Traders Place review
Updated September 28, 2026 · SumCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Traders Place suits German and euro area investors who want shares, ETFs, bonds, funds and crypto held in one place at no listed cost. The account fee is €0, and the firm is supervised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) with investor protection of EU ICS up to EUR 20,000.
Key facts
- Best for
- Commission free dealing in shares, ETFs and crypto for a German or euro area joint account.
- Stock trade fee
- €0↗
- Account fee
- €0↗
- Markets
- Stocks, ETFs, Crypto, Bonds, Funds↗
- Regulators
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)↗
- Investor protection
- EU ICS up to EUR 20,000↗
- Platforms
- Traders Place App↗
- Account types
- Joint↗
- Legal entity
- Traders Place GmbH & Co. KGaA↗
- Headquarters
- Germany↗
- Support channels
- Email, Phone, Help-centre↗
- Features
- Crypto, Fractional shares, Mobile app
- Pricing model
- Commission-free
- Official website
- tradersplace.de
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 4 sources
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ranked 1 of 142 brands on account fee and 1 of 166 on stock trade fee.
- Shares, ETFs, bonds, funds and crypto in one place, stocks, etfs and crypto, with the account fee of €0 applying to the joint account.
- Fractional shares, crypto and a mobile app, crypto, fractional shares and mobile app, through the Traders Place App, Traders Place App.
- Supervised by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) with investor protection of EU ICS up to EUR 20,000.
Cons
- No live chat, with support on email, phone and help centre only.
- No leveraged products, since stocks, etfs and crypto runs to shares, ETFs, crypto, bonds and funds.
- A joint account, joint, is the only account type listed, so no individual or pension wrapper sits alongside it.
Who it suits
- Long term investors in Germany and the euro area who want several asset classes in a single account.
- Couples and families, since the joint account, joint, is the shape the account comes in.
- Crypto holders who also want plain stock dealing, crypto, fractional shares and mobile app, rather than a pure exchange.
Who should look elsewhere
- CFI, whose stocks, etfs and forex include forex and CFDs, if leverage matters more than long term commission free holding.
- bunq, which lists stocks, etfs and crypto and leaves out the bonds and funds Traders Place covers.
- Fiesta Credito MX, regulated by CONDUSEF in Mexico, for anyone after a Mexican lender rather than a German broker.
How it compares on our data
On our data Traders Place ranks 1 of 142 brands on account fee and 1 of 166 on stock trade fee. Those are the two figures most readers check first on any broker, and a top placing on both is unusual in a market where many providers charge something for the account or the trade.
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Where Traders Place is available
- Available
- Germany
- Licence in Germany
- Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) (MiCA CASP 5299005Y5T6LXFAXDQ78), checked September 26, 2026, also valid in Germany
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What does Traders Place cost to hold and to trade?+
The account fee is €0 and the stock trade fee is €0 under a commission-free model, commission free. Nothing is listed on either side, so a small portfolio is not eaten away by an annual charge.
Is the commission-free model the whole cost story?+
It is the main one. The pricing schedule sets the model as commission-free, with the account fee at €0 and the stock trade fee at €0. What still matters is the spread a trade is executed through, which is set per trade rather than shown as a listed fee.
Who supervises Traders Place and what protection applies?+
The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) supervises the firm in Germany, where the operating company is Traders Place GmbH & Co. KGaA. Investor protection is listed as EU ICS up to EUR 20,000, and the crypto side runs on a MiCA CASP licence, MiCA CASP 5299005Y5T6LXFAXDQ78.
What can I buy and sell?+
The listed range, stocks, etfs and crypto, covers stocks, ETFs, crypto, bonds and funds. Nothing in that list is a leveraged instrument, so forex, CFDs, options and futures sit outside what this broker offers, and traders who rely on them should look at a different provider.
Can I hold the account jointly?+
Yes: a joint account is the account type listed, joint. Two people can hold the portfolio together on the same terms, with the account fee of €0 and stock trade fee of €0 applying as listed. No individual or pension wrapper appears among the types offered.
Is there an app and can I buy fractional shares?+
Trading runs through the Traders Place App, Traders Place App, and fractional shares are on the feature list, crypto, fractional shares and mobile app, alongside crypto and a mobile app. Fractional buying lets a modest balance spread across several holdings rather than forcing whole shares of one company.
How do I reach support?+
Support runs on email, phone and help centre: email, phone and a help centre. Live chat is not among the listed channels, so a question needing a quick answer is better sent by phone. The help centre covers the routine side of the service.
Sources
- esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2024-12/CASPS.csv checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Investor protection, Legal entity, Regulators, Licences
“ae_homeMemberState=DE”
- tradersplace.de checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Account fee, Account types, Features, Markets, Platforms
“Handeln ab EUR 0,- Depot”
- tradersplace.de/medien/dateien/pdf/preis-und-leistungsver... checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Pricing model, Stock trade fee
- tradersplace.de/service/service-tools/kontakt checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Support channels
“Kontakt, Rueckruf”
Compiled from 4 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Minimum deposit, Inactivity fee, Retail accounts that lose money.
Traders Place
Commission free dealing in shares, ETFs and crypto for a German or euro area joint account.