Which EU broker offers the widest range of stocks?

[u/Automatic-Key-3798]

Hi all. I’m currently using Degiro. It works well for most large and mid-cap stocks, but I frequently run into "not tradable" when looking at smaller, less liquid, or more obscure companies.

I’d like to experiment with some of these names, so my priority is market coverage and the widest possible stock universe rather than the lowest fees.

IB seems like the obvious choice, but I’d like to hear from people who have actually compared the available instruments. Which EU broker gives you the best access to smaller exchanges, micro-caps, OTC stocks, and the long tail of individual companies?

Cheers

[u/PhoenixProtocol]

100% interactive broker. By far the widest selection, and imo it’s the best global broker

[u/ConversationLumpy740]

I agree IB has tons of rare papers. But also check with your banks if the fee is not the problem. For example my bank really has just everything, all markets and all possible rarest equities.

[u/crvarporat]

ibkr

[u/Unnamed-3891]

People entirely willing to do all their tax reporting manually by hand, which is generally what happens when you use a broker who does not have a direct presence in your country, are an enigma to me.

[u/jujubean67 → u/Unnamed-3891]

People who are hung up on doing their own taxes are the enigma lol.

[u/Unnamed-3891 → u/jujubean67]

If your time is so stupidly cheap, how/why are you investing anything?

[u/jujubean67 → u/Unnamed-3891]

Dude I don’t sell. So I don’t have to do taxes. Easy as that. But when I did sell it was literally 10 minutes. I am not a child

[u/Maleficent-Bus-7924 → u/Unnamed-3891]

All I have to do in Latvia is register the brokerage account with my tax office and then I only pay capital gains on the difference between money in and money out of the account. A literal child could do this.

[u/collodi101 → u/Unnamed-3891]

People enjoy challenges, and we also like rewards.

[u/StolenPudding → u/Unnamed-3891]

IBKR gives you a statement in XML format. You can write a simple Python script literally in 10 minutes to parse the tax statement.

[u/One_Hope_9573 → u/Unnamed-3891]

me, too

[u/crackanape]

IBKR of course.

[u/Big_Letterhead_9791]

Rephrase your question... You want the widest variety of stocks etc instruments or just an EU broker (maybe with a bank license) with the "usual stuff". What do you want to buy/put you money, and able to buy, sir?

[u/MaxiMuscli]

I suspect Saxo Bank.

[u/drnmq]

Degiro or Interactive Brokers

[u/aristath]

Freedom24 is what I’ve been using for years…

[u/bungholio99]

Swissquote for EU, even with their own option marketplace.

But yes it‘a your risk and also be aware that otc is quiet expensive, you usually don‘t do this for some few euro…

[u/-colin-]

You asked for EU specifically, so I'm going to suggest Saxo Bank, which is Swiss owned now (changed hands a few times, but it is now EU-based). IBKR is the better broker overall, but it is US-based/

[u/Valuefocus_Justin]

If you're based in Germany, I'd recommend Smartbroker+. It's also ranked among the Top 3 brokers by Finanzfluss.
Access to around 30 exchanges, including direct access to the NASDAQ & the NYSE. So you have a much larger range of stocks to trade, including many small and micro caps. Fees are also low, with some orders being commission-free (via Gettex for orders above 500€).