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

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.

ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5.

• Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets
• High net worth traders or investors

• Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a simple and powerful platform
• Experienced currency traders looking to exploit the tight spreads
• CFD traders looking for an de-leveraged option to trade

• ASIC (Australia)
• HKMA (Hong Kong)
• ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
• FINMA (Switzerland)
• MAS (Singapore)
• FFAJ (Japan)
• AFM (Netherlands)

• FCA (UK)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CSSF (Luxembourg)

• Exceptional selection of financial instruments at one place
• 2 highly-customizable proprietary trading platforms
• API integration for 3rd party services like Excel or TradingView

• Great and intuitive proprietary platform
• MT4 and MT5 offered
• Low currency spreads

• High minimum deposit for certain countries
• Withdrawals via bank transfer only
• High fees on options and futures

• Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors
• Commissions are charged
• Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• Bank Transfer

US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.

US, CA, SY, IR.

Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.

$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

Yes depending on method:

• Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee

Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)

$0.02/share (min $10) for US Stocks, from 0.10% (min €10) for other equity markets, €4 per futures contract.

Yes depending on asset:

• For European shares (excluding London) there are fees of 0.05% of the transaction value (minimum 1€) or 0.01% of the transaction value (minimum 5€)
• For London shares there are commissions of 0.10% of transaction value (minimum 1£)
• For New york and other international shares there are commissions of $0.02 per share (minimum $1)

Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others.