Interactive Brokers vs Moneta Markets 2023

Comparing the trading costs of forex and CFDs is not easy. Not every broker publishes average spreads data, and pricing structures vary. Based on our thorough annual assessment, Interactive Brokers offers better pricing overall for traders.

At ForexBrokers.com, we track where each forex and CFD broker is regulated across over 23 international regulator databases. Here's our findings. Interactive Brokers holds 8 global Tier-1 licenses, while Moneta Markets holds 1. Both Interactive Brokers and Moneta Markets hold 1 global Tier-2 licenses. In our analysis of 23 international regulators across 50 brokers, Interactive Brokers earned a higher Trust Score than Moneta Markets.

To compare the trading platforms of both Interactive Brokers and Moneta Markets, we tested each broker's trading tools, research capabilities, and mobile apps. For trading tools, Interactive Brokers offers a better experience. With research, Interactive Brokers offers superior market research. Finally, we found Interactive Brokers to provide better mobile trading apps.

For forex and CFDs traders, copy trading and MetaTrader are both popular platform options. Neither broker offers Meta Trader.Copy trading is not offered by either broker.

Interactive Brokers provides traders 90 currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD) compared to Moneta Markets's 54 available pairs. Forex pairs aside, Interactive Brokers offers traders access to 8500 CFDs while Moneta Markets has 965 available CFDs, a difference of 7535.

Interactive Brokers is publicly traded, does not operate a bank, and is authorised by nine tier-1 regulators (high trust), one tier-2 regulators (average trust), and zero tier-3 regulators (low trust). Interactive Brokers is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), Securities Futures Commission (SFC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Moneta Markets is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. Moneta Markets is authorised by one tier-1 regulators (high trust), one tier-2 regulators (average trust), and one tier-3 regulator (low trust). Moneta Markets is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Interactive Brokers is a highly trusted multi-asset broker with an extensive offering of tradeable global markets. It delivers competitive fees and high-quality research and education, as well as a modern, institutional-grade trading platform suite.

Moneta Markets is a new brand under parent company Vantage Group, which offers traders the MetaTrader suite of platforms as well as a basic web and mobile app. While it does support a decent range of third-party features, Moneta Markets has lackluster research and educational offerings, and its pricing is average.