Plus500US review 2026

Overview

The Plus500US platform gives you two ways to trade. On the Futures side, you get access to contracts across eight asset classes, from equity indices and crypto to the newly launched Single Stock Futures on individual US companies. On the Prediction Markets side, you trade Kalshi event contracts on politics, sports, science and technology, and economic data. Both run in the same account and platform. It offers a new sign up bonus.

To get used to the platform, you can open a demo account with virtual funds that you can set to any amount and reset at any time. It is an excellent way to get used to the platform since it mimics what you would experience in a real-life scenario (with real money). The prices are the same, and even the trading fees are applied when you place an order, as you can see in our simulated trading on the Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100:

When you feel comfortable and decide to open a real money account, you will realise that you only need $10 to fund it by debit card.

Besides, you can access a Futures Trading Academy, which gives you educational videos (everything about Futures Trading, including trading strategies) and articles. We have enjoyed the videos in particular since they are engaging and explain the concepts in straightforward terms.

As a side note, it also offers institutional and IBs Financial Solutions (just in case a representative of a financial institution reads this review).

Trading platform

You will use WebTrader, Plus500’s proprietary platform focused on Futures Contracts. You will not miss any essential features since you will encounter an intuitive and customisable dashboard, watchlists, alerts, and technical analysis tools. At the top of the left sidebar, a simple toggle lets you switch between Futures and Prediction Markets without leaving the platform. Market data is included at no extra cost, which is not the norm among futures brokers.

Instruments

You can easily search your instruments or use the left bar “by sector”:

When you double-click any instruments, a pop-up window will appear on the right side:

Commissions

From here, you clearly see the bid-ask spread (the difference between the “Buy” and “Sell” prices). By scrolling down, you will notice the commission for “margin levels,” “charges,” “availability,” and “additional info”:

Trade tab

Within the “Trade” tab, you can also notice three different types of orders: “Market”, “Limit”, and “Stop”. In addition to it, you may select “Take Profit”, “Stop Loss” and “Trailing Stop”:

Reports

The Plus500US platform allows you to generate a monetary history report and daily and monthly statements by following these steps: “Trade” then “Tools”, “Reports” and clicking “Show Report/Sent by email”.

Live chat

Finally, in the bottom-left corner, you can access a “Live chat” available 24/7.

Products & markets

Plus500 futures gives you exposure to eight different asset classes:

• Crypto: Micro Bitcoin and Ethereum.
• Agriculture: Soybean Meal, Corn, Soybean, Wheat, Live Cattle, Soybean Oil, and Feeder Cattle.
• Metals: Gold, Silver, Copper, and Platinum.
• Forex: Australian Dollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Mexican Peso, Swiss Franc, New Zealand Dollar, Euro FX, and Japanese Yen.
• Interest Rates: Micro 10-year yield and 30-Day FedFund.
• Energy: WTI and Brent Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Natural Gas, and RBOB Gasoline.
• Equity Index: S&P MidCap 400, Russell 2000, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, and Nikkei.
• Single Stocks: Futures on individual US companies such as Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Broadcom, SpaceX, Meta, Tesla, Micron Technology and Eli Lilly, available in standard and Micro contract sizes.

Most asset classes will have “mini” and “micro” contracts. For example, a “Micro Bitcoin” is like investing at 1/10 the size of one bitcoin.

Moreover, Futures markets are open virtually 24 hours a day, 6 days a week. Still, opening and closing times may vary depending on the type of Futures contract and the underlying instrument. For more information, you can check the trading hours on the CME Group website, the exchange where Plus500US contracts are listed.

Single Stock Futures (New)

On 27 July 2026, CME Group launched Single Stock Futures on more than 50 of the largest US companies, and Plus500 added them to its platform on 3 August 2026. You will find them in the platform under the “Single Stocks” and “Micro Single Stocks” sectors. If you want the full picture of how the product works, we explain it in our guide to single stock futures.

A Single Stock Future lets you go long or short on one individual company, such as Nvidia, Tesla or SpaceX, with the mechanics of a Futures contract: you post margin instead of paying the full share price, and contracts are cash-settled, meaning no shares ever change hands. The launch covered 55 standard contracts, each representing 100 shares of the underlying stock, and 22 Micro contracts representing just 10 shares, making them accessible for smaller accounts.

In practice, this gives you three things regular stock trading does not: leverage at Futures margin rates, the ability to short a stock without borrowing fees, and access to the market nearly 23 hours a day, 5 days a week (CME Globex runs from Sunday 6 p.m. to Friday 5 p.m. ET, with a daily one-hour break), so you can react to earnings reports and breaking news long after the stock exchange closes. A notable highlight is SpaceX: with its shares in limited supply, the Single Stock Future is one of the few ways retail traders can get direct exposure to its price.

Two practical details to keep in mind. First, check the initial margin shown in the platform before you trade, since your broker can require more than the exchange minimum. Second, the contracts expire on a quarterly cycle (March, June, September and December), with trading ending on the third Friday of the expiry month. Plus500 does not support delivery, so unclosed positions are auto-liquidated at expiration. Leverage amplifies losses as well as gains.

Prediction Markets

The second pillar of the Plus500US offering is Prediction Markets, launched in February 2026 and available to US users alongside Futures in the same account. The contracts come from Kalshi, the first CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange in the United States, and Plus500 clears them itself through its membership of Kalshi Klear, held since April 2025. Sports event contracts (NFL, NBA and MLB) were added in June 2026.

Prediction Markets allow you to trade on the outcomes of real-world events by buying “Yes” or “No” contracts priced in cents. The price reflects the market’s implied probability of the event happening: if your outcome occurs, the contract settles at $1, and if not, it settles at zero. Contracts are fully collateralised, so there is no margin or leverage. You can also sell before settlement to lock in a profit or cut a loss as the odds move.

