Updated May 13 2022
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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. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 Day | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder’s name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2016 | 1996 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £ - 100 (Standard, MT4), 5,000 (Premium, MT4 Premium) | Varies per account type and selected trading platform. From $0 up to $5,000. |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 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 - depending on product traded, available liquidity and trade size | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
762 | 60 Stock Exchanges |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
73 | 80+ |
📗 Commodities | |
6 | 12 CFDs |
📕 Indices | |
18 | 26 CFDs |
📔 ETFs | |
45 | 1400 + |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
34 | 12 CFDs |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 54,000 + / 3 CFDs |
📓 Options | |
N/A | 6 Exchanges |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | 6 Exchanges |
📝 Notes: | |
All of Skilling’s assets are CFDs |
N/A | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Varies per share - From 0.1 shares (Fractional trading) | From $50 |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Varies per ETF (Eg: VanEck Gold Miners 0.1 unit, XLK 1 unit) | 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 | |
N/A | From $50 |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | From $50 |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | From $50 |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ 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 |
💻 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, for cTrader, MT4 and MT4 Premium accounts | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
No | No |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | $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 | From 0 Pips to 1.3 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 120 Pips | Dynamic - From 60 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 36 Pips | N/A |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $4.62 | N/A |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.84 | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $131.8 | N/A | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | Yes |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | Yes |