CapTrader
Swissquote
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Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for low fees and sophisticated trading platforms
Recommended for Affluent investors who value safety and are OK with higher fees
Germany
Switzerland
Fees
Average trading and non-trading fees
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
9
22
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$2000
$0
>3 days
1 day
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)
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
Markets and products
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.
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
Great
Great
Customer service
Security
€20,000
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
1997
1996
Ireland
Switzerland, Luxembourg UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
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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.