SquaredFinancial Vs. Freedom Finance - Compare and Choose the Right One

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.

Freedom Finance is an equities broker founded in 2008 belonging to the parent group Freedom Holding Corp (a publicly traded company on NASDAQ exchange). Their specialty is providing access to more than 1 million stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options worldwide along with IPOs.

• 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

• Real equities traders looking to day-trade stocks, options, futures and ETFs
• Long term investors looking to build a stocks or ETFs portfolio
• Experienced investors that know which assets they are looking for

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• BaFin (Germany)
• SEC (United States)

• 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

• Over 1,500,000+ assets from several exchanges worldwide
• All assets are real equities (they do not provide CFDs)
• InvestIdeas section with great analysis on several high potential stocks
• 3% per year in their savings D-account (Daily interest accrual)

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

• The use of SMSs codes for authentication of basic operations can be an issue for frequent international travellers
• Freedom Finance does not offers currencies, cryptocurrencies or spot commodities
• No stock screener or tools to research and analyse stocks efficiently

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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.

250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account

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

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfers

• Real stocks and ETFs
• CFDs on stocks, ETFs, commodities, currencies, indices, futures, cryptocurrencies.

Real stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options.

SquaredFinancial provides real stocks along with CFDs on the most common asset classes.

All of Freedom Finance’s assets are real equities, they do not provide CFDs.

Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.

Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.

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 €)

Yes and the vary per account:

In their all inclusive USD account they charge,

• 0.5% + $0.012 per share with a minimum  of $1.2 per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending

In their Smart in EUR account they charge,

• 0.02€ per share with a minimum of 2€ per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending
• €0.05 for each SMS notification

In their Fix in EUR account, they charge,

• 10€ Monthly account fee
• 0.012€ per share with a minimum of 1.2€ per trade
• $0.65 per USA stock options contract
• 12% for margin lending
• €0.03 for each SMS notification