Admiral Markets Vs. Saxo Bank - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 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
Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers	Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 7 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)	ASIC (Australia) HKMA (Hong Kong) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) AFM (Netherlands)
The Good
Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers	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
Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform	High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures
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	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.
📍 Year Founded
2001	1992
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	From $500 up to $2,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.	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.	US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
4,559	49,339
Exchange Access
1	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	30,000
📙 Stock CFDs
3,254	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	182
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
43	29
📔 ETFs
778	5,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
372	5,400
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
42	9
📒 Bonds
0	5,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	3,000
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	300
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	66
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	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
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.	Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Depending on account type (eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)	$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 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
From 50 Pips	Unavailable
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.45	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 2 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Variable - From $208	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	No