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


Visit 89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 69% 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.	Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank operating since 1992. It is one of the most regulated brokerages in the world with an exceptional selection of financial instruments.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors
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 7 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	ASIC (Australia) HKMA (Hong Kong) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) AFM (Netherlands)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	Exceptional selection of financial instruments at one place 2 highly-customizable proprietary trading platforms API integration for 3rd party services like Excel or TradingView
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 for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures
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	4 days
📋 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	1992
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	From $500 up to $2,000
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	26 - AED, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNH, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, JPY, LTL, MXN, MYR, NOK, NZD, PLN, RON, RUB, SEK, SGD, TRY, USD, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
584	49,339
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	30,000
📙 Stock CFDs
400	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	182
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	29
📔 ETFs
0	5,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	5,400
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	9
📒 Bonds
0	5,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	3,000
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	300
📗 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	Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	66
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 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.	Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	None
💰 Commissions
None	$0.02/share (min $10) for US Stocks, from 0.10% (min €10) for other equity markets, €4 per futures contract.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	Unavailable
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	No