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


Visit 69% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 69% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
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.	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
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	Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 0 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
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)	ASIC (Australia) HKMA (Hong Kong) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) AFM (Netherlands)
The Good
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	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
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	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
1983	1992
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	From $500 up to $2,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro Electron PayPal Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF.	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
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
5,412	49,339
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	30,000
📙 Stock CFDs
4,500	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
84	182
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
30	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	29
📔 ETFs
0	5,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
740	5,400
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	9
📒 Bonds
0	5,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
11	0
📓 Options
0	3,000
📓 Options CFDs
17	0
📗 Futures
0	300
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC)	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)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Unit	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	66
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	Yes
💻 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
12£ monthly after 1 year 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
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€.	$0.02/share (min $10) for US Stocks, from 0.10% (min €10) for other equity markets, €4 per futures contract.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Unavailable
📈 GOLD
From 50 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No