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Best brokers in Slovakia

In Slovakia the Národná banka Slovenska supervises investment firms; the Garančný fond investícií compensates unavailable client assets up to EUR 50,000 per client. Listed securities are tax-free after one year of holding, and long-term investment saving (DIS) makes gains tax-free after 15 years.

The ranking

Risk warning: CFDs and leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly. Investments can fall in value. Past performance is not an indicator of future results.

Brokers available
43of 72
With a local licence
0
Tier-1 regulated
40
Avg. score
4.0

Market in figures

Slovakia: the broker market in figures

43 of the 72 brokers in our dataset accept clients resident in Slovakia. The figures below count only what a record documents — a missing entry never counts as a yes.

EUR as an account currency
40of 43
Customer support in Czech
17of 43
Commission on a €5,000 share order
€0 – €12.5017 providers with a comparable price
No custody fee (documented)
24of 43

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Country profile

Market profile

Supervision, investor protection and tax — the three points that decide the account.

Slovakia

SK · Country profile

Local currency
EUR
Local regulator
NBS
Recorded providers
43 of 72

Investor protection

Garančný fond investícií — up to EUR 50,000 per client

The part that decides

Tax notes

Gains on the sale of securities admitted to a regulated market are tax-free after more than one year of holding, provided more than one year has also passed since their admission to trading (not for business assets). In addition, a net result from such and certain other income of up to EUR 500 a year is tax-free. Above that, the 2026 progressive rates of 19%, 25%, 30% and 35% apply. Slovak dividends carry 7% withholding at source; foreign dividends form a separate tax base in the return and are also taxed at 7% (35% from non-cooperating states). In long-term investment saving (DIS), gains are tax-free if the portfolio runs for at least 15 years, nothing is paid out during that time and at most EUR 6,000 a year is invested. Contributions to supplementary pension saving (DDS) and to a PEPP are deductible up to EUR 180 a year together.

Brokers that withhold tax locally

Our dataset records no provider as a tax withholding agent for this country. How you declare the income is governed by the country's tax law.

Orientation based on the general legal position — not tax advice. Your personal situation and the legislation in force at the time govern.

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The ranking

Ranked by our overall score across ten weighted criteria. Only providers that accept clients resident here.

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Rank 1IG logo

IG

The most complete leveraged-trading operation in Europe — and it prices like it knows that.

  • Experienced CFD and spread bet traders
  • Multi-asset traders who want one account

Volume rebate — CFD volume rebate at the Bermuda entity

Stocks (per order)
Free
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
0.8 %
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+9
  • Pros: Around 17,000 tradable markets in a single account — shares, indices, FX, commodities, bonds, ETFs, turbo warrants and crypto CFDs, subject to regional restrictions
  • Cons: The 0.8% currency conversion mark-up on foreign-currency CFD and spread bet trades is where much of the real cost hides — on a USD position round-trip it comfortably exceeds the spread
Group index 100/100
FCABaFin, FINMA, ASIC, MAS, JFSA, DFSA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 2Interactive Brokers logo

Interactive Brokers

The cheapest serious route to almost every market on earth — if you can live with the learning curve.

  • Active and professional traders
  • Multi-currency investors

Up to USD 1,000 in stock — Referral programme with share credit

Note: this button leads to the Interactive Brokers home page and is not a referral link. The share credit is only available if you open the account through an invitation from an existing Interactive Brokers client.

Stocks (per order)
0.05 %
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
0 %
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+8
  • Pros: US stocks from USD 0.0035 per share on the Tiered plan, minimum USD 0.35 per order and capped at 1% of trade value
  • Cons: Customer support is the most common complaint: many requests go through the ticket system, and public reviews (e.g. on Trustpilot) often cite slow replies and template answers
Group index 90/100
SECFCA, CBI, ASIC, MAS
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 3CMC Markets logo

CMC Markets

One of the best charting packages in retail CFD trading, wrapped around a narrower product range than the market count suggests.

