Freedom Finance Vs. RoboForex - 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.

RoboForex is an international broker established in 2009 which also owns the brand RoboMarkets and specialises on CFD trading over several asset classes.

• 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

• Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings
• Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety

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

• IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)

• 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)

• Comprehensive asset offering with more than 13,000+ instruments
• Great platform variety (MT4, MT5, cTrader and their own proprietary platforms)
• Custom account types with spreads from 0 pips

• 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

• Weak regulatory framework (counting on 1 license from the IFSC)
• Doesn’t accept clients from the UK, EU and a few other countries

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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

• Visa
• Mastercard
• JCB
• AstroPay
• Skrill
• Neteller
• Perfect Money
• AdvCash
• NganLuong Wallet
• Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)

SY, IR. 

US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.

Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.

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

Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount).

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

Yes depending on account type (eg: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).