Basic data of broker
Recommended for Day traders focusing on futures and technical trading
Recommended for Affluent investors who value safety and are OK with higher fees
USA
Switzerland
Fees
Low trading, but high 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
1
22
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$500
$0
>3 days
1 day
Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement
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: 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
No investor protection
CHF 100k for cash at the Swiss entity, £85k at the UK entity, HKD 500k at Hong Kong entity, none at other entities
No investor protection
CHF 100k for cash at the Swiss entity. Check the description to see all protection.
2005
1996
USA
Switzerland, Luxembourg UK, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
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Optimus Futures's service is slightly weaker than Swissquote's and a comparison of their fees shows that Optimus Futures's fees are much lower than Swissquote's.
Account opening takes more effort at Optimus Futures compared to Swissquote, deposit and withdrawal processes are considerably more complicated at Optimus Futures, while customer service quality is similar to Swissquote's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Optimus Futures as somewhat worse than the platform of Swissquote, found that clients have access to much less markets and products with Optimus Futures, while Swissquote provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.
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