AvaTrade Vs. Freedom Finance - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
AvaTrade is a top-tier multinational broker with more than 7 financial regulators specialising in FX and options trading with their own proprietary platforms.	Freedom Finance is an equities broker founded in 2008 belonging to the parent group Freedom Holding Corp (a publicly traded company on NASDAQ exchange). Their specialty is providing access to more than 1 million stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options worldwide along with IPOs.
Best For
New traders looking for a more advanced forex and options platform Experienced traders looking to take advantage of their fixed spreads Experienced traders looking to trade FX options	Real equities traders looking to day-trade stocks, options, futures and ETFs Long term investors looking to build a stocks or ETFs portfolio Experienced investors that know which assets they are looking for
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 6 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FFAJ (Japan) CBI (Ireland) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) FSCA (South Africa) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) ISA (Israel)	CySec (Cyprus) BaFin (Germany) SEC (United States)
The Good
AvaProtect feature for negative trades payback Great variety of platforms (proprietary ones, MT4 & MT5) Smooth platform experiences and easy account management Custom Options trading platform	Over 1,500,000+ assets from several exchanges worldwide All assets are real equities (they do not provide CFDs) InvestIdeas section with great analysis on several high potential stocks 3% per year in their savings D-account (Daily interest accrual)
The Bad
Lack of variety in stocks, ETFs and bonds Expensive inactivity fees No multi-chart tools High trade minimums in all assets except forex	The use of SMS codes for authentication of basic operations can be an issue for frequent international travellers Freedom Finance does not offers currencies, cryptocurrencies or spot commodities No stock screener or tools to research and analyse stocks efficiently
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
2006	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfers
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF.	3 - EUR, USD, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BE, IR.	SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	Yes
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Equities
Total Asset Offering
863	1,411,284
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	58,571
📙 Stock CFDs
626	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
55	0
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
27	0
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
33	0
📔 ETFs
0	1,500
📔 ETFs CFDs
59	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
17	0
📒 Bonds
0	191,959
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	1,153,234
📓 Options CFDs
44	0
📗 Futures
0	6,020
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - From 1 to 100 units	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - From 1 to 100 units	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: BTC 0.01, ETH 0.1)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 ounce of gold)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
10 units	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
10,000 FX Option contracts	1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
30	3
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 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	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$50 per quarter after 3 months of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.
💰 Commissions
None	Yes and the vary per account: In their all inclusive USD account they charge, 0.5% + $0.012 per share with a minimum of $1.2 per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending In their Smart in EUR account they charge, 0.02€ per share with a minimum of 2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.05 for each SMS notification In their Fix in EUR account, they charge, 10€ Monthly account fee 0.012€ per share with a minimum of 1.2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.03 for each SMS notification
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips	Unavailable
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Unavailable
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 34 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.92	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $137.31	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No