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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

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Trading across six monitors with SaxoTrader for desktop

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

See how to qualify as a professional

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

Read about stock lending

To avoid extra currency conversion fees, choose from 24 different currencies and open up to 4 currency sub-accounts. The available currencies and number of sub-accounts that can be opened depend on your account type and country of residence.

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

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
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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

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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, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs.

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 Danish bank. This means we’re under the supervision of the Danish FSA and comply with stringent reporting requirements and client management regulations.

Your funds are protected via the Danish Guarantee Fund up to EUR 100,000.

Your securities are also protected by the Danish Guarantee Fund. Generally, securities would be returned to you in cases like suspension of payment or compulsory winding up. If we’re unable to return them, they are covered up to EUR 20,000 per client.

See investment protection details

That depends on the account type you open.

For an individual account, these are the documents you’ll need to provide:

  1. Your national ID number from the country where you hold citizenship.
  2. Your tax ID number from your country of residence.
  3. A document as proof of identity (e.g., a passport, ID card, driver’s licence) and a selfie.
  4. A document as proof of residence (one that shows your home address, such as a residence permit, utility bill, or bank statement).

Most sign-ups for individual accounts are approved digitally within a few minutes. However, since we cannot compromise on security checks, the process can sometimes take longer. If all documents you provided meet requirements, we’ll process your application within 2 working days.

If you provide clear copies of all required documents, corporate accounts will generally be approved in about 1 week.

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Saxo Bank A/S (Headquarters)
Philip Heymans Alle 15
2900 Hellerup
Denmark

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All trading and investing comes with risk, including but not limited to the potential to lose your entire invested amount.

Information on our international website (as selected from the globe drop-down) can be accessed worldwide and relates to Saxo Bank A/S as the parent company of the Saxo Bank Group. Any mention of the Saxo Bank Group refers to the overall organisation, including subsidiaries and branches under Saxo Bank A/S. Client agreements are made with the relevant Saxo entity based on your country of residence and are governed by the applicable laws of that entity's jurisdiction.

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