got difference, the reason why last time I wouldn't trade stock or ETF CFD in etoro it's because of the overnight and weekend fees, it's ridiculously high if you plan to keep it for long term, now no more if it's non CFD trade.

Thanks for sharing about the Grade C regulator thing, didn't know that.

oh really? then it must be my mistake then because I've never really bother to check the 1x in CFD trade, because my assumptions was as long as it's CFD, there'll be overnight fees.

But how come you'll get dividend since technically no stocks were own? Where did the dividend money comes from?

Hmm, I found the info about getting dividend in Etoro, thanks alot for your advice   

https://www.etoro.com/customer-service/help...-pay-dividends/

Hey guys, coming from Dividend Magic's blog

Recently eToro has announced ZERO commissions for non-leveraged positions on US stocks. They also do not charge handling fees on dividends and the only cost to dividends will be different withholding taxes the different countries charge.

So now buying US Stocks under eToro will be based on underlying assets (Non-CFD?) and zero fees?

dumb question but is it better to buy US stocks via ETORO as compared to traditional bank app like Maybank Trade?

But not regulated by SC. Isnt that a huge risk?

What are the rates applied? Withdrawal fee/CFD fee?

Go for IKBR if you're thinking of holding for the long term. There's a thread here on how to set it all up. TD Ameritrade is another alternative.

Not arguing anything and Im not saying etoro is a scam. Just find the 0 commission thingy is like misleading when they actually factored it in the spread, like forex. In terms of fractional shares - whether or not you are buying underlying asset or CFD, and whether there is a need to "re-emphasis" that buying x1 is not CFD - who cares (if you are the etoro user)? End of the day you still cant transfer out like other platforms. I'm just curious why this etoro platform is more "popular" than the other platforms, like you say pretty much everyone has picked it up (and how many users out there are really know about this "0 commission" vs "spread diff", or a lot of people just dont care because etoro provides delayed quotation anyway?)

Perhap I misunderstood because I totally not familiar with how etoro works. See pic below, that I just traded purely to illustrate where am i coming from.
Market price was 1443.43 (but when you buy, you will buy at 1445.43 even if it is x1 unleveraged). Whereas in other platform, i can get google share at 1443.43 (market price - that's the typically willing buyer/seller transaction in traditional trading market).

So the diff of 1445.43 - 1443.43 = 2 bucks (if they are not so call indirect "commission" then what do you call it as)? For discussion purpose cause I really dont know. 

Etoro to me sound like "spread trading" like forex (which is perfectly fine for me cause I play forex too) but I really have big question why it says zero commission. If etoro "modifies" the traditional equity trading into this model, they can go out and say zero commission but perhaps not many know they are actually buying "slightly higher" than other platform if execute the same timing. People might just thought the market is volatile but it's actually not.

what it tells me is only this... current price or last done price is 1443.43... the current asking price is 1445.43... the bidding price is 1442.13... to me nothing wrong or unusual... willingly buyer /seller

I can only guess that the buy and sell button is for easy quick market buy and sell... but there "should" be a limit order somewhere you can enter your own price... a lot of platforms are like this... also I cannot imagine a platform without ability to enter limit orders...

to further check...if I take the mid price ± 0.9%... I don't get the bid/ask prices... if I take the current price and do the same... doesn't come back either

you should look at the level 2 DOM...should be quite evident if etoro is doing price spreading...where the spread is always constant or has a minimum gap beyond the min price for the instrument

btw... goog closed at 1451.12.... with a bid/ask spread of $6.79 that is much bigger than your example

Interesting, too bad I don't have a VISA/MC that has cashback. Kinda regret going for Maybank.
Afaik only eToro AUS has real shares. Otherwise you're trading CFDs which aren't as good.

IIRC, they charge fee when you want to withdraw. Withdrawal is dodgy. Have you tried? If you haven't, it's funny you trust a broker when you haven't withdrawn. Most Malaysians reported that they got random stranger refunding them their monies back. Meaning some random dude's name will appear on your bank statement.

IBKR is not leceh. You can deposit directly into IBKR using TransferWise as long as it's not USD. SG bank account only needed if want to get back money. There's a free monthly withdrawal without charge.