Plus500 review & overview
Platforms, account options and market coverage in one clear profile.
Plus500's UK service centres on its own CFD platform, with chart indicators, price alerts and order controls. The provider describes a practice account and a trading academy alongside its live offering. This profile covers UK CFDs and does not merge the group's separately offered investing or futures services into the same account.
Spreads & commissions
| Account / edition | From spreadpips · advertised minimum | Average spreadpips · published sample | Commissionoriginal charging basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK retail CFD | — | — | No dealing commission stated |
Spreads are variable. The 0.6-pip EUR/USD example explains arithmetic and is not recorded as a minimum; funding, conversion and conditional fees remain separate.
— means unavailable. Variable pricing; this is not a live quote.Proprietary browser/app charting, alerts, order controls, +Insights and academy resources.
Trading platforms
Market coverage
Account options
The UK CFD service is mainly funded through bid-ask spreads and lists no dealing commission. Overnight funding, currency conversion, inactivity conditions and the wider spread associated with a guaranteed stop can add costs.
At a glance
- Website edition
- United Kingdom CFD website
- Market focus
- Forex & CFDs
- Platform options
- 2
- FactFX assessment
- 83.7 / 100
Profile notes
- UK retail cryptocurrency CFDs are excluded from this profile.
- The fee page's EUR/USD spread calculation is an example, not a published minimum or measured average.
Plus500: assessment
Explore the assessment model and the detail behind every component.
Five categories. One total.
Documented company records, risk-policy and practice resources, support materials and account-pricing information guide each category's relative emphasis. The five values are balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total, with a 20-point category cap and one-decimal rounding. These are editorial allocations of existing profile information, not independently measured service or safety results. Unconfirmed facts remain unconfirmed.
Regulation
16.4/ 20 contributionThis allocation reflects Plus500's documented profile features listed below. Relative feature emphasis is balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total. It is an editorial allocation, not an independently measured regulation result; factual verification status is unchanged.
- Named company disclosure
- Plus500UK Ltd
- Published licence reference
- FCA · United Kingdom · 509909 · provider-published
Risk management
17.2/ 20 contributionThis allocation reflects Plus500's documented profile features listed below. Relative feature emphasis is balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total. It is an editorial allocation, not an independently measured risk management result; factual verification status is unchanged.
- Practice environment
- Practice account. This supports preparation, not proof of capital protection.
- Documented account controls
- Conditional inactivity / guaranteed-stop costs. Published terms and eligibility apply.
Customer support
16.9/ 20 contributionThis allocation reflects Plus500's documented profile features listed below. Relative feature emphasis is balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total. It is an editorial allocation, not an independently measured customer support result; factual verification status is unchanged.
- Support and learning review
- Existing offering-resource review: 17/20. It covers published resources, not measured response quality.
- Help and learning references
- 1 linked reference in the existing profile.
Trading costs
17.3/ 20 contributionThis allocation reflects Plus500's documented profile features listed below. Relative feature emphasis is balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total. It is an editorial allocation, not an independently measured trading costs result; factual verification status is unchanged.
- Account-pricing structure
- Existing pricing/account-model review: 23/25. This is separate from measured trading cost.
- Published charging basis
- UK retail CFD: No dealing commission stated
- Account choices
- Retail CFD account / Practice account / Eligible professional account. More choices do not automatically mean lower costs.
Reputation
15.9/ 20 contributionThis allocation reflects Plus500's documented profile features listed below. Relative feature emphasis is balanced to preserve the existing 83.7-point total. It is an editorial allocation, not an independently measured reputation result; factual verification status is unchanged.
- Neutral evidence treatment
- No category-specific feature was mapped from the existing profile. No failure, misconduct or zero score is inferred from missing information.
Our combined assessment
Reference assessment + FactFX assessment
External reference assessment 50% + FactFX assessment 50%. The FactFX component is an administrator-assigned judgment with a written rationale. No firsthand trading or withdrawal test is claimed.
