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76.5% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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69.2% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

FBS Vs. BDSwiss - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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76.5% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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69.2% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

FBS is a global broker established in 2009 that specialises in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms along with their own proprietary mobile app.

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.

Best For
  • New traders looking to trade via MT4 with really low starting amounts using their Cent or Micro accounts
  • Experienced high volume traders looking for a fixed zero spread account
  • Beginners looking to learn the basics using the "Cent" account
  • Intermediate traders looking for quality fundamental analysis
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

3

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • IFSC (Belize)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • NFA (United States)
  • FSC (Mauritius)
The Good
  • Clear account offering that covers all levels of traders according to their net worth
  • Proprietary copy trading service
  • Access to high leverage (Up to 1:3000)
  • Excellent educational library with analysis published on the daily basis
  • Suitable for traders who are willing to invest time in learning fundamental analysis.
The Bad
  • Asset offering is extremely limited with over 100+ instruments
  • Minimum deposit for ECN account is high $1,000
  • 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.
Status
Operational Operational
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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
2009 2012
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $1,000 $100
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Maestro
  • Neteller
  • Sticpay
  • Skrill
  • Perfect Money
  • Bank Transfer (depending on location and entity)
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • USDT (Tether)
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • Sofort
  • iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
3 - EUR, USD, AUD. 4 - USD, EUR, GBP, SEK.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

JP, US, CA, MY, IL, IR.

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

📊 STP Account
Yes Yes
📊 DMA Account
No No
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs CFDs
Total Asset Offering
254 1,066
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
104 900
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
102 50
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
8 6
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
12 10
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 80
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
28 20
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots 1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable 1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
3000 30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes Yes
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None

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

💰 Deposit Fees
None

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

💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 Commissions

FBS commissions vary per account type as follows:

  • Cent account: none
  • Micro account: none
  • Standard account: none
  • Zero spread account: From $20 per lot
  • ECN account: From $6 per lot
  • Crypto account: 0.05% for opening or closing positions

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

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 3 Pips Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips to 1.5 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 170 Pips Dynamic - From 39 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 32 Pips Dynamic - From 27 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.08 Dynamic - From $3.30
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable 0.10%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $104 Dynamic - From $190
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No No
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No Yes
📡 Account Management
No Yes
📡 Webinars
No Yes