ActivTrader Vs. BDSwiss - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5.

BDSwiss is a global broker headquartered in Switzerland that holds multiple financial licenses and offers access to over 250 financial instruments through 4 account types according to each trader's needs.

• Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a simple and powerful platform
• Experienced currency traders looking to exploit the tight spreads
• CFD traders looking for an de-leveraged option to trade

• Beginners looking to learn the basics using the "Cent" account
• Intermediate traders looking for quality fundamental analysis

• FCA (UK)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CSSF (Luxembourg)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• NFA (United States)
• FSC (Mauritius)

• Great and intuitive proprietary platform
• MT4 and MT5 offered
• Low currency spreads

• Excellent educational library with analysis published on the daily basis
• Suitable for traders who are willing to invest time in learning fundamental analysis.

• Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors
• Commissions are charged
• Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends

• Higher spreads and limited functionality for small accounts
• Needs $1000 deposit to have access to a personal account manager, or $5,000 for the advantageous Raw account.

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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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• Bank Transfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• iDeal

US, CA, SY, IR.

BE, CD ,ER, JP, KP, LY, MU, SC, SO, SD, US.

$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

10% of account balance after 90 days of inactivity (minimum at €25, maximum at €49.90).

Yes depending on method:

• Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee

€10 flat fee for bank wire withdrawals equal to or less than €100.

Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)

Yes depending on asset:

• For European shares (excluding London) there are fees of 0.05% of the transaction value (minimum 1€) or 0.01% of the transaction value (minimum 5€)
• For London shares there are commissions of 0.10% of transaction value (minimum 1£)
• For New york and other international shares there are commissions of $0.02 per share (minimum $1)

Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others.

Yes depending on account type (Eg: Raw accounts have a $5 per lot round turn commission while other pay spreads).