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Plus500 Review

Name: Plus500
Brand: Plus500

Written by Steven Hatzakis
Edited by John Bringans
Fact-checked by Blain Reinkensmeyer

February 12, 2026

Steven Hatzakis

Steven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Online Broker Research for ForexBrokers.com. He is a forex industry expert and an active fintech and crypto researcher.

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

Plus500 is a trusted global brand that offers an easy-to-use trading platform for online traders, alongside access to share trading via the Plus500 Invest platform, futures within the U.S. market, and a thorough selection of CFDs through the broker’s separate Plus500 CFD platform.

Plus500’s simplified trading platform attracts beginners looking for a user-friendly experience and delivers a growing selection of trading tools. In our 2026 Annual Awards, Plus500 earned Best in Class honors for our Trust Score, Ease of Use, and Beginners categories. However, while strides continue to be made, Plus500's narrow selection of market research will leave active traders wanting more.

Minimum Deposit: €50 info
Trust Score: 99
Tradeable Symbols (Total): 5500 info

Ratings Awards Historical Ranking

4.5

OVERALL SCORE

Range of Investments
Trading Fees
Trading Platforms
Research
Mobile Trading
Education

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travel_explore Can I open an account with this broker?

Yes, based on your detected country of US, you can open an account with this broker.

Pros & Cons Trust Score Range Of Investments Fees Mobile Trading Apps Trading Platforms Research Education Final Thoughts Star Ratings FAQs

Pros & cons

thumb_up_off_alt Pros

Beginner-friendly web platform with clean interface and free demo account.
+Insights tool combines data from Trading Central and FactSet, along with the +Me performance analytics dashboard.
Consistent charting experience across web and mobile platforms.
API launched for futures trading, along with more complex order types

thumb_down_off_alt Cons

EUR/USD spreads averaged 1.3 pips in October 2025.
No integrated news headlines across platforms.
Research and video content lack depth and frequency.

Here are my top takeaways for Plus500 in 2026:

Plus500's web-based trading platform offers a streamlined design and an uncluttered user interface. The free demo account is a great way for beginner forex traders to test the waters before trading in a live account. (Disclosure: A trading platform recommended for beginners does not make it easy to make money. Trading is risky.)
Plus500’s web and mobile trading apps introduced new features in 2026, enriching the experience by bringing more utility to its simple user interface.
Plus500 has evolved into a multi-asset broker beyond offering just CFDs, after launching share trading and futures trading from its respective platform offerings (via its Plus500 Invest and Plus500 Futures accounts ).

Trust score

Developed by ForexBrokers.com and in use for nearly 10 years, Trust Score is a proprietary rating system powered by a range of unique quantitative and qualitative metrics, including each company’s number of regulatory licenses. Trust Scores range from 1 to 99 (the higher a broker’s rating, the better). Learn more.

Is Plus500 Safe?

Trust Score

Plus500 is considered Highly Trusted with an overall trust score of 99 out of 99. Plus500 is publicly traded and does not operate a bank. Plus500 is authorised by seven Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), four Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), zero Tier-3 regulators (Average Risk), and two Tier-4 regulator (High Risk). Plus500 is authorised by the following Tier-1 regulators: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) , Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Securities & Exchange Commission (CySEC). Learn more about Trust Score or see where the different Plus500 entities are regulated.

Feature	Plus500
Year Founded info	2008
Publicly Traded (Listed) info	Yes
Bank info	No
Tier-1 Licenses info	7
Tier-2 Licenses info	4
Tier-3 Licenses info	0
Tier-4 Licenses info	2

Range of investments

Unlike brokers who offer non-deliverable spot forex as a rolling contract, all spot forex trading at Plus500 is done by way of CFDs or futures, depending on the instrument you use. Plus500 launched shares trading in 2021 via Plus500 Invest, and subsequently launched exchange-traded futures contracts on cryptocurrencies, equity-indices, energy, interest rates, forex, metals and commodities, available to U.S. residents.

In early 2026, Plus500 expanded into prediction markets by launching Kalshi event-based contracts on its futures platform for U.S. residents. On the institutional side, the broker also partnered with CME Group and FanDuel as the clearing provider for the latter's new prediction market platform.

Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency trading is available through CFDs and futures, but not available through trading the underlying asset (e.g., buying Bitcoin). Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents.

The table below summarizes the CFD investment products available at Plus500. Non-CFD shares are only available through the broker's Plus500 Invest platform.

