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


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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.	OctaFX is an international FX broker operating as an incorporated company from St. Vincent and the Grenadines specialising in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	Traders looking for a high leverage off-shore broker New traders looking to experiment using MT4 & 5 with a no commission low-cost broker
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	None
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	High leverage offered due to no regulatory restrictions MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms with their own copy trading integration Low minimum deposit
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	Despite having financial licenses, OctaFX does not operate using them, meaning that they are an unregulated broker. Their asset offering is extremely limited (80 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	2011
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	$25
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Maestro Skrill Neteller Bitcoin Ethereum USDT (Tether) Litecoin Dogecoin Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	2 - EUR, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
584	80
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
400	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	35
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	30
📒 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
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📉 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	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	500
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.	None
💰 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	Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic - From 180 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Dynamic - From $57
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	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No