Questrade vs XM compared

Questrade
XM
74.89% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Questrade

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.
  • Deposit and withdrawal score2.7/5.0
  • Markets and products score4.5/5.0
  • Account opening score3.5/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 4.00/5
  • equity 4.33/5
You can't open an account at Questrade

XM

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.
  • Deposit and withdrawal score5.0/5.0
  • Markets and products score2.5/5.0
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • investors and traders globally
You can't open an account at XM
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.5

Recommended for Traders and investors focusing on the Canadian and US markets

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders who prefer MetaTrader platforms and seek great account opening

Country of origin

Canada

Country of origin

Cyprus

Fees

Fees score
3.4
Fees score
4.3
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, low stock and ETF fees

Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low CFD 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
2.7
Deposit and withdrawal score
5.0
Number of base currencies

2

Number of base currencies

10

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
3.5
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$1000

*
Minimum deposit
*

$5

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / driver's licence plus social insurance number for Canadians / tax identifier number for internationals

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport / national ID card / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.8
Web platform score
2.8
Mobile platform score
4.8
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
4.3
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
4.5
Markets and products score
2.5
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: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 74.89% 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
4.8
Research score
4.4
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
4.0
Education score
4.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

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

Security

Investor protection amount

CAD 1 million

Investor protection amount

€20,000 for EEA residents, no protection for others

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

1999

Foundation date

2009

Country of regulation

Canada

Country of regulation

Cyprus, Australia, Belize, United Arab Emirates

Questrade

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

XM

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.

Questrade's service is on par with XM's and a comparison of their fees shows that Questrade's fees are slightly higher than XM's.

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

Our experts rated the trading platform of Questrade as somewhat better than the platform of XM, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Questrade, while XM provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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