SquaredFinancial Vs. Alvexo - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 69.9% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77.88% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.	Alvexo is a Cypriot broker founded and regulated in 2014 that specialises in CFDs trading via MT4 and their proprietary trading platform. As of August 3rd 2022, Alvexo's CySec license is partially suspended making them unavailable in French territory.
Best For
Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips	At the moment, no user category is best served by Alvexo
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FSAS (Seychelles)	CySec (Cyprus) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products) Real stocks are offered along with CFDs Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers	Very simple and easy to use proprietary platform along with MT4 Trading Singals offered (untested)
The Bad
Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5 High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)	High minimum deposit without any benefits for the requirement Amongst the highest spreads we have seen for brokers in the same category Asset offering is low (below 500 instruments)
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
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
2005	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account	500
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill Instatransfer	Credit Card Debit Card Bank Transfer Neteller
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, ZAR.	3 - EUR, USD, GBP
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IR, SY.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
17,101	443
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
8,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
8,000	337
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	54
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	13
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
15	15
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,000	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
25	22
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
16	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$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: 1 Gold Contract)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Bond
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Varies per future (Eg: 1 Contract)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	$10 monthly after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types: SquaredPro account has no default commissions SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows: USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2) European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips	From 2.9 Pips to 14 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 150 Pips	From 175 Pips to 100 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 110 Pips	From 90 to 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From $1.91 to $1.41
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $250	From $192.21
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes