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


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Overview
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.	Capital.com is a global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFDs trading with an offering of more than 4,000 different assets along with several trading platforms (TradingView, MT4, MT5 and their own).
Best For
Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors	Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a cost-effective option to trade CFDs on Stocks and ETFs Investors and traders looking to buy shares using their new stock investing account (Not available in Australia)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 7 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) HKMA (Hong Kong) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) AFM (Netherlands)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)
The Good
Exceptional selection of financial instruments at one place 2 highly-customizable proprietary trading platforms API integration for 3rd party services like Excel or TradingView	Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView
The Bad
High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures	Lack of advanced research and analysis tools No multi-charting capabilities on their propietary web platform Trailing-stop order not available
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
4 days	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
1992	2016
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 up to $2,000	$20
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
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.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
49,339	5,152
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
30,000	1,000
📙 Stock CFDs
0	3,800
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
182	140
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	33
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
29	37
📔 ETFs
5,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
5,400	115
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
9	27
📒 Bonds
5,000	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
3,000	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
300	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable (Eg: 0.01 ounces of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
66	500
✍ 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	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
$0.02/share (min $10) for US Stocks, from 0.10% (min €10) for other equity markets, €4 per futures contract.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 55 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $3.30
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $0.97
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $130
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes