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TRADING ACCOUNT
Custody Fees
0€
Stocks/ETFs
0.1%
Options/Futures
2€ per contract
Detailed pricing
| Fee | |
|---|---|
| Account opening | Free |
| Account maintenance fee ¹ | Free |
| Custody fees | Free |
| Dividend and corporate action processing | Free |
| Statements | Free |
| Account closure ² | Free |
¹ EU residents and VIP clients. Other countries: free when you trade once a month (forex trades don’t qualify), €15 otherwise.
² Account balance is less than €10, up to €10 otherwise.
| Markets | Commission |
|---|---|
| US, Canada | 0.1% |
| UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway | 0.1% |
| Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia | 0.1% |
14.95 € minimum commission (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 24.95 €). Dubai Financial Market commission 0.25% (minimum 24.95 €).
Trade Bundles: Choose the number of trades you want to execute over one year and automatically benefit from our special conditions for active traders.
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Real-time Quotes
Free for stocks, ETFs and structured products.
€0.85 per transaction on Options.
Multiple fills
Only one commission is charged when one order requires multiple fills on the same day. If your order requires multiple fills over two or more days, one commission will be charged per day.
Exchange Fees
Additional exchange fees or taxes levied on transactions will be charged directly to trades when applicable.
UK: 0.5%
Euronext (France, Belgium, Netherlands): €0.15 + 0.63 bps (0.0063%)
Switzerland : CHF 1.00 + ad valorem fee available on the List of Charges under the Trading Rules (Regulation | SIX (six-group.com)
Germany: Xetra 0.0038% (min €0.60 - max €18)
German regional exchanges:
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Stuttgart Stock Exchange
- Munich Stock Exchange
- Berlin Stock Exchange
- Dusseldorf Stock Exchange
- Hamburg Stock Exchange
- Hannover Stock Exchange
France FTT: 0.3%
Italy FTT: 0.1%
Spain FTT: 0.2%
Please note, for French, Spanish and Italian Financial Transaction Tax on applicable purchases will still be charged, even where a position is sold the same day.
Hong-Kong: 0.1% (rounded up to the nearest dollar)
Singapore: all transactions are subject to a Clearing Fee of 0.0325%
Dubai: AED 10.5 + 18bps
EUWAX: 0.095% (max €15.80)
EUREX (EU Equity and Index Options): See exchange fees
ISE (US Equity Options): 0.45$ per contract
For Structured Warrants a Clearing Fee of 0.05% is charged (subject to a cap of SGD 200). UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (PTM) Levy is a flat charge of GBP 1 on all transactions over GBP 10'000. Irish Takeover Panel (ITP) Levy is a flat charge of EUR 1.25 on all Irish transactions over EUR 12'500.
| Trade size (€ or currency equivalent) | Commission |
|---|---|
| 25 - 10'000 | 1% |
| 10'001 - 50'000 | 0.75% |
| 50'000 - 500'000 | 0.5% |
No minimum commission.
| Commission | |
|---|---|
| Subscriptions and redemptions | 0.5% |
| VIP Subscriptions and redemptions | 0.4% |
| Entry and exit fees* | Free |
| Management fee (ongoing charges) | Up to 50% savings with clean funds |
€24.95 minimum commission.
Hedge funds and complex products: 0.5% min EUR/USD/CHF 300.
*Please note that some Assets Managers apply entry fees on certain funds or require minimum Investments amount. Please carefully review the fund's regulatory documents before each transaction.
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| Market | Commission |
|---|---|
| EUWAX | 0.1% |
€14.95 minimum commission.
| Markets | Commission per contract | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| EUREX Options & Futures | EUR/CHF 2 | EUR/CHF 9.95 |
| EUREX Futures on FTSE Bitcoin Index (FBTE & FBTU) | EUR/USD 10 | EUR/USD 30 |
| ISE Options | USD 2.5 | USD 9.95 |
| CME/CBOT/NYMEX/COMEX Futures | USD 2.5 | USD 9.95 |
| CME CRYPTO Options and Futures (BTC & ETH) | USD 10 | - |
| CME CRYPTO Micro Options and Futures (BTC & ETH) | USD 5 | - |
Options Assignments or Exercises:
Swissquote Bank Europe does not charge an option exercise or assignment fee. Certain transactions are subject to the standard commissions for the applicable product.
- Stock options: standard buy or sell commission applies to the underlying stock
- Other options: standard option commissions apply
Important : At expiration, in-the-money long options positions will be exercised by Swissquote, and not sold.
