AAATrade Vs. SquaredFinancial - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

AAATrade is a Cyprus based broker established in 2013, that offers a variety of financial instruments including contracts for difference (CFDs), forex, stock, commodities, cryptocurrencies and others.

SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.

• Beginner traders looking for a simple web and mobile platform to get started
• Passive investors looking for real equity

• Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares
• High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips

• CySec (Cyprus)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• Simple and friendly proprietary trading platform
• Intuitive overview of account analytics
• Wide variety of CFDs and real equities

• Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products)
• Real stocks are offered along with CFDs
• Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers

• Above-average FX spreads
• High fees (depending on the deposit / withdrawal methods)
• High deposit requirements for advanced services ($25,000 , $100,000)

• Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
• High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Credit Card
• Debit Card
• Wire Transfer
• Skrill
• Neteller
• FasaPay
• UnionPay
• Giropay
• QIWI
• Cryptocurrencies

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Instatransfer

US, AS, AI, BB, FJ, GU, PW, PA, WS, SC, TT, VU, AL, BS, BW, KH, GH, JM, MU, MM, NI, PK, UG, SY, YE, ZW, IR, KR, AF, IQ, MN.

US, CA, IR, SY.

€15 after 3 months of inactivity.

From 0.2% for cryptocurrency, credit and debit cards up to 5% for alternative payments. Direct wire transfers have a fee of €10.

Wire transfers have a €10 fee.

• No commissions on novice accounts.
• Commission free trading for stock ETFs on Experienced accounts
• FX commissions are $4-$8 per lot depending whether the pair is major, minor or exotic.

Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types:

• SquaredPro account has no default commissions
• SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot

For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:

• USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2)
• European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)