Updated Dec 22 2022
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Overview | |
CMC Markets is a global broker headquartered in the U.K that holds 6 high value financial licenses and offers CFD trading on stocks, etfs, commodities, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies. |
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 5 Other Licenses 0 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 5 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon! |
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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 | |
1989 | 2010 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
0 | 0 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD. | 6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR. |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | Hybrid |
Total Asset Offering | |
11,885 | 2,295 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 2,113 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
10,169 | 54 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
330 | 53 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
124 | 13 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
95 | 11 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
1,084 | 34 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
18 | 0 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
55 | 3 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
10 | 14 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | $5 - Fractions Allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1 ETF | $5 - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Variable (eg: 1 BTC) | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 2000 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
500 | Unavailable |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee. |
Yes, $5 monthly after 6 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission. |
Yes depending on account type:
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 41 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 25 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $0.33 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Unavailable | Unavailable | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
Yes | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
Yes | Yes |