SquaredFinancial vs Rakuten Securities Australia

Both of these regulated forex brokers have built a positive reputation, and feedback from our members supports that. That said, SquaredFinancial currently holds a stronger overall rating (4.3) than Rakuten Securities Australia (2). SquaredFinancial has a higher minimum deposit than Rakuten Securities Australia, at 5000.0. Both platforms offer their clients demo accounts, mobile trading, scalping. Traders should note that both companies offer the same minimum lot size 0.01, but SquaredFinancial has a maximum lot size of 1000.0, while Rakuten Securities Australia offers 100.0. SquaredFinancial offers a lower maximum leverage of 1:200, whereas Rakuten Securities Australia allows trading with up to 1:400.
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Overall Rating: Platform: Pricing: Customer service: Features:
4.3/5 (35 reviews)
4.4/5
4.2/5
4.4/5
4.2/5
2/5 (1 reviews)
2.1/5
2.1/5
2.1/5
1.8/5
Minimum deposit ($) 5000.0 50.0
Commission 0.0 0.0
Accepting US clients?
Swap free accounts
Segregated accounts
Interest on margin
Managed accounts
Accounts for money managers (MAM, PAMM)
One click trading
API
OCO orders
Trading over the phone
Hedging allowed
Trailing stops
Mobile trading
Scalping allowed
Bonuses
Demo Accounts
Web based trading
Contests
Decimals 5 5
Minimum lot size 0.01 0.01
Maximum lot size 1000.0 100.0
Spread Variable Fixed
Broker type STP, ECN ECN, Market Maker
Maximal leverage (1:?) 200 400
Availability STP, ECN ECN, Market Maker
Regulation CBI (Ireland) ASIC (Australia)
Trading Platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MT4 (via bridge) MetaTrader 4 (MT4)
Funding/Withdrawal methods Wire Transfer Wire Transfer, Neteller, Skrill, BPay, Internal transfer, Local Deposits
Account Currency USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, JPY, NZD, CAD, SGD USD, GBP, EUR, AUD
Languages English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Mandarin, Chinese, Polish, Indonesian, Arabic English, Japanese, Mandarin, Chinese, Korean, Romanian
Country Ireland Australia
Trading platform(s) timezone Ireland, United Kingdom Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia
Other trading instruments Futures, Commodities, CFDs Commodities, CFDs
spreads
EUR/USD - -
GBP/USD - -
USD/JPY - -
USD/CAD - -
XAU/USD - -

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