What is best platform for trading European equities?

Hi,

I want to branch out and trade European equities and would like to know what seasoned traders are using to accomplish this.

I recently joined Interactive Broker's TWS...but have run into a brick wall.

In their TWS...I can access all of the individual constituents within the DAX, MDAX and SDAX...but the exchange they pull from is called IBIS.

In comparison...when I go to either the official page for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange:

www.boerse-frankfurt.de

or to the trading platform TradingView:

www.tradingview.com

Both of these...(boerse-frankfurt and tradingview)...give price exchange options for either Frankfurt or XETR exchanges...and not IBIS.

I can't understand why someone would trade the German market if they can't get the direct feed that it's Frankfurt exchange is listing as it's two main market sources.

Daily closing prices for IBIS do not match up with FRA, (FWB in TradingView), or XETR.

Even my Refinitiv® data feed in Excel...gives options for either FRA...or XETR...(and not IBIS).

I've been reading that XETR is the more liquid of the two.

So how are you...if you're US based...accomplishing European equity trading?

Do you go through TradingView?

Thank you for your input...it is most appreciated.

-Mike

 

For singles, it might actually be cheaper to trade CFDs on Saxo, CMC, or one of those retail scammers

 

Note not a user, just simply asked Google:-

What exchange is Ibis?

"In contrast to Nasdaq, a dealer market, IBIS is best described as an agency auction market characterized by electronic trading. IBIS also differs from Nasdaq in that it is closely linked to organized exchanges, such as the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), on which many of the IBIS-traded stocks are also traded."

So it seems it is thru XETR as well.

 

Why would it be cheaper to trade CFDs on Saxo?

 

Because you get paid for referring your friends to the pyramid scheme

 

Ibis= Xetra.
Imo no real alternative to IBKR when it comes to number of exchanges/instruments.
Commission wise degiro is very good, but not sure if available to US

 

thanks!
-Mike
>good stuff: (XETR:1U1)

 

Hi
1.You can use RealTick EMS, with Interactiver and pay XETR data. 2. There is an old blog on the Internet named *amsterdamtrader.com* he has made some reviews about DeGiro Broker. 3. ABN AMRO PRIME. 4. NYENBRUGH in Amsterdam. 5 Or ask Aaric Prime who there patners is

 

5.Sorry, Alaric Securities EU Licenced Broker/Dealer.

 

I also think RealTick has somthing where you can see, where there is most liquidty like how many % is traded where.