ActivTrades Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
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.	iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
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	Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) SCB (Bahamas) CSSF (Luxembourg)	CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
Great and intuitive proprietary platform MT4 and MT5 offered Low currency spreads	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors Commissions are charged Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends	High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 Day	1 Day
📋 Documents Required
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.
📍 Year Founded
2001	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit
$500	200 € (But it can change at their discretion)
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort Bank Transfer	Bank Wire Credit Card Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, indices, currencies, commodities, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies
📙 Stocks
1,000+	400+
📘 Currency Pairs
50	50+
📗 Commodities
16	19
📕 Indices
30	32
📔 ETFs
500+	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
11	41
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of ActivTrades’s assets are CFDs.	All of iFOREX Europe assets are CFDs yet they do provide a “No Leverage” tab with a few assets under 1:1 conditions for traders that do not wish to expose themselves to the risk.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (Fractional share trading allowed)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (Fractional ETF trading allowed)	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:400	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
Yes depending on method: Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 Commissions
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.	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
From 23 Pips to 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 98 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
From $55 to $91	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No