Feature	Plus500
Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs) info	Yes info
Tradeable Symbols (Total) info	5500 info
Forex Pairs (Total) info	65
U.S. Stocks (Shares) info	Yes
Global Stocks (Non-U.S. Shares) info	Yes
Copy Trading info	No
Cryptocurrency (Underlying) info	No
Cryptocurrency (CFDs) info	Yes info
Disclaimers	Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). Non-CFD share trading at Plus500 is only available through the Plus500 Invest account.

Plus500 fees

Overall, Plus500's pricing is slightly above the industry average and behind the best forex brokers when it comes to active trader pricing (see IG or Saxo for comparison). Plus500 does not provide discounts to retail clients, but does offer cash rebates (akin to an active trader program) if you qualify and are designated as a Professional client.

Spreads: For the EUR/USD, spreads averaged 1.3 pips at Plus500 for the month of October 2025, which is still higher than the industry average, despite having been reduced year-over-year (down from 1.5 pips in April 2024).

Deposit requirements: The minimum deposit at Plus500 will generally be $100 by debit card, and $200 for wire, although in certain countries such as the UK, Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria, the minimum at Plus500 is 50 EUR (deposit requirements can vary depending on your country of residence and preferred deposit method).

Feature	Plus500
Minimum Deposit info	€50 info
Average spread (EUR/USD) - Standard account info	1.3 info
All-in Cost EUR/USD - Active info	1.3 info
Non-wire bank transfer info	No
PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw) info	Yes
Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) info	Yes
Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw) info	Yes

Mobile trading apps

The look, feel, and functionality of the Plus500 trading app closely mirror the WebTrader browser platform, offering a satisfyingly seamless transition between platforms.

That said, like its WebTrader counterpart, the Plus500 trading app lacks the advanced tools and all-around functionality to challenge the best mobile trading apps. As an example, Plus500’s web charts do not sync with the mobile app – a feature you’ll find within the trading apps available at Saxo and Charles Schwab (U.S. residents only).

It’s worth noting that, year over year, Plus500 has improved its mobile app experience with the addition of new features, including pre-defined watchlists, +Insights sentiment data, and the recent launch of +Me for performance analytics. I found the +Me dashboard especially useful for traders who want to learn from their historical results, since it helps surface lessons that are often hard to extract from raw trading data.

A screenshot of the Plus500 mobile app displaying a forex watchlist and chart.

The Plus500 mobile app displays a forex watchlist with E-mini and Micro currency contracts, including Euro FX, New Zealand Dollar, and AUD/USD pairs with live bid/ask pricing. The lower half shows a 1-minute candlestick chart of the E-mini Euro FX March 26 contract overlaid with Bollinger Bands, with navigation tabs for Trade, Positions, Notifications, and Funds.

Trading tools: Plus500 has significantly improved its charting, offering 114 indicators and over 20 drawing tools. However, there remains plenty of room for improvement, and I’d like to see an increase in the number of features, such as news, research, and advanced trading tools – all of which are currently limited in Plus500’s mobile app.

For example, while you can see your orders (like stop or limit orders) on the chart, you cannot drag-to-modify those orders easily from the chart. Otherwise, Plus500 continues to make incremental progress, including the integration of its +Insights modules within the app, which I found to be helpful for traders to gauge what assets are trending and other sentiment-related data.

Feature	Plus500
Android App info	Yes
Apple iOS App info	Yes
Mobile Price Alerts info	Yes
Mobile Watchlists - Syncing info	Yes
Mobile Charting - Draw Trendlines info	Yes
Mobile Research - Economic Calendar info	Yes
Mobile Charting - Indicators / Studies info	115

Trading platforms

The Plus500 web trading platform, WebTrader, is an excellent choice for casual investors due to its ease of use and its focus on providing just the essentials. Plus500 has continued to make significant improvements to its platform in 2026, and those enhancements have helped it edge closer to competing with the industry leaders in this category.

Platforms overview: Plus500’s web trading platform continues to be refined, and features both pre-defined and customizable watchlists, the ability to add alerts on client sentiment data, and an economic calendar that displays related news powered by Dow Jones, and instrument information from Yahoo Finance that appears when viewing a given symbol.

Charting: The Plus500 web platform features 114 indicators, over 20 drawing tools, and 13 different chart types. Though indicators are not automatically saved within the platform, you bypass this issue by saving your chart template as a layout. It’s also worth noting that your chart settings won’t sync with the Plus500 mobile app, so they won’t carry over across devices. Overall, I was impressed and I found Plus500 charts to be a smooth, responsive experience. For instance, you can detach charts into a new window supporting up to 25 charts per screen in a customizable layout configuration.

Screenshot of the Plus500 web platform featuring its watchlist.

