CMC Invest has taken out the 2024 award for best Overall trading platform for the 4th year in a row, thanks to its competitive brokerage on AU and US stocks, world-class platform and impressive range of markets. It deserves its reputation as one of Australia's premier platforms.
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Tiger Brokers has been named Highly Commended in the Overall category for the first time. With an easy-to-use app, low trading fees and responsive trading platform, it's a worthy choice for any would-be investors.
Webull is also Highly Commended for best Overall platform due to its low fees and advanced trading tools. Along with CHESS-sponsored ASX stocks, it offer US options, fractional shares and $0 brokerage on US and Australian ETFs, making it an impressive overall pick.
Interactive Brokers retains its crown as the best platform for international shares in 2024. With access to dozens of exchanges (including European, Asian and Middle-Eastern markets) and competitive fees, it's hard to beat in terms of global equities.
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CMC Invest is our runner-up for Global Stocks due to its impressive range of available markets and ultra-competitive brokerage on US, UK and Japanese stocks.
A worthy contender, Saxo boasts more than 50 global exchanges and 11 currency options to make your international trading as frictionless as possible.
CMC Invest is no stranger to the Finder Awards, offering a best-in-class platform for trading Australian CHESS-sponsored shares and ETFs. Along with $0 brokerage on local trades (up to $1,000), it has a comprehensive suite of trading and research tools.
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Tiger Brokers adds to its awards tally because of its low-cost access to CHESS-sponsored Australian shares. It now offers some of the most competitive ASX brokerage around, as well as free market data.
Stake has secured its reputation as one of Australia's best trading apps, with competitive fees on CHESS-sponsored shares and an impressive trading experience.
Interactive Brokers returns as our winner for the best platform for Active Traders thanks to its professional trading platform, low commissions and huge range of investment products.
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Tiger Brokers also reclaims its Highly Commended award for Active Traders, marrying comprehensive trading tools and 24/5 access to US markets with ultra-low brokerage.
With competitive trading fees, tools and impressive range of supported markets, Saxo is a great candidate for investors looking to take their trading to the next level.
Syfe is our 2024 winner for Auto-investing. It gives you access to over 12,000 AU and US stocks and ETFs, competitive trading fees, low minimum buys, recurring purchases and managed fund options.
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Sharesies has been named Highly Commended for Auto-investing because of its innovative approach. Build your own portfolio from more than 8,000 Australian, NZ and US stocks and then let Sharesies take care of the rest thanks to its recurring buys, round ups and tiered pricing. It's hands-off investing with hands-on flexibility.
Pearler takes out our other Highly Commended award for Auto-investing. Whether you want to invest directly in shares and ETFs, experiment with micro-investing or take a set-and-forget approach, Pearler lets you do so via recurring buys and round ups and lets you set your own investing goals to keep your portfolio on track.
Sharesies takes home its first winner's award for Beginners thanks to its simplified approach to investing. Whether you want to pick your own AU and US stocks or take a more hands-off approach, Sharesies caters to all types of beginners. Along with fractional shares and a range of subscription plans, it also boasts extensive educational resources for beginner investors, including podcasts, online guides and even a book.
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Tiger Brokers secures another Highly Commended award, this time for its beginner-friendly fee structure, app interface, trading guides, online community and demo account. For beginners starting out on their investing journey, Tiger Trade gives you all the tools you need to grow as an investor.
Syfe rounds out the top 3 for Beginners due to flexible trading features like competitive trading fees, low minimum buys and managed funds. It also offers in-house educational content, market insights, 24/5 customer support and expert analysis to help you up your investing game.
CMC Invest takes the title of best platform for US Stocks thanks to its impressive market access and $0 brokerage. If you're looking for low-cost to US equities, CMC Invest is hard to beat.
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Webull is Highly Commended because of its competitive fee structure on US stocks, options and ETFs. Not only does it offer low commission on stock trades, it offers $0 brokerage on all US ETFs and 24/5 access to US markets.
Tiger Brokers rounds out the US Stocks category thanks to low fees on US stocks and options, free market data and trading tools.
Tiger Brokers continues its strong showing in the 2024 Finder Awards, winning the Best Mobile App category due to its feature-packed, easy-to-use trading app. Boasting impressive user scores across all platforms, the Tiger Brokers app is also notable for the level of customisation it offers investors.
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CMC Invest is also Highly Commended for Best Mobile App as it manages to pack its advanced trading platform into an easy-to-navigate mobile app that remains highly rated by users.
moomoo takes another Highly Commended award, this time for its intuitive and responsive mobile app, dedicated customer support and new desktop app. It manages to strike the balance as a beginner-friendly app that also offers more advanced investors the tools they need to trade.
CMC Invest wins the award for Low Cost. It remains one of the best value brokers around, with free brokerage on major international markets and competitive fee structure on ASX shares, as well as a highly-polished trading platform.
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Tiger Brokers wins another Highly Commended award for its competitive pricing across the board. Not only does it offer some of the lowest brokerage on CHESS-sponsored ASX shares, it does the same for US stocks and options, as well as free market data and other trading tools.
With low brokerage on both CHESS-sponsored ASX shares and US stocks, moomoo is also a serious contender for investors looking to keep their trading costs to a minimum.
CMC Invest wins the award for Best ETF Broker for the second year running, offering easy access to more than 300 Australian ETFs and 10,000 international ETFs and free brokerage on more than 8,000 global ETFs.
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Webull earns its third Highly Commended award thanks to its $0 brokerage on more than 3,300 Australian and US ETFs.
Syfe takes the other Highly Commended award for Best ETF broker, offering beginner-friendly access to thousands of Australian and US ETFs.
Interactive Brokers is the inaugural winner of the Finder Award for Options Trading thanks to its low trading fees, extensive trading tools and huge availability of markets.
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Tiger Brokers is named Highly Commended in the Options Trading category because of its easy-to-use platform and low fees on US options.
Westpac takes our other Highly Commended award for Options Trading as one of the best platforms for traders looking for ASX options.
Our share trading platform award winners are based on 100+ hours of research by our expert authors and insights team.
We researched 40 of Australia's most popular share trading platforms including CommSec, CMC Invest and nabtrade. We compared 130 features including fees, available markets, trading features, research tools and much more.
Depending on the award category, we then weighted these features based on their relevance. For example, in the Best for Beginners category, we assigned more weight to things like educational tools, while for Best for Australian Equities, we assigned more weight to things like CHESS-sponsorship.
Kylie is Finder's investments expert. She is responsible for selecting the awards criteria we use to determine the winners.
Piyush is an insights analyst at Finder and is responsible for developing the methodology for Finder's Product Awards. He holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of London.
Tom is a publisher and finance writer, specialising in crypto and investing. He first started investing in crypto in 2017.
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