Saxo Bank Vs. iFOREX Europe - 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.	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.
Best For
Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors	Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
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 0 Other Licenses 1 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)
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	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures	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
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	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 up to $2,000	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card
💵 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.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
49,339	584
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
30,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	400
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
182	50
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
29	32
📔 ETFs
5,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
5,400	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
9	41
📒 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	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 units of BTC)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	$2,500 in trade value
📉 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	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.	iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 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 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes