Swissquote Vs. Admiral Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools.	Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools	Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MFSA (Malta) HKMA (Hong Kong)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
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	Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers
The Bad
Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly Their commissions are extremely high Overall everything feels complicated to use	Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform
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
1996	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 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.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
Yes	No
Debit Card
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
175,533	4,559
Exchange Access
60	1
📙 Real Stocks
100,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	3,254
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
12	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	43
📔 ETFs
1,400	778
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	372
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
12	42
📒 Bonds
54,000	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
3	2
📓 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	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
From $50	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 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	No
🎲 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	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
$10 per withdrawal.	None
💰 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.	Depending on account type (eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Variable - From $208
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	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes