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


Visit 89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77.88% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
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.	Alvexo is a Cypriot broker founded and regulated in 2014 that specialises in CFDs trading via MT4 and their proprietary trading platform. As of August 3rd 2022, Alvexo's CySec license is partially suspended making them unavailable in French territory.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	At the moment, no user category is best served by Alvexo
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	CySec (Cyprus) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	Very simple and easy to use proprietary platform along with MT4 Trading Singals offered (untested)
The Bad
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	High minimum deposit without any benefits for the requirement Amongst the highest spreads we have seen for brokers in the same category Asset offering is low (below 500 instruments)
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	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
2018	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	500
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Credit Card Debit Card Bank Transfer Neteller
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	3 - EUR, USD, GBP
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
584	443
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
400	337
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	54
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	13
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	15
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	22
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Bond
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	From 2.9 Pips to 14 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	From 175 Pips to 100 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	From 90 to 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	From $1.91 to $1.41
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	From $192.21
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes