Swissquote Vs. ActivTrader - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

• Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets
• Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools

• Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a simple and powerful platform
• Experienced currency traders looking to exploit the tight spreads
• CFD traders looking for an de-leveraged option to trade

• FCA (UK)
• ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
• FINMA (Switzerland)
• MFSA (Malta)
• HKMA (Hong Kong)

• FCA (UK)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CSSF (Luxembourg)

• Outstanding asset offering with more than 60 exchanges across the world
• Amazing research and analysis tools for all trader levels
• Thematic investments with preconfigured product baskets
• Offers banking services along with debit card

• Great and intuitive proprietary platform
• MT4 and MT5 offered
• Low currency spreads

• Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly
• Their commissions are extremely high
• Overall everything feels complicated to use

• Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors
• Commissions are charged
• Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends

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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

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• Bank Transfer

US, JP, SY, IR.

US, CA, SY, IR.

$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

Yes depending on method:

• Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee

$10 per withdrawal.

Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)

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:

• For European shares (excluding London) there are fees of 0.05% of the transaction value (minimum 1€) or 0.01% of the transaction value (minimum 5€)
• For London shares there are commissions of 0.10% of transaction value (minimum 1£)
• For New york and other international shares there are commissions of $0.02 per share (minimum $1)

Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others.