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| GBE Brokers | Interactive Brokers | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 3.41 / 5 | 4.08 / 5 |
| Regulation | CySEC No. 240/14 + FSA Seychelles No. SD176 BaFin registration covers GBE Brokers' Hamburg, Germany branch. |
FCA No. 208159 |
| Entity | GBE Brokers Ltd | Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited |
| Founded | 2014 | 1978 |
| Headquarters | Limassol, Cyprus (with a branch office in Hamburg, Germany) | Greenwich, Connecticut, USA |
| Minimum deposit | €1,000 / $1,000 / CHF 1,000 (Classic account) | Not independently confirmed |
| Avg. spread (EUR/USD) | 0.7 pips | Not independently confirmed |
| Platforms | MT4, MT5, TradingView | TWS (Trader Workstation), IBKR Desktop, IBKR Mobile, Client Portal (WebTrader) |
| Other Tier-1 regulators | BaFin | NFA/CFTC (US), ASIC, CIRO, MAS, DFSA |
| Instruments | Forex plus CFDs on indices, commodities and stocks (1,000+ instruments claimed via MT5) | No single total-instrument count published by the broker; stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds (1,000,000+ bonds), and mutual funds (500+ fund families) across 170+ markets in roughly 40 countries, per IBKR's own fact sheet. |
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