Freedom Finance Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Freedom Finance is an equities broker founded in 2008 belonging to the parent group Freedom Holding Corp (a publicly traded company on NASDAQ exchange). Their specialty is providing access to more than 1 million stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options worldwide along with IPOs.

iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.

• Real equities traders looking to day-trade stocks, options, futures and ETFs
• Long term investors looking to build a stocks or ETFs portfolio
• Experienced investors that know which assets they are looking for

• Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform

• CySec (Cyprus)
• BaFin (Germany)
• SEC (United States)

• CySec (Cyprus)

• Over 1,500,000+ assets from several exchanges worldwide
• All assets are real equities (they do not provide CFDs)
• InvestIdeas section with great analysis on several high potential stocks
• 3% per year in their savings D-account (Daily interest accrual)

• Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs

• The use of SMS codes for authentication of basic operations can be an issue for frequent international travellers
• Freedom Finance does not offers currencies, cryptocurrencies or spot commodities
• No stock screener or tools to research and analyse stocks efficiently

• High spreads on all of their instruments
• Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools
• Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have

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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
• Bank Transfers

• Bank Transfer
• Credit Card
• Debit Card

SY, IR. 

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.

Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.

Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.

No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).

Yes and the vary per account:

In their all inclusive USD account they charge,

• 0.5% + $0.012 per share with a minimum  of $1.2 per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending

In their Smart in EUR account they charge,

• 0.02€ per share with a minimum of 2€ per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending
• €0.05 for each SMS notification

In their Fix in EUR account, they charge,

• 10€ Monthly account fee
• 0.012€ per share with a minimum of 1.2€ per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending
• €0.03 for each SMS notification