The range of markets is surprisingly deep. At the time of our review, we found contracts on:

• Politics: primaries, nominees and election outcomes.
• Sports: baseball, basketball, football, soccer, golf, tennis, cricket, hockey, MMA, motorsport, rugby and even esports.
• Science and Technology: technology and science-related milestones and announcements.
• Economics: economic indicators and interest rate decisions.

Unlike Futures contracts, Prediction Markets:

• Are event-based rather than price-based
• Have predefined outcomes (typically “Yes” or “No”)
• Settle at a fixed value once the event outcome is known

This makes Prediction Markets more accessible to traders who prefer short-term, outcome-driven speculation rather than continuous price movements.

However, it is important to note that Prediction Markets carry their own risks, including binary outcomes and limited flexibility once a position is opened. They should not be confused with Futures contracts, even though both products are available on the Plus500 platform:

Fees

The fee structure is quite clear.

For Futures:

• Standard and E-mini contract commission: $0.89 (per contract, per side).
• Micro contract commission: $0.49 (per contract, per side).
• NFA regulatory fee: $0.02 per contract, per side, plus exchange execution and clearing fees passed through at cost.
• Auto-liquidation fee per contract: $10 (this fee will only apply If a trader has not offset or rolled his position before contract expiration. In that case, Plus500 must liquidate automatically as it does not support the delivery of the underlying assets).
• Withdrawals: the first withdrawal of each calendar month is free. Additional withdrawals carry a processing fee of 1.75% of the amount requested, with a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $150, for all payment methods.
• No deposit, inactivity, market data, platform or routing fees.

For prediction markets:

• $0.01 commission plus a $0.01 exchange fee per contract. NFA fees do not apply here, only to Futures contracts.

Here is a summary of the main fees:

Exchange fees for futures can be checked on the CME group exchange website, and the event contract fees on the Kalshi fee schedule.

Regulation

Plus500US offers futures through Plus500US Financial Services, LLC, a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a member of the National Futures Association (NFA ID number 0001398) and a clearing member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) group. Plus500US Financial Services, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plus500US Inc., which is itself owned by Plus500 Ltd. The prediction markets side sits under the same umbrella: Kalshi is a CFTC-designated contract market, and Plus500 clears those trades through its full clearing membership with Kalshi Klear.

It is essential to understand that the funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant are not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), even if the futures commission merchant is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a broker or dealer.

Besides, the funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant are not held by the futures commission merchant in a separate account for your individual benefit.

Futures commission merchants merge the funds received from customers in one or more accounts. You may be exposed to losses incurred by other customers if the futures commission merchant does not have sufficient capital to cover other customers’ trading losses. However, when you open an account, your funds will be segregated from the company’s funds.

More information can be found in Plus500 Risk Disclosure Statement.

Finally, Plus500 Ltd is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 and the STOXX Europe 600 indices. In October 2026, it announced the conditional acquisition of Hedge Capital Markets Inc., a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a FINRA member, subject to FINRA approval, to add stocks, options and ETFs to its US offering.

Accepted countries

Plus500US is only available in the US 🇺🇸, and trading privileges are subject to review and approval. Eligibility for event contracts can vary by state, and Plus500 warns that sports event contracts are the subject of litigation and may be suspended in some jurisdictions at short notice.

Account opening

Opening an account with Plus500US is quite simple. You need to sign-up at the top-right corner by clicking “Start Trading” and choose what account type you want to open (“Demo mode” or “Real money“):

For our purpose, we will select “Demo mode“. You will need to register using an e-mail and agree to the End-User License Agreement:

And you are all set to start trading with a simulated account. It will help you have a sense of the platform, the fees charged, and all the products available:

As soon as you feel ready to start with a real money account, you just need to select “menu” and switch to “real money mode”:

For a “Real money” account, you will need the following documents, according to the Plus500 website:

• Identification document: Driver’s licence, Photo ID, Firearm Owners ID (FOID), Tribal ID, US Military ID, Passport or Passport Card is used to authenticate your identity. The stated document should show an identity picture, number, full name, date of birth, date of issue and expiry, and governmental institutions.
• Proof of address document: Utility bill, Cable/Internet bill, Landline bill, Mobile phone bill, Bank/Credit card statement, Lease agreement, Mortgage statement, Insurance statement or card, Government agency letter (universities), Medical bill, Pension, Salary slip/Employment contract, Vehicle registration form.
• Permission letter: in case of work experience in the financial sector, a document issued by the employer will be required.

The required documents should have been issued within the last 3 months, showing your name, the registered address in the account, and the issuer’s logo. Plus500 states that it will make no other use of these documents and will not disclose them to any third party.

To deposit money, you have these options (prepaid and credit cards are not accepted):

1. Debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay: minimum $10 per transaction.
2. Wire transfer: Plus500’s funding FAQ lists a minimum of $200.

Bottom line

All in all, Plus500US is suitable for two types of traders: those looking to trade Futures contracts, now including Single Stock Futures on individual companies like Nvidia, Tesla and SpaceX, and those interested in Prediction Markets, where you can trade the outcome of elections, sports events and economic data through simple Yes/No contracts.

One nuance worth understanding: while Single Stock Futures give you leveraged, nearly around-the-clock exposure to individual companies, you are never buying the actual shares. If your goal is to own Stocks, ETFs or Options in the traditional sense, you will still need a conventional broker for that, at least until Plus500’s planned US super-app launches.

We believe that using the Demo account to get started is highly advisable, as it provides a realistic view of the platform, pricing, and available products. We encourage you to review the Pros and Cons, explore the platform in depth, and decide whether Plus500 Futures aligns with your trading goals.