2026-08-22
Broker fees on one honest scenario
Five brokers popular with European retail investors, compared on the one trade that can be compared from published numbers alone: buying 1,000 euros of a US-listed stock. Commission plus the published currency-conversion fee, sources linked, and what cannot be computed honestly says so.
Cost of buying €1,000 of a US stock
eToro is absent from the chart: its FX fee is published as country- and tier-dependent, so no single honest number exists (see its row below).
The pieces, with their sources
| Broker | Commission (scenario) | Published FX fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
 Trading 212 | €0 | 0.15% | Official schedule (figure corroborated) |
 Interactive Brokers | €0.92 | 0.002% | Official schedule (figure corroborated) |
 DEGIRO | €2 | 0.25% | Official schedule (fetched at check) |
 XTB | €0 | 0.5% | Official schedule (figure corroborated) |
 eToro | €1.84 | varies by country and tier | Official schedule (fetched at check) |
- Interactive Brokers: fixed plan: 0.005 USD per share with a 1 USD minimum; the FX minimum of 2 USD dominates small conversions. Figures shown at a 0.92 EUR/USD reference.
- DEGIRO: 1 EUR commission plus 1 EUR handling on US stocks; a connectivity fee of up to 2.50 EUR per market per year applies on non-Spanish exchanges.
- XTB: zero commission up to 100,000 EUR of monthly volume, 0.2% (minimum 10 EUR) above it.
- eToro: stock commission of 1-2 USD depending on country (2 USD shown); ETFs commission-free; USD withdrawals cost 5 USD.
Method
Fees are the published retail schedules on the check date, official page linked per row; where a page blocks automated reading the figure is cross-checked against several independent current comparisons and the official page stays the source of truth. The scenario cost is commission plus the published FX percentage on 1,000 euros, honouring published minimums.
Deliberately excluded: spreads (not published as a number anywhere), stamp duties and local exchange taxes, and inactivity or transfer fees, which depend on behaviour rather than the trade. The scenario is a floor, not the whole cost of ownership.
Fees are one factor among many (regulation, custody, markets offered, tax reporting). This page computes published prices; it does not recommend a broker and is not investment advice.