  • Technical and chart-driven traders
  • UK and Irish spread betting
Stocks (per order)
Free (CFD)
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
0.7 %
StocksETFsOptionsForex+6
  • Pros: Next Generation is one of the strongest charting suites bundled with a retail CFD account —115+ indicators, 70 chart patterns, 12 chart types and pattern-recognition scanners, at no extra cost
  • Cons: None of CMC's derivatives is exchange-traded: the options it quotes are OTC and cash-settled, and there are no cleared futures at all, so CMC is the counterparty on every derivative contract and no clearing house stands behind it
Group index 94/100
FCAASIC, BaFin, MAS
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 4

Pepperstone

Raw spreads and five platforms for traders who care about execution cost, not about owning the asset.

  • Active FX traders
  • Scalping and day trading

From 0.0 pips — Raw spreads from 0.0 pips with commission

Stocks (per order)
0.1 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit
US$10
FX conversion
n/a
StocksETFsForexCFDs+5
  • Pros: Razor all-in EUR/USD cost of about 0.8 pips - a 0.0 to 0.1 pip raw spread plus USD 3.50 per lot per side
  • Cons: Everything is a CFD. You never own the share or ETF, so there are no voting rights, no transferable holdings and no dividend tax reclaim
Group index 82/100
FCAASIC, BaFin, CySEC, DFSA, SCB, CMA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 5Saxo logo

Saxo

A Danish bank that trades like a professional platform — broad, polished, and no longer expensive.

  • Multi-asset portfolios
  • Bond investors

Tiered — Improved pricing at higher account tiers

Stocks (per order)
0.08 %
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
0.25 %
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+7
  • Pros: Full Danish banking licence (Finanstilsynet licence 1149) and SIFI designation — a stronger structural safeguard than a broker-only permission
  • Cons: Currency conversion costs 0.25% over mid-market for EU and Swiss clients, and up to 0.60% at the UK entity's Classic tier — the single largest hidden cost for cross-currency investors
Group index 96/100
DFSAFCA, FINMA, MAS, JFSA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 6Capital.com logo

Capital.com

A polished retail CFD platform in Europe, provided you accept that CFDs are the whole product.

  • Active CFD traders
  • Forex day trading
Stocks (per order)
in the spread
Minimum deposit
US$20
FX conversion
0.7 %
StocksETFsForexCFDs+4
  • Pros: No commission on any CFD and no inactivity fee whatsoever — unusual in the CySEC/FCA CFD segment
  • Cons: 0.7% currency conversion markup on every trade settled outside your base currency — the single largest hidden cost here
Group index 77/100
FCAASIC, CySEC
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 7XTB logo

XTB

One of the strongest trading platforms in the commission-free bracket - xStation 5 is a professional workspace attached to a zero-commission share account.

  • Serious charting on a budget
  • Commission-free European stocks

0% — 0% commission on stocks and ETFs up to the monthly volume cap

Stocks (per order)
Free
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
0.5 %
StocksETFsOptionsForex+4
  • Pros: xStation 5 is one of the strongest platforms in the commission-free bracket - a real screener, market heat map, sentiment data, economic calendar and news in one workspace, on web, desktop and mobile with near-identical features.
  • Cons: The 0.5% currency conversion charge (0.8% at weekends and on public holidays) applies whenever the instrument currency differs from your account currency. For a EUR investor buying US stocks it is charged on the way in and again on the way out, and it dwarfs the commission it replaces.
Group index 72/100
FCAKNF, CySEC, CNMV, DFSA, FSCA, FSC
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 8CapTrader logo

CapTrader

Interactive Brokers' market access wrapped in German regulation, German support and a German phone number.

  • German-speaking options and futures traders
  • Active traders who want IBKR pricing with German support
Stocks (per order)
0.1 %
Minimum deposit
€2,000
FX conversion
0 %
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+7
  • Pros: BaFin-supervised German investment firm (institution number 10156708) with a Düsseldorf address, German contract law and a free German hotline until 20:00
  • Cons: No Abgeltungsteuer is withheld. German investors gain a compounding advantage but must declare everything themselves via Anlage KAP, and a Freistellungsauftrag is not possible — for many people that alone rules CapTrader out
Group index 81/100
BaFinCBI, FCA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 9

IC Markets

One of the cheapest routes to raw institutional FX pricing - as long as you check which entity you are signing with.

