Plus500 is a CFD Broker established in 2008. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and there it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. With its headquarters in the United Kingdom Plus500 UK is regulated and licensed by the FCA (Financial Conduct Auhority) under the license no. 509909. In addition, the company operates subsidiaries in Australia, where it is licensed and regulated by the ASIC under the license number 417727 is , as well as in Cyprus, regulated by the CySEC under the license no. 250/14.
As a broker for CFDs Plus500 allows not only to trade in foreign exchange, but also with equity, commodities-, ETFs and indices CFDs, as well as the increasingly popular binary options. This wide range of tradable financial instruments, makes Plus500 become one of the world's most popular online brokers. It enables traders to react with only one account to almost all occasions in the financial markets and use this chances. It is a pity that until a video tutorial, not a major deal for the introduction in trading can be found on the Plus500 website. However, the free Plus500 demo account is for unlimited time. Thus there is sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the platform and trading.
Plus500 Trading Platforms
The choice of available trading platforms at Plus500 covering virtually all devices used today with having access to the Internet. For PCs with Windows a version is available for download, as well as the Plus500 WebTrader, which can also be used on Mac, Linux or Android. As trading platforms for mobile devices, a Windows Phone app, an app on Android and for trading on Apple devices an iPhone app, an iPad app, and even an app for the Apple Watch is available. Plus500 uses a proprietary trading platform that is not inferior in options and performance to the MT4 platform, which is used by most Forex and CFD brokers.
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Overview Plus500:
| Headquarters: | London, UK |
| Tochtergesellschaften: | Australia, Cyprus |
| Regulation: | FCA UK (509909) ASIC (417727) CySEC (250/14) |
| Trading Accounts: | One account for all instruments |
| Min. deposit: | 100 € |
| Tradable Instruments: | Forex, commodities, stocks, indies, ETFs |
| Max. leverage: (pro trader) | Forex 1:30 (1:300), Indices 1:20 (1:300, Commodities 1:20 (1:150), ETFs 1:5 (1:100) |
| Trading platforms: | Windows Download / Mac, Linux Android Webtrader, Windows Phone App, Android App, iPhone-App, iPad-App, Apple Watch-App |
| Ein-/Auszahlungen*: | wire transfer, VISA, MasterCard, Skrill, PayPal |
| *withdrawals will be sent to the account, that was used for the deposit |