CapTrader vs Swissquote compared

CapTrader
Swissquote

CapTrader

Key score 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 score1.0/5.0
  • Fees score3.6/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • equity 4.52/5
You can't open an account at CapTrader

Swissquote

Key score 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 score4.0/5.0
  • Fees score1.8/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score4.6/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.63/5
  • forex 3.78/5
You can't open an account at Swissquote
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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
4.5

Recommended for Affluent investors who value safety and are OK with higher fees

Country of origin

Germany

Country of origin

Switzerland

Fees

Fees score
3.6
Fees score
1.8
Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees

Fees summary

High trading fees, average non-trading fees, low fund 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
4.6
Number of base currencies

9

Number of base currencies

22

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
1.0
Account opening score
4.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$2000

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

>3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

Proof of identity: national ID / passport Proof of residency: ID with legal address / utility, internet, phone bill / tax bill / official certificate of residence

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
3.5
Mobile platform score
4.7
Desktop platform score
3.5
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
5.0
Markets and products score
5.0
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
*
*
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
CFDs
CFDs
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: 74% 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
3.3
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
3.5
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€20,000

Investor protection amount

CHF 100,000 for cash at the Swiss and UAE entity, £85,000 at the UK entity, HKD 500,000 at Hong Kong entity, none at other entities

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

1997

Foundation date

1996

Country of regulation

Ireland

Country of regulation

Switzerland, Luxembourg UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta

CapTrader

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

Swissquote

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 Swissquote's and a comparison of their fees shows that CapTrader's fees are lower than Swissquote's.

Account opening takes considerably more effort at CapTrader compared to Swissquote, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at CapTrader, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Swissquote's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of CapTrader as somewhat worse than the platform of Swissquote, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with CapTrader, while Swissquote provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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