  • Algorithmic and EA traders
  • Scalping and high-frequency FX
Stocks (per order)
0.1 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit
€200
FX conversion
n/a
StocksFuturesForexCFDs+5
  • Pros: All-in EUR/USD cost of roughly 0.6 to 0.8 pips on Raw Spread - a 0.0 to 0.1 pip raw spread plus USD 3.50 per lot per side
  • Cons: Most non-EU, non-Australian clients contract with Raw Trading Ltd under Seychelles licence SD018 - an offshore regulator with no investor compensation scheme behind it
Group index 70/100
ASICCySEC, FSCA, FSA, SCB, CMA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 10tastytrade logo

tastytrade

An options-specialist US broker: USD 1 per contract to open, closing commission-free — built by people who trade premium for a living.

  • Options premium sellers
  • High-volume multi-leg traders

USD 0 to close — No commission to close options positions

Stocks (per order)
Free
Minimum deposit
None
FX conversion
n/a
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+5
  • Pros: Equity options are USD 1 per contract to open, USD 0 to close and capped at USD 10 per leg — large multi-leg orders scale for free
  • Cons: FINRA censured and fined tastytrade USD 850,000 in 2026 for failing to run adequate best-execution reviews on equity orders routed to five payment-for-order-flow market makers between 2020 and 2023
Group index 82/100
FINRASEC, NFA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: investing in securities involves risk. You may lose some or all of the capital you invest.

Rank 11Admirals (Admiral Markets) logo

Admirals (Admiral Markets)

The rare CFD broker that also settles real shares — broad, well-priced and unusually forgiving about dormant accounts.

  • Real share investing
  • MetaTrader users
Stocks (per order)
US$0.02/share
Minimum deposit
€100
FX conversion
0.3 %
StocksETFsForexCFDs+4
  • Pros: Real share and ETF ownership through Invest.MT5 — roughly 4,800 listed companies and 200-plus ETFs from USD 0.02 per share with a USD 1.00 minimum, with no custody or platform fee.
  • Cons: Support is weekday office hours only, with no weekend desk — a genuine gap for anyone holding crypto CFDs over a Saturday.
Group index 72/100
FCAASIC, CySEC, FSCA, JSC, CMA, FSA
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Rank 12Kraken logo

Kraken

The most heavily licensed venue in crypto — and the only one that is also a chartered US bank.

  • Traders who prioritise regulatory quality
  • Crypto derivatives and margin traders
Stocks (per order)
Share trading not offered
Minimum deposit
€1
FX conversion
n/a
StocksETFsOptionsFutures+3
  • Pros: Wyoming SPDI bank charter through Kraken Financial — a full-reserve institution required to hold 100% unencumbered liquid assets against customer fiat, with a Federal Reserve limited-purpose master account
  • Cons: Entry-tier spot pricing of 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker is the most expensive base rate among major regulated venues, and you need USD 10,000 of 30-day volume before it drops below 0.40% taker
Group index 78/100
CBIFCA, SEC, CFTC, WY DoB, CySEC, VARA, BVI FSC
Protection depends on your legal entity
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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Accounts and offers

Tax-advantaged accounts in Slovakia

What tax law provides, with source and date. Whether an account suits your situation is not something we judge — this is not tax advice.

Tax-advantaged accounts in Slovakia
AccountLimitMinimum holding periodTax treatmentHoldings and rulesSource
DISdlhodobé investičné sporenieSecurities account
  • contributions up to €6,000 per year
15 years
  • Tax-free after the minimum holding period
not statedSource: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
DDSdoplnkové dôchodkové sporeniePension product
  • deductible up to €180 per year, shared with PEPP
not stated
  • Contributions reduce taxable income
not statedSource: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
PEPPceloeurópsky osobný dôchodkový produktPension product
  • deductible up to €180 per year, shared with DDS
not stated
  • Contributions reduce taxable income
not statedSource: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
DIS
Long-term investment saving through a securities dealer: the portfolio must be set up for at least 15 years, nothing may be paid out within 15 years, and at most EUR 6,000 may be invested per calendar year (reinvestments do not count). Once the conditions are met, gains on securities, options and derivatives in it are tax-free, including the payout after 15 years.Source: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
DDS
Own contributions to supplementary pension saving (third pillar) are deductible from the tax base up to EUR 180 a year, together with PEPP contributions.
PEPP
Pan-European personal pension product; contributions are deductible together with DDS up to EUR 180 a year.

