SquaredFinancial Vs. ETX Capital - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

Founded in 1965, ETX Capital dedicated the last decades to both spread betting and CFD trading until their recent rebranding into OvalX.

• 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

• Forex traders for variety of currencies and high net worth equities
• Traders seeking commission free equities inside their 250 commission-less selection
• Traders who want to trade commodity futures and bonds 

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• FCA (UK)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• CySec (Cyprus)

• 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

• Commission-free trades for 250 equities
• Low minimum deposit to open standard account (100£)
• Wide selection of commodity futures and bonds
• Decent educational material for market research, including seminars on indices, commodities and currencies

• Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
• High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)

• Doesn’t provide live news feed on standard account
• No ability to purchase real stocks or ETFs (All assets are CFDs)
• Expensive commissions on shares (Eg minimum $15 on US shares, 10 € on EU shares)

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Instatransfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Skrill
• UnionPay
• Bank Transfer

US, CA, IR, SY.

US, BE, CN, SG, CH.

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 €)

Depending on asset class. (Eg: U.S shares have a 2 cents per share charge with a minimum of $15 per order, European shares have a 0.1% of transaction value charge with a minimum 10 € charge)