Broker to Trading

RoboMarkets offers a range of online CFD trading platforms and account types, including a cent account, which supports very small trade sizes, along with ECN accounts. IQ Option provides a web trader, a downloaded version (and apps), offering a range of CFD markets to trade.

IQ Option allows very small trade sizes by having a minimum order size of $1. IQ Option has more markets than RoboMarkets on all account types, except for R StocksTrader, where RoboMarkets has many more (12,000+ vs 300+).

IQ Option has a very low minimum deposit to trade a real account of $10, while the minimum deposit for RoboMarkets is $100. RoboMarkets lets the trader run automated trading strategies (robots) via Expert Advisors (MT4, MT5).

Quick comparison

RoboMarkets has a range of account types and platforms, supporting a range of trading styles, while IQ Option offers an accessible trading platform and has a low minimum deposit.

Minimum deposit and key account features

The minimum deposit for IQ Option is $10. The minimum deposit for RoboMarkets is $100.

• IQ Option has Market Analysis, News, a Forex Calendar, an Earnings Calendar and a Crypto Calendar on its trading platform. The minimum order size is $1.
• RoboMarkets offers accounts based around its three platforms, MT4, MT5 and R StocksTrader. MT4 and MT5 each offer a Pro-Standard, Pro-Cent, ECN and Prime accounts. RoboMarkets's R StocksTrader is a web trading platform, which has many more markets available than the other accounts. RoboMarkets also offers a CopyFX account (which supports transaction copying) and a RAMM account (which supports strategy copying).
• RoboMarkets's minimum deposit for all accounts is $100. The Prime account is an ECN account with lower commission charges. RoboMarkets offers an Islamic (Swap Free) version for some of these accounts. The minimum trade size is 0.0001 lots. RoboMarkets provides a range of tools including analysis, an economic calendar, webinars and education. It offers the R StocksTrader Strategy Builder for building robots. EAs and scalping are allowed at RoboMarkets.

Markets

• IQ Option offers Forex, Indices, Energy, Metals, Stocks, Soft Commodities, ETFs, Cryptocurrencies and Options, with 300+ available.
• RoboMarkets offers Forex, Indices, Energy, Metals, Stocks, Soft Commodities, ETFs and Cryptocurrencies, with 12,000+ available.

Cryptocurrencies

• IQ Option offers Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Stellar, Tron, Dash, EOS, QTUM, OmiseGo, Ethereum Classic and Zcash CFDs.
• RoboMarkets offers Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Stellar, Tron, Cardano, Chainlink, Solana, Uniswap, Polkadot, Polygon, Algorand, Dogecoin, Avalanche, Monero, Cosmos, Terra, Decentraland and Binance Coin CFDs.

Leverage

Maximum leverage for IQ Option (CySEC regulated) is . Maximum leverage for RoboMarkets (CySEC regulated) is

Trading Platforms

IQ Option offers a web trader, its downloaded version and apps. RoboMarkets provides MT4, MT5 and R StocksTrader.

Why IQ Option or RoboMarkets ?

Traders who wish to trade with small trade sizes can find the potential to do so at both brokers, however IQ Option has a lower minimum deposit. RoboMarkets supports the use of Expert Advisors (automated trading strategies). On R StocksTrader, RoboMarkets can offer a particularly large number of markets, the bulk of which are Shares CFDs.

Comparison summary

• Both offer CFD trading
• RoboMarkets has more markets overall
• RoboMarkets supports the use of Expert Advisors robots
• Both brokers have low minimum trade/order sizes
• RoboMarkets offers more platforms
• IQ Option has an accessible web trader
• RoboMarkets offers the R StocksTrader platform
• IQ Option has a lower minimum deposit ($10 vs $100)