eToro, founded in 2007, is the largest social-trading platform in retail finance — 30M+ registered users, regulation from the FCA, CySEC, ASIC and others, and a genuinely beginner-friendly proprietary platform covering CFDs, real stocks, ETFs and crypto. It pioneered copy trading and remains the brand most new traders meet first.
What it is not: a MetaTrader broker. There is no MT4, no MT5, no cTrader — only eToro's own web and mobile platform. Forex spreads start around 1.0 pip on EUR/USD and run to ~2.0 on GBP/USD, wider than every raw broker we list. Non-trading costs add up: a $5 withdrawal fee on USD accounts, $10/month inactivity after a year, and 0.5% currency conversion on non-USD funding.
Minimum deposit starts around $50 in many regions (varies). US clients get real stocks and crypto — CFDs are banned in the US, so no forex or index CFDs there.
The weakest fit of any broker we review. Our signals can technically be placed manually on eToro's platform — it supports entries, stops and take-profits — but everything about the economics works against it: 1.0–2.0 pip spreads versus near-zero raw pricing mean every single trade starts further behind, and managing our six-TP ladder means manual partial closes on a platform not designed for that workflow.
One thing we will say clearly: do not use eToro's CopyTrader to redistribute our signals. Rebroadcasting a paid signal service through any copy-trading network violates our terms and, depending on jurisdiction, potentially financial-promotion rules.
Where eToro genuinely fits: as a first account for someone who mainly wants real stocks, ETFs and crypto with a friendly interface — with signal execution done elsewhere on MT5.
eToro is excellent at its actual job — bringing new people into markets with real stocks, crypto and social features behind serious regulation. As a venue for our signals, it is the wrong tool: the spread alone hands back a meaningful slice of every trade's edge, and there is no MetaTrader.
If eToro is where your money already is, our signals can be traded there manually — just understand the cost. If you are choosing a broker specifically to run our signals, choose a raw-spread MT5 broker.
eToro does that well. Keep signal execution on MT5.
SIGNAL COMPATIBILITY — LIMITED
No MT4/MT5. Our signals can be placed manually on eToro's platform, but 1.0–2.0 pip spreads and manual six-TP management make it the most expensive venue we review; US clients cannot trade the CFDs at all. For running our signals as published, see our MT5 broker reviews →
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