Status: Researched · 7 June 2026. Confirm with the trade desk for your residence before relying on any market.
The one thing to understand first: your residence decides your markets
“Swissquote” is a brand across several regulated entities, and they do not offer the same markets. Which entity holds your account depends on where you live — and that, not the Swissquote brand, determines what you can actually buy:
- Swiss residents → Swissquote Bank SA (Switzerland, FINMA)
- EU / UK / many others → Swissquote Bank Europe SA (Luxembourg, CSSF)
- Other regions → regional entities (confirm per residence)
Both get the 19 developed market jurisdictions. The difference is the ~9 high-minimum phone/manual “other accessible markets”, which are Swiss-resident (Bank SA) — bringing the practical maximum to ~28, not something a non-Swiss client should assume:
| Market group | Non-Swiss (Bank Europe) | Swiss resident (Bank SA) |
|---|---|---|
| US — NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX, NYSE Arca | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canada — TSX, TSX Venture | ✓ | ✓ |
| UK — LSE, AIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Continental Europe — Xetra/Frankfurt + German regionals, Euronext (Paris/Amsterdam/Brussels), SIX, Madrid, Milan, Vienna, Stockholm/Copenhagen/Helsinki/Oslo | ✓ | ✓ |
| Developed Asia-Pacific — SGX (Singapore), HKEX (Hong Kong), Tokyo, ASX | ✓ | ✓ |
| “Other accessible markets” (~9, phone/manual, on request) — JSE, Istanbul, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Nasdaq Dubai | ✗ | ✓ (high minimums) |
So both Swiss and non-Swiss clients get a broad, high-trust developed-market broker — including the AIM / ASX / TSX / NYSE / OTC lines many frontier-market companies actually list on (a Malawi rare-earth developer on AIM, a Namibia uranium name on the ASX, and so on). Only Swiss residents also get the phone-desk frontier markets. Don’t read the en-ch market list and assume it applies to you — check the entity in the page footer first.
Among this directory’s covered country pages, the developed-Asia overlap (available to everyone) is Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, so those are the countries this entry is filed under in the sidebars — but the developed-market coverage above is far broader. (For SG/HK/JP most readers already have cheaper app options like IBKR, Tiger or moomoo; Swissquote is the Swiss-bank-custody alternative.)
The “other accessible markets” phone list — Swiss residents, in practice
The reason Swissquote gets mentioned for frontier access at all is its “other accessible markets” pricing list: additional exchanges available on request by phone, including Johannesburg (JSE), Istanbul, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico, Sri Lanka (Colombo), Malaysia and Nasdaq Dubai, at high minimum tickets (e.g. JSE ~0.55%/min ~EUR 80; Istanbul ~1%/min ~CHF 300).
But that list lives on the Swiss pricing materials, with a Swiss trade-desk number (0848 25 88 88) — it’s a Swissquote Bank SA (Switzerland) offering. The EU/Luxembourg entity does not publish it, and the only “phone” access its FAQ mentions is the client desk for the already-listed Asian exchanges (SGX/HKEX/Tokyo), not a route to extra markets. So:
- Swiss resident: yes — you can phone the desk to trade JSE, Istanbul, Bangkok, Mexico, etc. (manual, high minimums, restrictions apply).
- EU / elsewhere: be conservative — your clearly-documented menu is the 19 online/core jurisdictions, and you should not assume phoning in adds JSE/Istanbul/Bangkok unless your entity confirms it.
Either way it’s high-minimum, manual, phone execution — not cheap app-style retail trading.
Where it doesn’t help
No confirmed direct access — for any entity — to the small African exchanges (LuSE, BSE, ZSE/VFEX, NSE Kenya, DSE, RSE, NSX, BRVM) or to Vietnam, Mongolia, Colombia or Argentina local markets. Use mystocks.africa for supported African markets, or a direct local broker.
Verdict
Swissquote is a high-trust Swiss-bank route to developed markets and the foreign (AIM/ASX/TSX/OTC) lines of frontier companies — useful to anyone. Its reputation as a frontier broker (JSE, Istanbul, Bangkok via the phone desk) is real only for Swiss residents on Swissquote Bank SA; if you’re in the EU or elsewhere, treat Swissquote as a solid developed-market broker and not your route into those frontier exchanges. For those, pair it with mystocks.africa, direct local brokers, or IBKR/Saxo. Before anything else, confirm which entity your residence puts you in.
Sources
Public sources checked (June 2026):
- Swissquote Europe (Luxembourg) trading FAQ — the ~30-exchange list: https://www.swissquote.com/en-lu/private/help/trade/faq
- Swissquote “other accessible markets” equity pricing PDF (Swiss; phone desk 0848 25 88 88)
- Swissquote stock pricing/product pages (CH, Europe, MEA): https://www.swissquote.com