Trade Basics
2 minutes · 10 questions · free

Which trading platform actually fits you?

Not another list of the same names in a different order. Ten questions about your own situation — how you would fund the account, where the money has to come back to, how much time you have — and a match that follows from your answers.

Question 1 of 10
How much trading have you actually done?
There is no wrong answer — this only changes what we suggest you do first.

What we actually check

Whether you can get your money out

The question people skip. Some platforms accept a card deposit and then pay out only to a crypto wallet. If that does not work for you, nothing else about them matters — so we ask about it early and rule those out.

Whether you can get your money in

A platform that only takes international cards is useless if yours gets declined. Bank transfer, mobile money, card and crypto are treated as separate answers, because in most of the world they genuinely are.

Whether the minimums let you trade sanely

If a platform's minimum trade is bigger than 1% of your balance, you cannot follow a basic risk rule there. That rules it out for a small account no matter how good it looks.

What you are actually going to trade

Fixed-payout calls, currencies, stocks and crypto are four different products with four different sets of risks. Not every platform carries all of them, and one of the three does not carry stocks or forex at all.

Before you answer, three things worth saying plainly

Questions people ask before starting

Do I need to give my email?

No. There is no sign-up, no email box and no account. The questions are answered in your browser and the result appears on the same page.

How much money do I need to open an account?

Less than most people expect — some platforms start from about $5, others from about $10. What matters more than the deposit is the minimum trade size: if it is larger than 1% of your balance you cannot manage risk properly there, whatever the deposit minimum says.

Will these platforms accept someone from my country?

Not necessarily. Every international platform has a list of countries it does not serve, and those lists change. Check on the platform's own signup page before you plan around it — if your country is excluded, registration simply will not complete.

Can I fund an account from my local bank?

With some platforms yes, with others no — and the same is true in reverse for withdrawals. That is exactly what two of the ten questions are for.

Will the result tell me to deposit money?

It tells you which platform fits your answers, and what to do first. If you said you have never traded, the first step it gives you is a demo account, not a deposit.