Futures Rollovers (offline):
Rollovers of Futures contracts can be instructed over the phone. Standard Futures commissions apply, with a minimum of 20 (€ or $) per leg.
| Precious Metal | Custody Fees1 | Spread2 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold XAU | 0.2% p.a. | 0.25 – 0.9% |
| VIP Gold XAU | 0.1% p.a. | 0.25 – 0.9% |
¹ + standard VAT rate for EU residents.
² refer to Currency Conversion spreads.
| Fee | |
|---|---|
| Transfer IN Cash | Free |
| SEPA Transfer OUT Cash 5 | Free |
| Other Transfer OUT Cash 5 | €10 |
| Manual order – phone trading supplement | €30 |
| Manual and off-exchange transactions (e.g. special requests, OTC trades, ETF and ETN redemptions, ADR conversions) | Min €250 + third party fees |
| US OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheet securities (sale only) - Structured Products | 0.50% min $100 |
| US OTC Bulletin Board and Pink Sheet securities (sale only) - Stocks | 0.50% min $50 |
| Publicly Traded Partnerships (PTPs) - custodian segregation (US TIN required) ¹ VIP Free | €50 per quarter per account |
| Low priced securities ¹ VIP Free | €30 per quarter per holding |
| Transfer IN Securities | Free |
| Transfer OUT Securities | €25 per line |
| Internal transfers (between Swissquote Bank Europe accounts) | Free |
| Non-standard transfers ² | €50 |
| Ad-hoc certificates | €30 |
| Special requests | €80 per hour |
| Insurance accounts – custody services ¹ | 0.10% min €1’000 per year |
| Inoperative accounts ¹ ³ | 0.10% min. €50 per quarter |
| Inactive accounts ¹ 4 | Additional research fees |
| Corporate action to a closed account | €10 |
| Fixed-term loan setup (under 1 million) | €500 |
| Opt-in Professional status | Free |
¹ Subject to VAT for EU residents.
² E.g. incomplete sender or beneficiary information, transfers not instructed online.
³ Accounts with no trades executed over a period of three years or more are subject to a quarterly custody fee of 0.10% on assets (securities, digital assets and precious metals), with a minimum of EUR 50 per quarter
4 Additional research fees may apply for the special handling and supervision of assets held on accounts qualifying as inactive as per the law (accounts with no contact with the Bank for a period of 3 years): research costs incurred, with a maximum of 10% of the value of the account (max. €25'000).
5 Please note that intermediary banks may charge additional fees, which will be outside Swissquote’s control.
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Please visit our Interest and Margin Rates page for detailed margin interest rates, for interest rates on cash and overdrafts.
| Trade size (€ or currency equivalent) | Spread |
|---|---|
| 0 – 24’999 | 0.9% |
| 25’000 – 99’999 | 0.75% |
| 100’000 – 499’999 | 0.5% |
| 500’000+ | 0.25% |
Currency conversions from or to ILS, MXN and TRY will be applied a flat 0.9% spread.
A flat 0.9% spread applies to currency conversion on trade settlement and overnight auto-forex currency rebalancing.
As a VIP client, you will benefit from priority service when you call or email us.
If you qualify for Apex, you will also receive personalised support from our Client Ambassador team. Please make sure you call or email us from the phone number or email address that is registered on your account.
You don’t need to do anything. Once your account qualifies for VIP, you will be notified within 30-days and your VIP benefits will automatically apply to your account.
Please make sure you call or email us from the phone number or email address that is registered on your account.
Our VIP trade bundles are designed for investors that trade in larger sizes (from 250k to 1m $/€/Fr). You must call or email us to purchase a bundle of 4 or 20 large trades. Large trade bundles expire 12 months after purchase and are not renewed automatically.
Once the VIP trade bundle is active on your account, our standard rate of commission will continue to be charged on each trade, but you will be refunded at the end of each month to account for the lower cost of trading with a bundle.
Yes, you can. If you have a standard and a large trade bundle at the same time, trades under 250’000 $/€/Fr will be deducted from your standard trade bundle, and trades 250’000 $/€/Fr and larger will be deducted from your large trade bundle.
You will be charged standard commissions when settling your trades, but will be refunded at the end of each month to account for the lower cost of trading with your bundles.
A Junior Smart Portfolio is simply a Smart Portfolio on preferential terms for your children. Note that you will be the beneficial owner of the account as Swissquote Bank Europe does not currently support accounts for minors.