External reference assessment
50% weightA dated brand/group trust and regulatory reference, normalized to the common scale. It is separate from account-specific authorization, pricing and live trading performance.
FactFX assessment
50% weightAdministrator-requested editorial adjustment: 69 / 100 for the FactFX component, placing this broker in the B-grade band. This is a discretionary administrator opinion. The external reference and factual profile information are unchanged; this adjustment does not assert a new adverse regulatory or trading-performance finding.
FactFX assessment · 69 / 100
Administrator-requested editorial adjustment: 69 / 100 for the FactFX component, placing this broker in the B-grade band. This is a discretionary administrator opinion. The external reference and factual profile information are unchanged; this adjustment does not assert a new adverse regulatory or trading-performance finding.
Editorial assessment with a written reason. Contribution to the final score: 34.2 / 100.
FactFX 2.1 · Reference assessment dated 2026-07-22
Brand/group reference combined with a FactFX assessment; not account-specific authorization or a measured execution-quality score.
Profile references
FactFX summaries organize provider-published account, platform and product information. No live execution, withdrawal or customer-service test is claimed.
- Source / usage basis
- Original factual summaries of linked public primary sources. Brand-identification assets have separately recorded provenance and belong to their respective owners. No review prose or customer reviews reproduced.
- Assessment status
- 83.7 / 100
Plus500: regulation & licensing
The documented authority, licence reference and scope of this record review.
- Documented company
- Plus500UK Ltd
- Authority / edition
- FCA · United Kingdom
- Reference
- 509909 · provider-published
- Record review
- Current status pending
Scope of this check
The company and reference below are provider-published. Current official-register status was not independently retrieved.
An incomplete check is not a finding of no authorization. A score is not a safety certification.
Regulatory resourcesPlus500: trading accounts
Account options, charging models and the terms that shape your trading costs.
The UK CFD service is mainly funded through bid-ask spreads and lists no dealing commission. Overnight funding, currency conversion, inactivity conditions and the wider spread associated with a guaranteed stop can add costs.
Retail CFD account
Practice account
Eligible professional account
Your cost checklist
Review these items in the current account schedule. This checklist is not a quotation or confirmation that every charge applies.
Account scope
Plus500UK CFD scope; group-level share-investing and US futures products have separate accounts and terms.
Plus500: platforms & tools
Explore the platforms and tools in the documented offering.
Proprietary browser/app charting, alerts, order controls, +Insights and academy resources.
Plus500 WebTrader
Listed platform optionPlus500 app
Listed platform optionMarkets in the documented offering
Availability depends on the account, product and regional edition.
Explore platform featuresPlus500: published terms
Explore the available account-specific terms and their scope.
Spreads & commissions
| Account / edition | From spreadpips · advertised minimum | Average spreadpips · published sample | Commissionoriginal charging basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK retail CFD | — | — | No dealing commission stated |
Spreads are variable. The 0.6-pip EUR/USD example explains arithmetic and is not recorded as a minimum; funding, conversion and conditional fees remain separate.
— means unavailable. Variable pricing; this is not a live quote.Plus500: frequently asked questions
What does the Plus500 review cover?
Plus500's UK service centres on its own CFD platform, with chart indicators, price alerts and order controls. The provider describes a practice account and a trading academy alongside its live offering. This profile covers UK CFDs and does not merge the group's separately offered investing or futures services into the same account.
Which trading platforms does Plus500 list?
The documented offering lists Plus500 WebTrader, Plus500 app. Platform availability depends on the selected account, product and regional edition.
How are Plus500 trading costs structured?
The UK CFD service is mainly funded through bid-ask spreads and lists no dealing commission. Overnight funding, currency conversion, inactivity conditions and the wider spread associated with a guaranteed stop can add costs. Plus500UK CFD scope; group-level share-investing and US futures products have separate accounts and terms.
What regulatory information is available for Plus500?
Documented company: Plus500UK Ltd. Authority / edition: FCA · United Kingdom. Reference: 509909 · provider-published. The company and reference below are provider-published. Current official-register status was not independently retrieved. A profile score is not a regulatory approval or safety certification.