ActivTrades Vs. Saxo Bank - 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.	Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank operating since 1992. It is one of the most regulated brokerages in the world with an exceptional selection of financial instruments.
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	Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors
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The Good
Great and intuitive proprietary platform MT4 and MT5 offered Low currency spreads	Exceptional selection of financial instruments at one place 2 highly-customizable proprietary trading platforms API integration for 3rd party services like Excel or TradingView
The Bad
Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors Commissions are charged Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends	High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 Day	4 Days
📋 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.
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) SCB (Bahamas) CSSF (Luxembourg)	ASIC (Australia) HKMA (Hong Kong) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) AFM (Netherlands)
📍 Year Founded
2001	1992
💳 Minimum Deposit
$500	From 500 € to 2,000 € depending on residence
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP.	26 - AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNH, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, LTL, MXN, MYR, NOK, NZD, PLN, RON, RUB, SEK, SGD, TRY, USD, ZAR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US,BR,ES,IN,KE,MX,NG,PK,ZA
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, indices, currencies, commodities, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.	Real stocks, ETFs, bonds and options. CFDs on currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and bonds.
📙 Stocks
1,000+	30,000+
📘 Currency Pairs
50	182
📗 Commodities
16	19 (CFDs)
📕 Indices
30	29 (CFDs)
📔 ETFs
500+	5,400+
💸 Cryptocurrencies
11	9
📒 Bonds
N/A	5,000+
📓 Options
N/A	3,000+
📗 Futures
N/A	300+
📝 Notes:
All of ActivTrades’s assets are CFDs.	N/A
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (Fractional share trading allowed)	N/A
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (Fractional ETF trading allowed)	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	N/A
📉 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 1:66
✍ 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	Yes (through API)
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK
💰 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
💰 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.	$0.02/share (min $10) for US Stocks, from 0.10% (min €10) for other equity markets, €4 per futures contract
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips	0.8 pips on average, as low as 0.4 for VIP
📉 SP500
From 23 Pips to 50 Pips	N/A
📈 GOLD
From 98 Pips	N/A
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	N/A
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	N/A
📉 BTC
From $55 to $91	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No