City Index Vs. SquaredFinancial - 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.

SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.

• 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 high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares
• High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips

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

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• 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

• Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products)
• Real stocks are offered along with CFDs
• Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers

• 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

• Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
• High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)

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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
• Instatransfer

US, CA, SY, IR.

US, CA, IR, SY.

12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

• 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 or assets. For account types:

• SquaredPro account has no default commissions
• SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot

For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:

• USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2)
• European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)