Updated Oct 20 2022
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Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools. |
ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 1 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by |
🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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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 | |
1996 | 2001 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
0 | $500 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
21 - AED, AUD, CAD, EUR, DKK USD, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, CHF, JPY, PLN, NOK, SGD, MXN, NZD, SEK, TRY, THB, ZAR. | 4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, JP, SY, IR. |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
Yes | No |
Debit Card | |
Yes | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
Hybrid | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
175,533 | 1,607 |
Exchange Access | |
60 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
100,000 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
0 | 1,000 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
80 | 50 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
12 | 16 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
26 | 30 |
📔 ETFs | |
1,400 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 500 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
12 | 11 |
📒 Bonds | |
54,000 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
3 | 0 |
📓 Options | |
10,000 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
10,000 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
From $50 | Variable - Fractions allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
From $50 | Variable - Fractions allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
From $50 | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
From $50 | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
From $50 | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
From $50 | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
500 | 500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
None | $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | Yes depending on method:
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💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
$10 per withdrawal. |
Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each) |
💰 Commissions | |
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. |
Yes depending on asset:
Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips | From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 60 Pips | From 23 Pips to 50 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Unavailable | From 98 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Unavailable | From $55 to $91 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
Yes | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
No | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | Yes |