Updated Oct 20 2022
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Overview | |
ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5. |
HF Markets (HFM) is a global broker founded in 2010 under the brand name HotForex that specialises in CFDs trading on currencies, commodities, indices, stocks, ETFs, bonds and futures. Recently they added to their portfolio commission-free real stocks and ETFs. |
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Licenses | |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 5 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2001 | 2010 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$500 | 0 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP. | 6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | Hybrid |
Total Asset Offering | |
1,607 | 2,295 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 2,113 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
1,000 | 54 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
50 | 53 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
16 | 13 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
30 | 11 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
500 | 34 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
11 | 0 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
0 | 3 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 14 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions allowed | $5 - Fractions Allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions allowed | $5 - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
Unavailable | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 2000 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
500 | Unavailable |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
Yes, $5 monthly after 6 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
Yes depending on method:
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None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each) |
None |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes depending on asset:
Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others. |
Yes depending on account type:
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
From 23 Pips to 50 Pips | Dynamic - From 41 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
From 98 Pips | Dynamic - From 25 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $0.33 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
From $55 to $91 | Unavailable | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
No | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
Yes | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
Yes | Yes |