HF Markets (HFM) Vs. Trading 212 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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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.	Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.
Best For
Low volume traders looking for a low minimum deposit, low trade size and competitive spreads High volume traders looking for a competitive commission-driven environment through their zero spread account Traders looking to copy or provide knowledge via their HFCopy account	Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 5 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) FSCA (South Africa) FSA (Seychelles) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) CMA (Kenya)	FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)
The Good
Well-structured account offering with options for all types of traders Competitive commissions on their Zero Spread and PAMM accounts Copy trading via MT4 / 5 offered through their HF Copy account	Broad asset offering in their investing account (more than 10,000 assets) Friendly, smooth and simple proprietary platforms (both web and mobile) Great spreads on stocks and no commissions on investing accounts
The Bad
Platform offering is limited to MetaTrader 4 and 5 Asset offering in CFDs is below industry standards with 1,200 CFDs Their proprietary mobile app does not offer trading capabilities	Despite both platforms being beautiful, they are gamified for engagement. Clicking on the buy button on mobile platform will trigger a random order without asking for confirmation Asides from stocks, their asset offering lacks variety Very high forex spreads (1.4 Pips on EUR/USD)
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	1 day
📋 Documents Required
Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.	Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.
📍 Year Founded
2010	2004
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From $1 to $10
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort FasaPay WebMoney BitPay PayRetailers PayRedeem Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
2,295	13,615
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
2,113	10,000
📙 Stock CFDs
54	1,526
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
53	179
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
13	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
11	35
📔 ETFs
0	1,800
📔 ETFs CFDs
34	50
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	0
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
3	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
14	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$5 - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$5 - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$500 (0.005 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
2000	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 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	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 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: Micro accounts have no commissions. Premium accounts have no commissions Zero Spread accounts have a minimum commission that varies between $3 to $4 per lot traded PAMM (Premium) accounts have no commission PAMM (Premium Plus) accounts have a commission of $8 per lot round turn HFCopy accounts have no commissions	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips	Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 41 Pips	Dynamic - From 166 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 25 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.33	Dynamic - From $0.6
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No