What brokers in our comparison offer in Slovakia

Only brokers that accept clients resident in Slovakia, and only what a source documents. A broker missing from a row is undocumented — not a “no”.

Website in Slovak

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Best broker per category

Every category weights the rating criteria differently — which is why the same provider rarely wins everywhere.

Transparency

Not available here

Transparency means showing the gaps too. These recorded providers do not accept clients resident here.

Tax and protection

Tax, supervision and investor protection in Slovakia

Every fact with its source and the date we read it. Not tax or investment advice.

Supervision

Investor protection

  • Garančný fond investíciíSecurities: up to €50,000 per clientSource: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026

    Pays for protected client assets that have become unavailable, at most EUR 50,000 per client (Act 566/2001, §87(2), with no haircut in the text). The fund is supervised by the NBS.

Such schemes pay when an institution fails and cannot return securities or cash. They do not cover falling prices.

US withholding tax

15% on US dividends: the rate under the income tax treaty with the US

Source: irs.govAs of 25 October 2026

General treaty rate on dividends per IRS Table 1 (rev. May 2023); 5% applies only to qualifying direct holdings.

Locally licensed providers we do not compare (yet)

Not rated and not part of our ranking; listed alphabetically. The details come from the providers themselves and the sources named.

  • Finax

    not rated
    Regulator:
    NBS
    Offer per source:
    PEPP
    Website: finax.euSource: finax.eu/sk/faqAs of 25 October 2026Source: finax.eu/skAs of 25 October 2026

    Securities dealer (o.c.p.) in Bratislava with ETF portfolios and a PEPP product; per its own FAQ regulated by the NBS and covered by the Garančný fond investícií up to EUR 50,000. We have not checked a DIS offer.

Sources and dates

We read every fact in these sections at the source named, on the date shown. Law and offers change; the source is what counts.

Show 7 sources
  1. Source: garancnyfond.skAs of 25 October 2026
  2. Source: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
  3. Source: static.slov-lex.skAs of 25 October 2026
  4. Source: xtb.comAs of 25 October 2026
  5. Source: irs.govAs of 25 October 2026
  6. Source: finax.euAs of 25 October 2026
  7. Source: finax.euAs of 25 October 2026

Head to head

The top 8, row by row

Fees apply to retail accounts under normal market conditions. Each provider's data date is on its review.

The top 8, row by row — Slovakia
Rank#BrokerOverall scoreStocks (per order)Minimum depositFX conversionLocal licenceTax withheldAsset classesAction
1IG logoIGFCA · BaFin · FINMA4.5FreeNone0.8 %Local licenceTax withheld13Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

2Interactive Brokers logoInteractive BrokersSEC · FCA · CBI4.50.05 %None0 %Local licenceTax withheld12Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

3CMC Markets logoCMC MarketsFCA · ASIC · BaFin4.4Free (CFD)None0.7 %Local licenceTax withheld10Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

4PepperstoneFCA · ASIC · BaFin4.40.1 % (CFD)US$100.8 pipsLocal licenceTax withheld9Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

5Saxo logoSaxoDFSA · FCA · FINMA4.40.08 %None0.25 %Local licenceTax withheld11Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

6Capital.com logoCapital.comFCA · CySEC · ASIC4.3in the spreadUS$200.7 %Local licenceTax withheld8Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

7XTB logoXTBKNF · FCA · CySEC4.3FreeNone0.5 %Local licenceTax withheld8Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

8CapTrader logoCapTraderBaFin · CBI · FCA4.20.1 %€2,0000 %Local licenceTax withheld11Visit broker

Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Provider holds a licence from a supervisory authority of this country. Our dataset records the provider as a tax withholding agent for this country.

Advertising disclosure: where a partnership is active, we may earn a commission through broker links. The provider’s terms apply. Commissions do not influence our ratings; paid placements are separately labelled as sponsored.

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43 of the 72 providers recorded in our dataset accept clients resident in Slovakia. The highest rated right now are IG, Interactive Brokers and CMC Markets. The full ranking with fees and regulation is at the top of this page.

Content on Brokaro is for information purposes only and is not investment, legal or tax advice. All information is provided without guarantee; only the provider's own statements are authoritative.

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