Plus500 Vs. HF Markets (HFM) - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options	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.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	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
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 5 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) FSCA (South Africa) FSA (Seychelles) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) CMA (Kenya)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	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
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	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
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
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
2008	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	From $5 to $250 (depending on location or account)
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort FasaPay WebMoney BitPay PayRetailers PayRedeem Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	6 - USD, EUR, NGN, JPY, ZAR, THB.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, indices and options.	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, ETFs, stocks and bonds. Real stocks and ETFs.
📙 Stocks
2,000+	2,113 Real Stocks / 54 CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
70	53
📗 Commodities
25	13
📕 Indices
26	11
📔 ETFs
95	34
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	N/A
📒 Bonds
N/A	3
📓 Options
Option CFDs (Calls and Puts) on: Alphabet, Facebook, Apple, Deutsche Bank, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla and NIO along with major indices and EUR/USD.	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	14
📝 Notes:
All of Plus500's assets are CFDs.	HF Markets provides both CFDs and real equities.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.05 units of Tesla)	$5 (Fractional Share Trading
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies by ETF (Eg: 0.5 units of XLK)	$5 (Fractional ETF Trading)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 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
Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:1000 (Non EU)
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:300	Up to 1:500 (EU Only)
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 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
Yes, $10 every 3 months	Yes, $5 monthly after 6 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 Commissions
No	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
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 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 25 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From $0.33
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	N/A
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No, only allows setting an individual favourites list	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No