Updated May 16 2022
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Oanda is an international Forex broker founded in 1996 with headquarters in the United States. Oanda specialises exclusively in currency trading solutions for all trader levels. Their greatest selling points are their strong regulatory framework and robust proprietary platforms. |
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. |
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🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day minimum (may take longer) | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. *There is no document verification needed for gross account deposits below US$9,000. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
1996 | 2005 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £, - 0. | 250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD, HKD. | 5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, ZAR. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
AF, AL, BS, BB, BW, BF, BI, KH, KY, CF, TD, CD, CG, CU, ER, ET, GH, IR, IQ, JM, KP, LY, MU, MN, MA, MM, NI, NG, PK, PS, PA, SN, SL, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TN, UG, VU, YE, ZW. | US, CA, IR, SY. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
N/A | 8,000 Real Stocks / 8,000 Stock CFDs |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
68 | 40+ |
📗 Commodities | |
13 | 5 |
📕 Indices | |
16 | 15 |
📔 ETFs | |
N/A | 1,000 ETFs CFDs |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
4 | 25+ |
📒 Bonds | |
6 | N/A |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | 16 |
📝 Notes: | |
All Oanda's assets are CFDs. In the case of commodities, they only have 13, but each commodity has various trading pairs against several different currencies, eg: GOLD/EUR, GOLD/CHF, etc. |
SquaredFinancial provides real stocks along with CFDs on the most common asset classes. |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
N/A | 1 Share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
N/A | 1 ETF |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies by crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) | Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
1 unit of any currency pair (Eg: 1 Euro, 1 Usd, 1 GBP, etc) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) | Varies per Commodity (Eg: 1 Gold Contract) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 unit of any Bond contract | N/A |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per future (Eg: 1 Contract) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:100 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | No |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | No |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | No |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
Yes, $10 after 1 year of inactivity | No |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
Credit and Debit cards are free, when it comes to Bank transfer depends on the account's base currency (eg: the first withdrawal costs $, €, £ 20 and any subsequent ones 35). In the case of SGD, there are no fees. |
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💰 Commissions | |
No, but they do charge currency conversion fees. If your account base currency is GBP and you trade the EUR/USD pair, you'll be paying a conversion fee. |
Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types:
For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 150 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 26 Pips | Dynamic - From 110 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $100 | Dynamic - From $250 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |