Saxo Bank Vs. Forex.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.	Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors	Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades
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 4 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)	FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)
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	Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets
The Bad
High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures	Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors
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	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 up to $2,000	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer
💵 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.	6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.	None
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
49,339	5,371
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
30,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	4,500
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
182	93
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	35
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
29	24
📔 ETFs
5,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
5,400	700
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
9	5
📒 Bonds
5,000	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	14
📓 Options
3,000	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
300	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)	Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract 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	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 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	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.	$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 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.	Depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	No