Updated Jul 12 2022
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Overview | |
Capital.com is a global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFDs trading with an offering of more than 4,000 different assets along with several trading platforms (TradingView, MT4, MT5 and their own). |
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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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 | |
2016 | 2010 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £ - 20 | From $5 to $250 (depending on location or account) |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD. | 6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, SY, IR. | US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
1,000 Real Stocks / 3,800+ CFDs | 2,113 Real Stocks / 54 CFDs |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
140 | 53 |
📗 Commodities | |
33 | 13 |
📕 Indices | |
37 | 11 |
📔 ETFs | |
115 | 34 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
27 (Not available in the U.K) | N/A |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 3 |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | 14 |
📝 Notes: | |
The majority of Capital.com's assets are CFDs with the exception of their new stock investing account offering where users can buy / trade real shares (Not available in Australia). |
HF Markets provides both CFDs and real equities. |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.1 units of Tesla) | $5 (Fractional Share Trading |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Varies by ETF (Eg: 1 units of XLK) | $5 (Fractional ETF Trading) |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) | N/A |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
N/A | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:1000 (Non EU) |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 (EU Only) |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes (Not available in Australia) | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | No |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
No | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
No | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
No | Yes, $5 monthly after 6 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Commissions | |
No | Yes depending on account type:
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 Pips to 1.3 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 70 Pips | Dynamic - From 41 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 55 Pips | Dynamic - From 25 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $3.30 | Dynamic - From $0.33 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.97 | N/A |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $130 | N/A | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
Partial - "Discover" tool with limited capabilities | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |