Trading 212 Vs. Swissquote - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.	Swissquote is a global broker and investment bank headquartered in Switzerland that offers traditional securities and CFD trading along with advanced research tools.
Best For
Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares	Traditional equity investors looking for a broad range of markets Experienced traders looking to benefit from their amazing research tools
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)	FCA (UK) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MFSA (Malta) HKMA (Hong Kong)
The Good
Broad asset offering in their investing account (more than 10,000 assets) Friendly, smooth and simple proprietary platforms (both web and mobile) Great spreads on stocks and no commissions on investing accounts	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
The Bad
Despite both platforms being beautiful, they are gamified for engagement. Clicking on the buy button on mobile platform will trigger a random order without asking for confirmation Asides from stocks, their asset offering lacks variety Very high forex spreads (1.4 Pips on EUR/USD)	Their proprietary platform lacks many features and is not user friendly Their commissions are extremely high Overall everything feels complicated to use
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
2004	1996
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	21 - AED, AUD, CAD, EUR, DKK USD, GBP, HKD, HUF, ILS, CHF, JPY, PLN, NOK, SGD, MXN, NZD, SEK, TRY, THB, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, JP, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	Yes
Debit Card
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
13,615	175,533
Exchange Access
0	60
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	100,000
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	80
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	12
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	26
📔 ETFs
1,800	1,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	12
📒 Bonds
0	54,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	3
📓 Options
0	10,000
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	10,000
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	From $50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	From $50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$500 (0.005 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	From $50
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	From $50
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	From $50
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	From $50
💪 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
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	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	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	$10 per withdrawal.
💰 Commissions
None	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.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No