Updated May 26 2022
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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. |
City Index is a global broker founded in 1983 that holds 4 financial licenses and offers advanced trading platforms, mobile apps, diverse market research tools and an extensive range of markets. |
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🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 Day | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2012 | 1983 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £ - 100 | $, €, £ - 100 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
4 - USD, EUR, GBP, SEK | 8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
BE, CD ,ER, JP, KP, LY, MU, SC, SO, SD, US | US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
140 CFDs / 900+ on MT5 Platform | 4,500+ |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
50+ | 84 |
📗 Commodities | |
6 | 30 |
📕 Indices | |
10 | 25 |
📔 ETFs | |
80 | 740 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
20 | 5 |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 11 |
📓 Options | |
N/A | Yes, option chains over 17 different products |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | N/A |
📝 Notes: | |
City index offers both CFDs and spread betting.< |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 share | Varies per share starting from fractional share trading (eg: 0.1 shares) |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1 contract | Varies per ETFs starting from fractional ETFs trading (eg: 0.1 ETFs) |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
0.01 Lots | Varies per cryptocurrency - (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
0.01 Lots | Varies per commodity |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per bond |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per option |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
10% of account balance after 90 days of inactivity (minimum at €25, maximum at €49.90) |
Yes, 12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
€10 flat fee for bank wire withdrawals equal to or less than €100 |
No |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes depending on account type (Eg: Raw accounts have a $5 per lot round turn commission while other pay spreads) |
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips (Raw Account) | Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 39 Pips | Dynamic - From 60 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 27 Pips | From 50 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $3.30 | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
0.10% | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $190 | Dynamic - From $120 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
No | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | Yes |