Updated Jun 09 2023
Visit 71.24% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Visit 73.85% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Overview | |
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. |
OvalX (formerly ETX Capital) offers 60 currency pairs and a wide selection of equities for the beginning and experienced investors with no deposit and withdrawal fees. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 5 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 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 | |
2010 | 1965 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
0 | From $100 to $10,000 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB. | 3 - EUR, USD, GBP |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
US, BE, CN, SG, CH. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
Hybrid | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
2,295 | 5,174 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
2,113 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
54 | 5,000 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
53 | 60 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
13 | 17 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
11 | 20 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
34 | 19 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
0 | 5 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
3 | 8 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
14 | 45 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
$5 - Fractions Allowed | 1 Share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
$5 - Fractions Allowed | 1 ETF |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | Varies per commodity (Eg 0.1 for WTI, 1 for Cotton) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | 1 Bond |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | Varies per futures contract (Eg: 0.1 Copper, 1 for Bonds) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
2000 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Unavailable | 500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
Yes, $5 monthly after 6 months of inactivity. |
None |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes depending on account type:
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Depending on asset class. (Eg: U.S shares have a 2 cents per share charge with a minimum of $15 per order, European shares have a 0.1% of transaction value charge with a minimum 10 € charge) |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 41 Pips | Dynamic - From 60 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 25 Pips | Dynamic - From 60 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.33 | Dynamic - From $13 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Unavailable | Dynamic - From $226.4 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | No |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | No |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
No | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
Yes | No |