Saxo Bank vs Zacks Trade compared

Saxo Bank
Zacks Trade
67% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Saxo Bank

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 score4.3/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score5.0/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score4.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • equity 4.18/5
  • forex 4.43/5
You can't open an account at Saxo Bank

Zacks Trade

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 score2.5/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score3.6/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.5/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • equity 4.36/5
You can open an account at Zacks Trade
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.8

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

Best forex broker

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Traders and investors looking for comprehensive research tools, a wide product selection and low fees

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

Denmark

Country of origin
Broker's country of establishment

USA

Fees

Fees score
3.0
Fees score
4.0
Fees summary
BrokerChooser's qualitative summary on the broker's prices

Average trading and non-trading fees, low forex fees

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

Low trading and non-trading fees, high 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
4.8
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.5
Number of base currencies
How many account currencies you can choose from

26

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

20

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.3
Account opening score
2.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
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.
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$2000

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Minimum deposit
The minimum amount you have to deposit for using the account
No minimum deposit, but Zacks Trade recommends to open an account with $2500
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$0

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

1 day

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

>3 days

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

Required documents
Documents required for opening an account

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
5.0
Web platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
3.5
Desktop platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.8

Markets and products

Markets and products score
5.0
Markets and products score
3.8
Stocks
Stocks are available
Stocks
Stocks are available
Global
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
Fractional shares
Fractional shares are available
$1 is the minimum
*
*
ETFs
ETFs are available
ETFs
ETFs are available
Global
*
*
Forex
Forex is available
Forex
Forex is available
Funds
Funds are available
Funds
Funds are available
US mutual funds
*
*
Bonds
Bonds are available
Bonds
Bonds are available
Global
*
*
Options
Options are available
Options
Options are available
US options markets only
*
*
Futures
Futures are available
Futures
Futures are available
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
ETN
*
*
Crypto
Crypto is available in any form (e.g. as a CFD or ETF)
ETN, Paxos
*
*
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: 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
5.0
Research score
4.3
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
4.5
Education score
2.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
4.1
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.

€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

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.

$500,000 ($250,000 cash limit) plus $30 million (with a cash sub-limit of $900,000) subject to an aggregate limit of $150 million.

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

1992

Foundation date

1978

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

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

Country of regulation
Which countries' regulators oversee the broker

USA

Saxo Bank

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

Zacks Trade

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

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.

Saxo Bank's service is on par with Zacks Trade's and a comparison of their fees shows that Saxo Bank's fees are slightly higher than Zacks Trade's.

Account opening takes less effort at Saxo Bank compared to Zacks Trade, deposit and withdrawal processes are more seamless at Saxo Bank, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Zacks Trade's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Saxo Bank as better than the platform of Zacks Trade, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Saxo Bank, while Zacks Trade provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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