Broker Fee Changes: Live Tracker
Brokers change their pricing quietly. This is every change we have verified against the platform's own published fee schedule — what changed, when it took effect, who it affects, and what it costs you.
Reviewed by Yaniv Barshaf, CPA · Fees verified 6 October 2026 · Our methodology
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Robinhood UK adds a $0.50 surcharge per contract on 'professional' options orders
- Before
- $0.50 per options contract for all UK customers
- After
- $1.00 per options contract for 'professional' options customers ($0.50 standard fee plus a $0.50 surcharge); $0.50 for everyone else
Robinhood UK's fee schedule dated 23 September 2026 adds an extra $0.50 per options contract, on buys and sells, for 'professional' options orders, effective 15 October 2026. Under US exchange rules a professional is any customer who placed an average of more than 390 listed-options orders a day in the previous calendar month. The standard $0.50 per-contract fee for ordinary UK customers is unchanged, as are the 0.10% weekday FX fee and the $100 outgoing ACATS transfer fee. The same schedule also lists futures at $0.75 per contract per side.
Who it affects: Only very high-frequency UK options traders who average more than 390 options orders a day: their cost doubles from $0.50 to $1.00 per contract, so a 10-contract round trip rises from $10 to $20 before exchange and regulatory fees. Ordinary retail investors, including occasional options traders, are not affected and keep paying $0.50 per contract.
eToro raises its published retail CFD loss figure to 51%
- Before
- 50% of retail CFD accounts lose money
- After
- 51% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider
eToro's regulator-mandated risk warning now reads 51% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider, up from the 50% it published through the summer of 2026. The figure is recalculated periodically under ESMA and FCA rules and reports the share of retail CFD accounts that lost money over the latest measurement window, so a one-point rise means slightly more retail accounts finished the period down than in the previous count. It is not a fee change and it does not touch eToro's real-stock or ETF pricing. eToro does not publish the date the new figure took effect, so the effective date recorded here is the date we verified it on etoro.com.
Who it affects: Anyone weighing up CFD trading with eToro, and any site that carries eToro's affiliate disclaimer, which must quote the current figure. eToro's loss rate remains among the lowest of the CFD providers we track: Plus500 publishes 76%, XTB 74% and Pepperstone 72.9%, so even after the rise roughly half of eToro's retail CFD accounts lose money against three quarters elsewhere.
Plus500 cuts its published retail loss figure to 76%
- Before
- 81% of retail investor accounts lose money
- After
- 76% of retail investor accounts lose money
Plus500's regulator-mandated risk warning now reads 76% of retail investor accounts lose money, down from the 81% it published in August 2026. The figure is recalculated periodically under ESMA rules and reports the share of retail CFD accounts that lost money over the latest measurement window, so a five-point fall means fewer retail accounts finished the period down than in the previous count. It is not a fee change, and it does not make CFDs safe: three quarters of retail accounts still lost money. Plus500 does not publish the date the new figure took effect, so the effective date recorded here is the date we verified it on the UK site.
Who it affects: Anyone weighing up CFD trading with Plus500. The headline number moved in the trader's favour, but it remains the single most important figure on the page, and the underlying product is unchanged: leverage still means losses can accumulate rapidly.
Scalable Capital doubles its gettex order fee to €1.99
- Before
- €0.99 per gettex order on the FREE Broker, and €0 on buys of €250 or more (PRIME ETFs on FREE, all orders on PRIME+)
- After
- €1.99 per gettex order, on both the FREE Broker and PRIME+ Broker plans
From 1 September 2026 every gettex order at Scalable Capital costs a flat €1.99, up from €0.99. The free-trade thresholds disappear on gettex: FREE Broker customers lose commission-free PRIME ETF purchases of €250 or more, and the PRIME+ flat rate no longer makes gettex orders free above €250. The change was notified to customers in July 2026 as part of a wider repricing that also cut Xetra. Scalable's own European Investor Exchange (EIX) is unaffected and stays at €0.99, or free from €250 on PRIME+, so the practical effect is to push order flow onto EIX.
Who it affects: Anyone who routes orders through gettex, which was the default venue for many Scalable customers. A saver making one €250 PRIME ETF purchase a month on the FREE Broker goes from €0 to €23.88 a year unless they switch the venue to EIX, where the trade stays free.
Scalable Capital halves its Xetra order fee to €1.99 and waives trading-venue fees
- Before
- €3.99 plus 0.01% (minimum €1.50) per Xetra order, plus trading-venue fees
- After
- €1.99 flat per Xetra order, with trading-venue fees waived
The same September 2026 repricing that raised gettex cut Xetra sharply. A Xetra order drops from €3.99 plus a 0.01% venue charge (minimum €1.50) to a flat €1.99, and Scalable waives the trading-venue fees on top. Xetra and gettex now cost the same €1.99, which removes the long-standing penalty for choosing Germany's main reference exchange over a smaller venue.
Who it affects: Investors who want Xetra's deeper order book and tighter spreads, especially on larger orders or less liquid securities. On a €5,000 Xetra order the charge falls from roughly €4.49 to €1.99.
