iFOREX Europe
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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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69.9% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Oct 20 2022

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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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69.9% 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.

SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.

Best For
  • Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
  • Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares
  • High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
  • Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
  • Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products)
  • Real stocks are offered along with CFDs
  • Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers
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
  • Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
  • High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)
Status
Operational Operational
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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 2005
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200 250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • Instatransfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR 5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

US, CA, IR, SY.

📊 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 17,101
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 8,000
📙 Stock CFDs
400 8,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50 40
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19 5
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
32 15
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42 1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41 25
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 16
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Varies per Commodity (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Varies per future (Eg: 1 Contract)
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes No
📱 Android App
Yes No
📺 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 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.

None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees

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

None
💰 Commissions
None

Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types:

  • SquaredPro account has no default commissions
  • SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot

For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:

  • USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2)
  • European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips Dynamic - From 150 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips Dynamic - From 110 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3 Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120 Dynamic - From $250
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 Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No No
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
Yes Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes No