Saxo Bank Vs. Oanda - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	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.
Best For
Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors	Forex traders of all levels (from beginner to advanced)
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 7 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)	CFTC (U.S) NFA (U.S) ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) MAS (Singapore) IIROC (Canada) FFAJ (Japan) BVI (British Virgin 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	High trustworthiness, regulated by the best regulators in the world Fast, simple and professional trading platforms Competitive spreads in their currency pairs
The Bad
High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures	Extremely limited offering of assets (104) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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	1996
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 up to $2,000	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 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.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD, HKD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.	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.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
49,339	107
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
30,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
182	68
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	13
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
29	16
📔 ETFs
5,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
5,400	4
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
9	0
📒 Bonds
5,000	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	6
📓 Options
3,000	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
300	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 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 unit of any currency pair (Eg: 1 Euro, 1 USD, 1 GBP, etc)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Bond
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
66	100
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 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	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Up to $150 after 6 months of inactivity, £25 after one quarter in the UK.	$10 after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	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.
💰 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 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 26 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $100
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	No