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


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Overview
Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities 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
Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies	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 1 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
FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)	FCA (UK) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MFSA (Malta) HKMA (Hong Kong)
The Good
Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA 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
Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application	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
2012	1996
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR	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, IR, SY.	US, JP, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	Yes
Debit Card
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
133	175,533
Exchange Access
0	60
📙 Real Stocks
0	100,000
📙 Stock CFDs
0	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
73	80
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	12
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	26
📔 ETFs
0	1,400
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
4	12
📒 Bonds
0	54,000
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	3
📓 Options
0	10,000
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	10,000
📗 Futures CFDs
26	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	From $50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	From $50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 0.01 Contracts 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
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
No	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	$10 per withdrawal.
💰 Commissions
Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account).	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 0.1 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 34 Pips	Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 22 Pips	Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $90	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
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No