Asset × Country · Legal Status

How to Buy US Stocks from Switzerland

US SHARESYes CANBORSAAvailable

Swiss residents can invest in US stocks through international brokers, with private capital gains generally tax-free in Switzerland.

NVIDIA · NVDA-PERPUS equity · from Switzerland

Price · 24h—

Max leverage20x

Funding · APR—

From SwitzerlandAvailable

Canborsa fee0.07% per side

Trade NVDA on Canborsa ›

Switzerland · at a glance

Yes

broker routesBuying US shares from Switzerland

us marketsUS names and indices on Canborsa

0.07%

0.14% round-tripCanborsa fee per side

5 rails

2 work · 3 limitsFunding routes from Switzerland

What the law actually says

Access rules in Switzerland

Swiss residents can buy US stocks through international brokers such as Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab, Saxo Bank, and Cornertrader. Switzerland does not tax private capital gains on stocks.

Local routes

Interactive Brokers, UBS, Credit Suisse, Saxo Bank.

The perpetual route

A US-equity perpetual tracks the share price and settles in crypto. There is no broker, no remittance and no share: it confers no votes and no dividends, and funding is charged or paid every 1h for as long as the position is open.

Regulator — Switzerland

Websitewww.finma.ch

CryptoLegal

Access · routes

Three ways to reach a US share price from Switzerland

Two routes buy the share. The third buys exposure to its price and nothing else.

01.

Domestic broker with a US partner

Your local broker routes the order to a partner in the United States. You hold real shares with voting and dividend rights, under full identity verification.

Real shares 4 routes

02.

International broker account

You open the account offshore yourself and remit under your country’s rules. Ownership is the same, and the reporting duties sit with you.

Real shares Capital limit applies

03.

Perpetual exposure on Canborsa

A US-equity perpetual tracks the share price and settles in crypto: no broker, no remittance, no share, no votes and no dividends. Funding is charged or paid every 1h while the position is open, and deposits arrive as USDC on six networks.

No ownership 0.07% per side

Rails · funding routes

Rail

Status

Note

Bank transfer (SIC/SEPA)

WORKS

Domestic franc transfers and euro SEPA transfers are the default funding route, with no restriction found.

TWINT

LIMITS

The dominant mobile payment app tied to a bank account; acceptance for crypto purchases is a bank-by-bank commercial choice.

Credit/debit card

LIMITS

Card funding is an issuer decision with no regulatory bar found.

PostFinance

LIMITS

State-owned postal bank widely held by retail customers; whether it processes exchange transfers is a bank policy question.

USDT P2P

WORKS

Peer-to-peer transfer is unrestricted by regulation; the risk is commercial counterparty risk.

Availability · route 03

US markets listed on Canborsa

23 US markets trade as perpetuals on Canborsa — 21 single names and 2 index contracts, all open from Switzerland. Each one is a contract on the price.