Vestle Vs. Freedom Finance - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Vestle was a brand part of the iForex Group that specialised in CFD trading and offered over 600 different financial instruments. Currently they're no longer operative and have rebranded themselves to iFOREX Europe.	Freedom Finance is an equities broker founded in 2008 belonging to the parent group Freedom Holding Corp (a publicly traded company on NASDAQ exchange). Their specialty is providing access to more than 1 million stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options worldwide along with IPOs.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	Real equities traders looking to day-trade stocks, options, futures and ETFs Long term investors looking to build a stocks or ETFs portfolio Experienced investors that know which assets they are looking for
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	CySec (Cyprus) BaFin (Germany) SEC (United States)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	Over 1,500,000+ assets from several exchanges worldwide All assets are real equities (they do not provide CFDs) InvestIdeas section with great analysis on several high potential stocks 3% per year in their savings D-account (Daily interest accrual)
The Bad
High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have	The use of SMSs codes for authentication of basic operations can be an issue for frequent international travellers Freedom Finance does not offers currencies, cryptocurrencies or spot commodities No stock screener or tools to research and analyse stocks efficiently
Status
Inactive	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
2018	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit
200 € (But it can change at their discretion)	0
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Wire Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfers
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	3 - EUR, USD, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies	Real stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options.
📙 Stocks
400+	58,571
📘 Currency Pairs
50+	N/A
📗 Commodities
19	N/A
📕 Indices
32	N/A
📔 ETFs
42	1,500
💸 Cryptocurrencies
41	N/A
📒 Bonds
N/A	191,959
📓 Options
N/A	1,153,234
📗 Futures
N/A	6,020
📝 Notes:
All of Vestle’s assets are CFDs yet they do provide a “No Leverage” tab with a few assets under 1:1 conditions for traders that do not wish to expose themselves to the risk.	All of Freedom Finance’s assets are real equities, they do not provide CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	N/A
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	N/A
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:3
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	N/A
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Vestle charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.
💰 Commissions
No	Yes and the vary per account: In their all inclusive USD account they charge, 0.5% + $0.012 per share with a minimum of $1.2 per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending In their Smart in EUR account they charge, 0.02€ per share with a minimum of 2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.05 for each SMS notification In their Fix in EUR account, they charge, 10€ Monthly account fee 0.012€ per share with a minimum of 1.2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.03 for each SMS notification
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	N/A
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	N/A
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	N/A
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No