Plus500's web platform in light mode features a customizable watchlist with predefined categories like Most Popular, Spotlight, and Risers & Fallers, alongside commodities options for Gold, Oil, and Silver. The Notification Centre panel displays market alerts, including earnings announcements and IPO news, while a Gold price chart with buy/sell buttons appears at the bottom of the screen.

Ease of use: For newer traders, Plus500’s browser-based WebTrader is a great starting point before graduating to a more advanced platform. WebTrader is cleanly designed and focuses on simplicity. The few advanced features available within Plus500's flagship platform include trailing stops and guaranteed stop-loss orders (GSLO), which can be helpful risk management tools for casual traders, and the recent addition of its +Insights research module.

MetaTrader, algo trading, copy trading: Plus500 does not support algo trading, social copy trading, or the MetaTrader suite of platforms – though it does provide its own proprietary trading platform.

API Trading: Plus500 has launched a futures trading API as part of its T4 Platform, offered through Plus500 Futures Technologies. The API supports .NET, FIX, DDE, and RTD. Market data pricing starts at $25/month (Core), $50/month (Core+), and $100/month (Advanced).

The main differences between tiers come down to chart/data granularity, subscription limits, and access to advanced tooling. Core is limited to 1-minute charts, while Core+ adds tick-level data. Subscription limits increase across tiers (500 / 1,000 / 2,500), and higher tiers unlock features such as custom spread creation and options strategy tools. For most retail algo traders, Core should cover the essentials. However, active options traders may find Core+ worth the upgrade for its theoretical Greeks and spread analysis tools.

Feature	Plus500
Virtual Trading (Demo) info	Yes
Proprietary Desktop Trading Platform info	Yes
Desktop Platform (Windows) info	No
Web Platform info	Yes
Copy Trading info	No
MetaTrader 4 (MT4) info	No
MetaTrader 5 (MT5) info	No
Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total) info	115
Charting - Trade From Chart info	No

Research

Investment research at Plus500 continues to make progress though it still leaves more to be desired, especially when compared to research leaders such as CMC Markets, Saxo, and IG. Plus500 has begun adding to this category with daily articles covering market analysis and commentary as well as webinars (which are only available to Premium users), but still lacks integrated forex news headlines.

There are notifications that look like headlines, but those are articles that are less frequent than the streaming news headlines offered by the best brokers in this category.

Client sentiment data: Plus500 has expanded its client sentiment offering with advanced features powered by Trading Central, FactSet, and Plus500’s new +Insights module. This tool has evolved into a broader suite designed to surface deeper insights into Plus500 trader activity, along with a range of statistics tied to its client base.

For example, the Trader’s Trends module highlights the number of views and overall popularity for a given instrument, including how it ranks as a profit-making or loss-making position over the last 24 hours, among other metrics. Finally, Plus500’s recent addition of the +Me performance analytics dashboard lets you generate research insights from your own trading history. I found this to be an excellent upgrade that meaningfully expands the platform’s research toolkit.

Market news and analysis: Plus500 publishes a daily article Sunday through Thursday as part of its News and Market Insights category, which features quality reporting.

Steven's take:

"While Plus500 has made progress in this category, I found its research content to be overweight on fundamental analysis and light on charting and technical analysis — areas where the best brokers typically offer deeper tools and more actionable insights."

Steven Hatzakis

Plus500 also recently added its Media Trends feature, which uses data powered by Trading Central and the ESG rating from FactSet to summarize news volume and sources along with data derived from crowd sentiment and Plus500's own customer base. Media Trends can be found within the +Insights panel on Plus500's web platform.

Screenshot of the Plus500 Insights tool.

Plus500's web platform in dark mode showing the +Insights "Most Viewed" screen, which ranks the most popular instruments among Plus500 traders over the last 7 days. The dashboard displays view counts, buyer/seller sentiment percentages, daily price changes, and available leverage for assets including Gold, Silver, Natural Gas, Nasdaq 100, Oil, and Bitcoin.

Alerts: Plus500’s alert features allow for both precision and creativity in how you track your data. For example, you can place alerts on percentage changes within client sentiment data. I found this to be an imaginative addition, and a step above the basic price alerts you’d normally find. It would be great to see Plus500 take the next logical step, and offer alerts on indicators.

Feature	Plus500
Daily Market Commentary (Articles) info	Yes
Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) info	No
Autochartist info	No
Trading Central info	Yes
Client sentiment data info	Yes

Education

Plus500 does not offer an extensive array of educational content for traders when compared to education leaders such as City Index, IG, or CMC Markets. That being said, Plus500 has made significant progress in the education category with the launch of its Trading Academy, which includes video content, written articles, and webinars (webinars are only available to Premium users).

