Saxo Bank Vs. Valutrades - 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.	Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities trading.
Best For
Professional investors looking to trade a variety of markets High net worth traders or investors	Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies
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 1 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)	FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)
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	Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA accounts
The Bad
High minimum deposit for certain countries Withdrawals via bank transfer only High fees on options and futures	Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application
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	2012
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 up to $2,000	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay
💵 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.	13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BR, ES, IN, KE, MX, NG, PK, ZA.	US, IR, SY.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 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	133
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
30,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
182	73
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
29	25
📔 ETFs
5,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
5,400	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
9	4
📒 Bonds
5,000	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
3,000	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
300	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	26
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 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: 0.01 Contracts 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	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	No
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 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.	Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee.
💰 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.	Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account).
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 34 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 22 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $90
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	No
📡 Webinars
No	No