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Eightcap vs A+ Trader

Eightcap or A+ Trader – which is better for UK traders 2025? Compare Eightcap and A+ Trader in this detailed breakdown of their platforms, features and fees.

Eightcap vs A+ Trader Comparison Table 2025
Eightcap	A+ Trader

4.6	1
Eightcap is ranked #8 among CFD brokers.	A+ Trader is ranked #91 among CFD brokers.
Review	Review
Eightcap is an award-winning, FCA-regulated broker offering industry-low trading fees. They are also the highest-rated brand by TradingView’s 50 million-strong users, who can trade directly on the platform. UK traders can sign up for a live account with an accessible £100 minimum deposit.	A+ Trader is a forex and CFD broker with MT4 access, MAM accounts and educational content, available for a minimum deposit of $100. However, our experts have safety and security concerns.
Pros
Having excelled across all key areas for traders, Eightcap outperformed every competitor to win our 'Best Overall Broker' award for 2024, also securing our 'Best Crypto Broker' title. With tight spreads from 0 pips, low commission fees, and high leverage up to 1:500 for certain clients, Eightcap provides cost-effective and flexible trading conditions that can accommodate an array of strategies, including trading and scalping. After bolstering its roster in 2021, Eightcap offers one of the most extensive selections of cryptocurrency CFDs in the market, with crypto/fiat pairs, crypto/crypto pairs, plus crypto indices for broader exposure to the market. Eightcap stands out with a selection of powerful trading tools and resources, including MT4 and MT5, the innovative algorithmic trading platform Capitalise.ai, and more recently the 50-million strong social trading network TradingView.
Cons
In spite of an increasing variety of tools, Eightcap doesn't offer industry favorites like Autochartist or Trading Central, which offer cutting-edge charting analytics, live news, and market insights for short-term traders. Eightcap needs to continue bolstering its suite of instruments to match category leaders like Blackbull Markets with its 26,000+ assets, featuring a particularly weak selection of commodities. The demo account expires after 30 days and can only be extended upon request - a notable inconvenience compared to the likes of XM with its unlimited demo mode. Despite a useful library of educational guides and e-books in Labs, Eightcap still trails IG’s comprehensive toolkit for aspiring traders with its dedicated IG Academy app and 18 course categories.
Awards
Best Overall Broker 2024 - DayTrading.com Best Cryptocurrency Broker 2024 - DayTrading.com Best Forex Broker 2023 - DayTrading.com Best Cryptocurrency Broker 2023 - DayTrading.com Best MT4/MT5 Broker 2022 - DayTrading.com
FCA Regulated
Yes	No List of FCA Regulated Brokers
Instruments
CFDs, Forex, Stocks, Indices, Commodities	CFDs, Forex
Demo Account
Yes	No
Minimum Deposit
£100	$100
Payment Methods
Credit Cards Debit Card FasaPay Neteller PayPal Skrill Visa Wire Transfer	Debit Card PayPal Wire Transfer
Minimum Trade
0.01 Lots	0.01 Lots
Regulator
ASIC, FCA, CySEC, SCB
Mobile Apps
iOS & Android	iOS & Android
Trading App
Eightcap supports the MT4, MT5 and TradingView apps (the only FCA regulated broker offering TradingView), catering to mobile traders looking for advanced charting tools. While we don’t love the increasingly outdated design of the MetaTrader suite, its dozens of technical indicators and drawing tools, multiple charting styles, and straightforward overlays in horizontal mode are excellent. The push notifications and active social network on the TradingView app are also valuable additions for aspiring traders and Eightcap has published helpful videos on connecting TradingView accounts to iOS and Android devices.
iOS App Rating
4.8
Android App Rating
4.4
Margin Trading
Yes	Yes
MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
cTrader
No	No
AlgoTrader
No	No
OmniTrader
No	No
TradingView
Yes	No
Autochartist
No	No
eSignal
No	No
Trading Central
No	No
STP Account
No	No
ECN Account
Yes	No
DMA Account
No	No
MAM Account
Yes	Yes
PAMM Account
No	Yes
LAMM Account
No	No
Demat Account
No	No
AI / Machine Learning
No	No
Robo Advisor
No	No
Negative Balance Protection
Yes	No
Market Maker
No	No
P2P Trading
No	No
Spot Trading
Yes	No
Auto Trading
TradingView Bots
Copy Trading
No	No
Social Trading
Yes	No
Trade Signals
Yes
VPS Hosting
Yes	No
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
No	No
Custodial Account
No	No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No	No
Inactivity Fee
$0
Islamic Account
Yes	Yes
Account Currencies
USD EUR GBP CAD AUD NZD SGD	USD EUR GBP NGN
Commodities
Gold Silver Oil Palladium Zinc Nickel Platinum
CFD
Eightcap offers a wide range of trading options with 800+ CFDs across stocks, indices, bonds, commodities, and cryptocurrencies (depending on location), with leverage up to 1:30/1:500. It excels in its tools, notably the AI-enabled economic calendar covering 25+ countries with impact filters (high, medium, low). However, its commodities offering, particularly in softs like cotton and wheat, as well as the limited precious metal and energy assets, is its weakest area.	A+ Trader offers CFD trading in a few major stock indices.
Leverage
1:30	1:1000
FTSE Spread
1.2	Variable
GBPUSD Spread<
0.1	Variable
Oil Spread
0.03	N/A
Stocks Spread
0.03 (Apple Inc)	N/A
Forex
Eightcap offers 50+ currency pairs in line with the industry average but trailing category leaders like CMC Markets with its 300+ currency pairs. However, Eightcap stands out with institutional-level spreads from 0.0 pips on major pairs like the EUR/USD, alongside low $3.50/side commissions. The broker also offers rich forex data to inform trading decisions, including key fundamentals, bullish/bearish indicators and a calendar that tracks key events in the foreign exchange market.	A+ Trader clients can speculate upon 30 different currency pairs on the industry-leading MT4 platform.
Assets
50+	30
GBPUSD Spread
0.1	Variable
EURUSD Spread
0.0	Variable
EURGBP Spread
0.1	Variable
Currency Indices
USD

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