Updated May 26 2022
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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. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
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 | |
2008 | 2010 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £ - 100 | From $5 to $250 (depending on location or account) |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 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 | |
📙 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. |
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📗 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:
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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 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 |