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68% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Oct 20 2022

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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68% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools.

Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.

Best For
  • Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets
  • Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools
  • Passive investors looking for share dealing services with the intent to hold shares over long perios of time
  • High volume CFD traders looking for exposure to several markets using their platform, MT4 or MT5
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

4

Other Licenses

1

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • FCA (UK)
  • ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
  • FINMA (Switzerland)
  • MFSA (Malta)
  • HKMA (Hong Kong)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FCA (UK)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
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
  • Clear separation between investors and Traders by offering share dealing accounts and CFD trading accounts
  • Wide range of platforms (Proprietary, MT4, MT5)
  • Wide range of stocks and stock CFDs
The Bad
  • Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly
  • Their commissions are extremely high
  • Overall everything feels complicated to use
  • Minimum trade sizes larger than average
  • Spreads above average
Status
Operational Operational
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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 $100
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Paypal
  • 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. 11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, JP, SY, IR.

US, JP, CA, BE.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes No
Banking License
Yes No
Debit Card
Yes No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
175,533 9,646
Exchange Access
60 0
📙 Real Stocks
100,000 7,008
📙 Stock CFDs
0 2,008
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80 67
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
12 28
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
26 40
📔 ETFs
1,400 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 466
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
12 25
📒 Bonds
54,000 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
3 4
📓 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 1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
From $50 Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
From $50 Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts)
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
From $50 Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
From $50 Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 300
✍ 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 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 No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None

$10 each month after 3 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.

No comissions on CFDs. For share dealing, the first 3 months are commission free, then the structure is:

  • EU Shares = 0.1% (min €10)
  • UK Shares = 0.1% (min £8)
  • US Shares = 2c (min $15)
  • AU Shares = 0.1% (min A$10)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips Dynamic - From 100 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $1.81
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $0.31
📉 BTC
Unavailable Dynamic - From $104.10
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes No
📡 Educational Content
Yes No
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes No
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No No