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Skilling Vs. Swissquote - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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Overview

Skilling is a multi-platform global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFD trading over several asset classes.

Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools.

Best For
  • Forex traders who want relatively straightforward, intuitive platforms with low commissions
  • Beginner traders who need assistance implementing first trades
  • Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets
  • Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

4

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
  • FCA (UK)
  • ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
  • FINMA (Switzerland)
  • MFSA (Malta)
  • HKMA (Hong Kong)
The Good
  • Multiple intuitive platforms for traders with different levels of experience
  • Several payment methods for deposits and withdrawals
  • No commission for standard accounts
  • Trade Assistant tool is great for beginners opening their first trade
  • Outstanding asset offering with more than 60 exchanges across the world
  • Amazing research and analysis tools for all trader levels
  • Thematic investments with preconfigured product baskets
  • Offers banking services along with debit card
The Bad
  • Doesn’t allow deleveragred trading or customizable leverage
  • Charges commission on forex and spot metal trading for premium accounts 
  • Asset offering is not that comprehensive
  • Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly
  • Their commissions are extremely high
  • Overall everything feels complicated to use
Status
Operational Operational
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Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day 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
2016 1996
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $100 to $5,000 0
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Fasapay
  • Webmoney
  • PayRetailers
  • PayTrust
  • Pagsmile
  • Directa
  • NganLuong.vn
  • UnionPay
  • Skrill
  • Neteller
  • Bank Transfer
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - EUR, USD, GBP, NOK, SEK. 21 - AED, AUD, CAD, EUR, DKK USD, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, CHF, JPY, PLN, NOK, SGD, MXN, NZD, SEK, TRY, THB, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, SY, IR.

US, JP, SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
Yes Yes
📊 DMA Account
No Yes
📊 ECN Account
No Yes
Banking License
No Yes
Debit Card
No Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
938 175,533
Exchange Access
0 60
📙 Real Stocks
0 100,000
📙 Stock CFDs
762 0
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
73 80
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
6 12
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
18 26
📔 ETFs
0 1,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
45 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
34 12
📒 Bonds
0 54,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 3
📓 Options
0 10,000
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 10,000
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed From $50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed From $50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC, 0.5 LTC) $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: Gold 0.1 contracts, Silver 10 contracts) From $50
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable From $50
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable From $50
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable From $50
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No Yes
📺 cTrader
Yes 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
None None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None

$10 per withdrawal.

💰 Commissions

Skilling charges commission on its forex pairs and spot metals for its premium account. The commission starts from $35 per million USD traded (eg: EUR/USD $35, GBP/USD $40 and Gold $60).

For CFDs there are no commissions as the spreads are the cost. For other assets from $9 up to $210 based on transaction volume and depending on the exchange.

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 120 Pips Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 36 Pips Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $4.62 Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.84 Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $131.8 Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No Yes
📡 Educational Content
No Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No No
📡 Video Tutorials
No Yes
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No No