Plus500 has also made content from the Corellian Academy available on its YouTube channel, along with the broker’s newly added Trader's Guide series. Finally, like most brokers, Plus500 also provides a free demo account for traders looking to try out the platform or practice trading strategies before opening an account with real funds.

Screenshot of the available educational webinars and trading videos on the Plus500 Youtube channel.

Plus500's YouTube channel featuring its library of educational webinars and trading videos, including content hosted by Bob Iaccino and powered by Corellian Academy. Topics range from futures trading basics and technical analysis to risk management strategies and price breakout techniques, with videos typically running 20 to 55 minutes in length.

Learning center: Plus500 has a Trader’s Guide section where there are a handful of articles and roughly a dozen educational videos. Beyond a few articles and an eBook, there isn’t much else of substance at Plus500 for financial markets education, especially when compared to the best brokers in this category.

Room for improvement: Increasing the range of videos and articles would help Plus500 expand its otherwise light educational offering. Adding interactive courses that feature progress tracking and quizzes would be a logical next step for Plus500 to further enhance its educational content. It’s worth noting that while the videos in the Trader’s Guide series are good, many of them feel like platform tutorials.

Feature	Plus500
Webinars info	Yes info
Videos - Beginner Trading Videos info	Yes
Videos - Advanced Trading Videos info	Yes

Final thoughts

Despite a limited selection of educational content, Plus500 offers an award-winning trading experience. A highly trusted broker, Plus500's free demo account and high rating in our Ease of Use category make it an excellent choice for beginner traders. In our 2026 Annual Awards, Plus500 earned Best in Class honors for our Trust Score, Ease of Use, and Beginners categories.

The integrated economic calendar, enhanced charts, and the new +Insights tool and +Me performance analytics dashboard have improved the Plus500 web platform experience. That said, beyond its new futures trading API for algo trading, advanced and active traders who want more sophisticated tools and deeper market research may still be left wanting. For a more advanced trading experience, consider IG or Interactive Brokers.

With 2,000+ CFDs, thousands of futures, and shares available, alongside a low minimum deposit to open a live account, Plus500 gives new market entrants an easy way to start exploring online trading. Last but not least, the addition of prediction markets in 2026 via partnerships with Kalshi, FanDuel, and CME Group further expands Plus500’s instrument lineup and strengthens its positioning as a true multi-asset broker.

Plus500 Star Ratings

Feature	Plus500
Overall Rating info
Trust Score info	99
Range of Investments
Trading Fees
Trading Platforms
Research
Mobile Trading
Education

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FAQs

What is the minimum deposit for Plus500?

The minimum deposit at Plus500 is generally 100 units of currency ($100 or equivalent) depending on your account denomination and the payment method you select from the client dashboard.

For example, if your account balance is in euros, the minimum deposit will be 100 euros if you choose either Skrill, PayPal, or debit/credit cards, whereas a bank transfer (wire) requires a $500 minimum deposit when you fund your Plus500 account.

Is Plus500 good for beginners?

While Plus500 currently has a limited array of educational materials, it remains a good choice for beginners due to its software’s ease-of-use factor. The design simplicity of the Plus500 trading platform makes it easier for a beginner to navigate and learn the software, compared to more complex trading platforms offered by other brokers.

While this is no guarantee that you will succeed, using a trading platform that is less complex is important for beginners who want to avoid a steep learning curve.

Is Plus500 a good broker?

Plus500 is a well-rounded broker that continues to improve its offering for beginners as well as advanced traders, with a growing selection of trading tools and advanced charting on its trading platform suite.

Plus500 is also a trusted broker thanks to its years of operation — dating to 2008 — and numerous regulatory licenses in Tier-1 jurisdictions, including the U.K., EU, Australia, and Singapore. The broker was listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol LSE: PLUS) in 2013, subjecting itself to reporting requirements, and is today among the largest 250 public companies on the FTSE 250 index.

Does Plus500 offer prediction markets (event contracts) via Kalshi?

Yes, Plus500 introduced prediction markets (event contracts) for U.S. customers in early 2026 through Plus500 Futures. Eligible clients can trade Kalshi-listed event contracts, which let you speculate on outcomes tied to real-world events such as economic data releases and political outcomes.

Plus500 also serves as a clearing partner for FanDuel Prediction Markets, a joint venture between CME Group and FanDuel.

Prediction markets are available only via Plus500 Futures and require a futures account, not the standard Plus500 CFD account.

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