Plus500 raises its published retail loss figure to 81%
- Before
- 80% of retail investor accounts lose money
- After
- 81% of retail investor accounts lose money
Plus500 updated the retail-loss percentage in its regulator-mandated risk warning from 80% to 81%. The figure is recalculated periodically under EFSA/ESMA rules and reflects the share of retail CFD accounts that lost money over the measurement period. It is not a fee change, but it is the single most important number a prospective CFD trader should see.
Who it affects: Anyone considering CFD trading with Plus500. A rising figure means a slightly larger share of retail accounts lost money in the latest measurement window.
Trade Republic adds a €2 "Direct Price" order option
- Before
- €1 flat per order (Best Price execution only)
- After
- €1 Best Price, or €2 per order to route directly to a chosen exchange
Trade Republic introduced a second execution mode, Direct Price, which routes your order straight to a chosen venue — around 30 exchanges including Xetra, Euronext, NYSE and Nasdaq — for a flat €2 per order regardless of size. The existing €1 Best Price execution is unchanged and remains the default. The change follows the EU-wide ban on payment for order flow (PFOF), whose German exemption expired on 30 June 2026.
Who it affects: Investors who want guaranteed execution on a specific exchange rather than Trade Republic's internal matching. For everyone else, nothing changes: the €1 default remains.
Freetrade makes SIPPs, mutual funds and gilts free on every plan, Basic included
- Before
- Mutual funds not offered; SIPP, gilts and ready-made portfolios not included in the free Basic plan
- After
- 1,000+ mutual funds, the SIPP, gilts and ready-made portfolios included in the free Basic plan with no dealing commission and no funds holding fee
From 22 January 2026 Freetrade's free Basic plan includes the SIPP, gilts, ready-made portfolios and, for the first time, mutual funds, all with no dealing commission and no percentage holding fee. Freetrade states the change explicitly on its pricing pages: as of 22 January 2026, SIPPs, ISAs, mutual funds, gilts and ready-made portfolios are all included in the Basic plan at no extra cost. The fund range passed 1,000 in May 2026 and now covers Vanguard, BlackRock and Royal London among others. The FX fee structure is unchanged: 0.99% on Basic, 0.59% on Standard and 0.39% on Plus.
Who it affects: UK fund investors who previously had to pay a percentage platform fee elsewhere. A £50,000 fund portfolio costs £0 a year to hold at Freetrade against roughly £175 at Hargreaves Lansdown (0.35%) or £125 at AJ Bell (0.25%), with no dealing charge on top. The catch is range: the OEIC and unit-trust universe is still narrower than the full-service platforms, so check your specific fund is listed before transferring.
Lightyear cuts its UK currency-conversion fee to 0.10%
- Before
- 0.35% FX fee on UK accounts
- After
- 0.10% FX fee on UK GIA and ISA accounts
Lightyear reduced the currency-conversion fee on UK General Investment and Stocks & Shares ISA accounts from 0.35% to 0.10%, making it one of the lowest FX rates available to UK investors buying US and other overseas shares. EU accounts remain at 0.35%.
Who it affects: UK investors buying overseas shares. On £10,000 of US-stock purchases a year, the cut saves about £25 versus the old rate.
eToro scraps its monthly inactivity fee
- Before
- $10/month after 12 months of inactivity
- After
- No inactivity fee
eToro removed its monthly inactivity fee in 2026. Dormant accounts no longer lose money simply for sitting idle — a charge that had been one of the most common complaints about the platform.
Who it affects: Buy-and-hold investors and anyone who stops trading for a while. It removes a recurring drag on small dormant balances.
How we track fee changes
Our broker fee dataset is re-checked on a rolling weekly cycle against each platform's official pricing pages. When a figure moves, the change is recorded here with its effective date and a link to the primary source, and the underlying dataset — which drives every table, ranking and calculator on FeesWizard — is updated at the same time. We log increases and decreases alike, including at brokers we earn nothing from.
Fee changes: frequently asked questions
How often do broker fees change?
More often than most investors realise. We have logged 10 verified changes across the platforms we track, ranging from headline commission changes to currency-conversion cuts and scrapped inactivity fees. Because platforms rarely announce increases loudly, a fee you checked a year ago may no longer be the fee you pay.
How do you verify a fee change?
Every entry on this page is checked against the broker's own published pricing page or official support documentation, and the source is linked on the entry. If we cannot reach a primary source, the change does not go on this page. Our wider fee dataset is re-verified on a rolling basis and the verification date is shown on each broker's review.
What should I do when my broker raises a fee?
First work out what it actually costs you a year, rather than reacting to the headline — a change to a fee you never trigger is irrelevant. Our fee calculator turns any platform's pricing into an annual figure for how you actually invest. If the new cost is materially worse, check whether a transfer-out fee applies before moving, since that can wipe out the first year of savings.
Can I be notified about fee changes?
This page is updated as we verify changes, so bookmarking it is the simplest way to keep up. Every entry is dated, so you can see at a glance what has changed since you last looked.