

Pros: No commission on any CFD and no inactivity fee whatsoever — unusual in the CySEC/FCA CFD segment
Cons: 0.7% currency conversion markup on every trade settled outside your base currency — the single largest hidden cost here

Group index 77/100

FCAASIC

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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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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

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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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ThinkMarkets

4.1

Raw-spread pricing, six licences and a strong mobile app - held back by its withdrawal record.

Active FX traders
Mobile-first traders

Stocks (per order): in the spread (CFD)
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

StocksETFsForexCFDs+4

Pros: ThinkZero all-in EUR/USD cost of about 0.8 pips - raw spreads from 0.0 pips plus USD 3.50 per lot per side on forex and metals
Cons: 75 percent of ThinkMarkets UK retail accounts lose money trading CFDs, and disclosures across the group's entities have ranged from roughly 68 percent to 89 percent

Group index 79/100

FCAASIC

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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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Nordnet

4.2

The Nordic default: a listed Swedish bank with SEK 1 minimum commissions — if you live in the right four countries.

Nordic residents
Long-term ISK savers

Stocks (per order): tiered
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.25 %

StocksETFsOptionsFutures+4

Pros: Commission from 0.25% with a SEK 1 minimum on Nordic orders up to SEK 15,600 — small monthly share purchases are genuinely viable
Cons: Residents of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland only — there is no route in from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or the rest of the EU

Group index 93/100

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

AJ Bell

4.1

The value pick among the big UK platforms — low, capped charges without giving up service.

Cost-conscious UK investors
Share and ETF portfolios in an ISA

Stocks (per order): £5
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.75 %

StocksETFsBondsFunds+3

Pros: Custody charge on shares, ETFs and investment trusts capped at GBP 3.50 a month in the Dealing account and ISA, and GBP 10 a month in the SIPP — GBP 42 and GBP 120 a year respectively
Cons: The 0.25% custody charge on funds is uncapped up to GBP 250,000, so a GBP 200,000 fund portfolio pays GBP 500 a year where a flat-fee platform charges under GBP 100

Group index 86/100

FCA

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Quick comparison

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Best trading apps — Quick comparison
Broker	Category	Overall	Mobile app45%	Trading platform18%	Fees16%	Stocks (per order)	Minimum deposit	Regulation	Action
1IG	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.0	Free	None	FCABaFin, FINMA, ASIC, MAS, JFSA, DFSA	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.
2CMC Markets	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.8	4.3	Free (CFD)	None	FCAASIC, BaFin, 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.
3Saxo	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.2	0.08 %	None	DFSAFCA, FINMA, MAS, JFSA	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.
4Pepperstone	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.6	0.1 % (CFD)	US$10	FCAASIC, BaFin, CySEC, DFSA, SCB, CMA	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.
5Capital.com	4.4	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.4	in the spread	US$20	FCAASIC, CySEC	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.
6moomoo	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.5	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.
7XTB	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.2	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.
8Questrade	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.4	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.

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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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