City Index Vs. BDSwiss - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

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.

• Intermediate and experienced traders looking for a great asset variety on CFDs
• Experienced traders looking to trade options over 17 asset classes
• Share and ETF traders looking for a comprehensive offering

• Beginners looking to learn the basics using the "Cent" account
• Intermediate traders looking for quality fundamental analysis

• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• MAS (Singapore)
• ADGM (United Arab Emirates)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• NFA (United States)
• FSC (Mauritius)

• All assets are CFDs, there is no possibility to buy real stocks or ETFs
• Cryptocurrency offering is below most of its competitors (only 5)
• While easy to execute a trade, platform is difficult for a novice to navigate

• Excellent educational library with analysis published on the daily basis
• Suitable for traders who are willing to invest time in learning fundamental analysis.

• All assets are CFDs, there is no possibility to buy real stocks or ETFs
• Cryptocurrency offering is below most of its competitors (only 5)
• While easy to execute a trade, platform is difficult for a novice to navigate

• Higher spreads and limited functionality for small accounts
• Needs $1000 deposit to have access to a personal account manager, or $5,000 for the advantageous Raw account.

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Electron
• PayPal
• Bank Transfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• iDeal

US, CA, SY, IR.

BE, CD ,ER, JP, KP, LY, MU, SC, SO, SD, US.

12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

10% of account balance after 90 days of inactivity (minimum at €25, maximum at €49.90).

€10 flat fee for bank wire withdrawals equal to or less than €100.

• Spread betting markets have no commission
• CFDs or FX trading has no commission as well (except equities: shares & ETFs)
• Equity commissions depend on the market’s location (eg: UK and Europe have a 0.08% of transaction value fee, US equities and Asian ones have different percentages as well)
• The minimum equity commission rates are $10, £10 or 10€.

Yes depending on account type (Eg: Raw accounts have a $5 per lot round turn commission while other pay spreads).