Swissquote Vs. Exness - 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.	Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.
Best For
Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools	Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
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 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MFSA (Malta) HKMA (Hong Kong)	FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)
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	Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly Their commissions are extremely high Overall everything feels complicated to use	Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)
💵 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.	1 - USD
🗽 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	243
Exchange Access
60	0
📙 Real Stocks
100,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	100
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80	100
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
12	7
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	10
📔 ETFs
1,400	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
12	26
📒 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	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
From $50	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
From $50	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 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	2000
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 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	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 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.	Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips	1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No