CapTrader vs Saxo Bank compared

CapTrader
Saxo Bank
67% of retail CFD accounts lose money
Key differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Account opening score
    1.0
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    3.0
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.7
    /5
  • Account opening score
    4.3
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    4.8
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    5.0
    /5
Recommended for
  • Equity
    4.5
    /5
  • Equity
    4.2
    /5
  • Forex
    4.4
    /5
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You can't open an account in United States
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for low fees and sophisticated trading platforms

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for a great trading platform and solid research

Best forex broker

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

Germany

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

Denmark

Fees

Fees score
3.6
Fees score
3.0
Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Average trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Average trading and non-trading fees, low forex fees

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
3.0
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.8
Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

9

Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

26

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
1.0
Account opening score
4.3
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
The minimum deposit for standard accounts is €2000 (USD, GBP or equivalent in foreign currency).
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$2000

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Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
The minimum account balance is £500 in the UK, while $2,000-10,000 in other countries and zero for Danish and Norwegian clients.
*

$2000

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Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

>3 days

Time to open account
BrokerChooser estimation on time needed to access account after all documents are provided by customer

1 day

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

Proof of identity: proof of address and an ID card or passport copy back Proof of residency: phone bill (not mobile phone), a bank statement or a utility bill (electricity, gas, etc.) - not older than 6 months, or a credit card statement (not older than 6 weeks)

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

Proof of identity: personal ID / passport / driver's licence Proof of residence: ID card / insurance card / utility bill / bank statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
3.5
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.5
Desktop platform score
5.0

Markets and products

Markets and products score
5.0
Markets and products score
5.0
Stocks
Stocks are available
Stocks
Stocks are available
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
$1 is the minimum for US stocks, while there is no minimum for EU stocks
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*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
Forex
Forex is available
Forex
Forex is available
Funds
Funds are available
Funds
Funds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Options
Options are available
Options
Options are available
Futures
Futures are available
Futures
Futures are available
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
Futures, ETN
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Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
ETN
*
*
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFDs
Any CFD is available, e.g. stock CFD or commodity CFD
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 67% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
4.3
Research score
5.0
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
3.5
Education score
4.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
4.5
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Phone
You can reach the broker by phone
Live chat
Live chat is available
Live chat
Live chat is available
Email
Email support is available
Email
Email support is available
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend
24/7 availability
At least one customer support channel, i.e. live chat, phone or email, is available even on the weekend

Security

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

€20,000

Investor protection amount
The protection amount depends on the country where you opened your account. In the US, forex trading and commodity-related contract (e.g. futures or options) are generally not covered.

€100,000 for cash and €20,000 for securities for most European clients; £85,000 for UK clients; CHF 100,000 for Swiss clients; HKD 500,000 for securities at Hong Kong entity; no protection for clients from Singapore, Japan and Australia

Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Banking background
Whether the broker has a banking background
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
The broker is listed on a stock exchange
Foundation date

1997

Foundation date

1992

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

Ireland

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia

CapTrader

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

Saxo Bank

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

*Data marked with an asterisk contain additional info, expand the relevant sections below to see details.

Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

CapTrader's service is slightly weaker than Saxo Bank's and a comparison of their fees shows that CapTrader's fees are slightly lower than Saxo Bank's.

Account opening takes considerably more effort at CapTrader compared to Saxo Bank, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at CapTrader, while customer service quality is similar to Saxo Bank's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of CapTrader as less user-friendly than the platform of Saxo Bank, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with CapTrader, while Saxo Bank provides somewhat better research and education.

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