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SaxoTraderPRO is now SaxoTrader for desktop: same pro-level experience, new name.

SAXOTRADER FOR DESKTOP

Customisable, multi-screen desktop app with powerful tools

Windows

Mac OS

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Advanced features for pro-level trading

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  • Chart menu with options to link, duplicate, undock, or delete

    Setup for up to six screens

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    Add, remove, duplicate, and link modules to create a customised layout

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    Flexible placement of modules like Trade Blotter or Depth Trader to fit your needs

  • Order ticket showing algo order type with fields for strategy, price, and urgency

    Algorithmic orders

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    Dark, Iceberg, Implementation Shortfall, and more strategies

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    Available on major US, European, and Asian markets

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    Modify orders without the need to cancel and replace them

  • FX exposure panel showing currency limits and utilisation

    Risk-management features

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    Trailing stops, stop-limit orders, account-wide protections, margin alerts, and more

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    Desktop-only features like FX exposure monitoring and bulk order cancellation or position management

  • Market depth table showing bid and ask sizes

    Depth trader

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    Level 2 order book trading (across 40+ exchanges with subscription)

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    Real-time order placement and management

  • Time and sales view showing recent trade prices, times, and sizes

    Time and sales data

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    Real-time trade tape of all order executions (subscription required)

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    Trade details: time, price, and volume

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    Market transparency to track activity and confirm momentum

  • Options strategy selector showing butterfly highlighted

    Advanced options-trading tools

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    Multi-leg tickets with risk-adjusted pricing

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    Options risk ladder (ORL) to model portfolio exposure

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    Delta-based strike selection in single-leg tickets

More reasons
to join Saxo

You can also use SaxoTrader on your phone or in your browser to access your positions and trade wherever you are.

iOS app (iPhone and iPad)

Google app (phone and tablet)

Web app login

Our portfolio-based margin model enables risk netting across product types and positions. This model is exclusively available to those who qualify for professional status, which allows you to waive certain protections to trade with greater flexibility.

Learn about portfolio-based margin

To make the most of your stocks and ETFs, you can lend them based on market demand. Simply enable Securities Lending in your account and potentially earn extra revenue.

Read about Securities Lending
A Lombard Loan enables you to leverage your cash and eligible assets to increase your buying power so you can make your money work harder for you and keep your total running costs low.

Discover Lombard Loan

With tiered margin, the average margin requirement (“blended margin requirement”) increases with the level of exposure. As the level of exposure decreases, the margin requirement also decreases.

We use a tiered margin methodology for FX spot, forwards, and FX options.

See margin requirements

To avoid extra currency conversion fees, choose from 21 different currencies and open up to 10 currency sub-accounts. This allows you to fund, invest and trade without conversion fees on those accounts.

Learn about sub-accounts

With Saxo, you’ll get an average execution speed of 0.009 seconds on market orders (October 2025 statistics) and no asymmetric slippage. Our fully customised orders offer you potential price improvements on every trade and an optimal balance between fill ratio and price level.

To protect you from being stopped out early, we trigger stop orders on the opposite side of the spread, based on a neutral price from a primary inter-bank venue.

We fully disclose our dealing practices and never trade against you in the market.

See our order execution statistics
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Ready to start trading?

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Open a Saxo account

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Download the desktop app

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Fund your account and start trading

Windows

Mac OS

Frequently asked questions

We have two platforms/apps available, depending on the products and tools you need.

SaxoTrader is our more advanced trading platform for web, mobile, or desktop. You get detailed analytics, complex charting, and all the sophisticated tools needed for trading. SaxoTrader has our full range of products, including products traded on margin and with leverage. With the desktop-only app, you can customise windows across multiple screens to allow for more comprehensive analysis and a setup that works for your strategy.

SaxoInvestor is our straightforward, all-in-one platform for web or mobile with a detailed portfolio overview, in-depth analysis, easy-to-use charts and tools, and plenty of inspirational content. SaxoInvestor includes stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, bonds and options. 

With a Saxo account, you automatically get access to both platforms and can switch between the two.

On help.saxo, you can find an introduction to SaxoTrader with a platform walkthrough video and a downloadable platform guide. You can also check out our video guides for more tutorials and answers to questions about using our trading and investing platforms. 

Minimum hardware requirements:
OS: Windows 10+, Mac OS 10.15+
CPU: Intel i3 3rd generation (or mobile-class 6th), i5 2nd generation (or mobile-class 4th), or equivalent
RAM: 8 GB
Free disk space: 650 MB
Screen: 1366x768
Internet connection: 2 Mbps

Recommended hardware requirements:
CPU: Quad-core processor, such as Intel i5 3rd generation (or mobile-class 6th) or equivalent
RAM: 8 GB (16 GB for more than 2 displays)
Graphics: At least Intel HD Graphics 530 equivalent, with 256 MB display memory per screen used.
Disk type: SSD disk
Screen: 1920x1080
Internet connection: DSL/cable 10 Mbps

Network settings:
If you are operating within a network, you may need to bypass or exempt the domain from SSL inspection.
Typical devices that run SSL inspection are next-gen firewalls and proxy services.
The same procedure may also apply to deep-packet inspection devices.

We’re a regulated Swiss bank. This means we’re under the supervision of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and comply with stringent reporting requirements and client management regulations.

Your deposits are protected up to CHF 100.000, in line with the Swiss deposit insurance scheme.

See investment protection details

To open an individual account, a valid identification document (ID card or passport) will be all you need. You will be required to take a selfie in a second step.

Most sign-ups for individual accounts are approved digitally within a few minutes. However, since we cannot compromise on security checks, the process can take up to a few days.

Timing and processing for corporate account opening depend on each individual case and will be assessed at the time of the account opening request.

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Saxo Bank (Schweiz) AG
The Circle 38
CH-8058
Zürich-Flughafen
Switzerland

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All trading carries risk. Losses can exceed deposits on margin products. You should consider whether you understand how our products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. To help you understand the risks involved we have put together a general Risk Warning series of Key Information Documents (KIDs) highlighting the risks and rewards related to each product. The KIDs can be accessed within the trading platform. Please note that the full prospectus can be obtained free of charge from Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. or the issuer.

This website can be accessed worldwide however the information on the website is related to Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. All clients will directly engage with Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. and all client agreements will be entered into with Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. and thus governed by Swiss Law. 

The content of this website represents marketing material and has not been notified or submitted to any supervisory authority.

If you contact Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. or visit this website, you acknowledge and agree that any data that you transmit to Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., either through this website, by telephone or by any other means of communication (e.g. e-mail), may be collected or recorded and transferred to other Saxo Bank Group companies or third parties in Switzerland or abroad and may be stored or otherwise processed by them or Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. You release Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. from its obligations under Swiss banking and securities dealer secrecies and, to the extent permitted by law, data protection laws as well as other laws and obligations to protect privacy. Saxo Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect data from unauthorized processing and disclosure and applies appropriate safeguards to guarantee adequate protection of such data.

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