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Securities
Securities CFD
Futures
Futures CFD
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Leverage
Restrictions on securities margin, leverage is generally not more than 3 times
CFD for individual securities and CFD for individual securities are 10x and 20x
respectively*
Ranges from 8-12 times in general
Up to 200 times for indices CFD and commodities CFD
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Margin Requirements
High
Low
High
Low
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Trading Hours
5 days a week, 6.5 hours and 5.5 hours per day for U.S. and HK stocks respectively
Up to 6.5 hours per day, 5 days per week*
5 days per week, up to 23 hours per day for electronic trading on a single exchange
5 days a week, up to 23 hours a day*
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Products Restricted by Regions and Account
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Rollover Requirement
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Trading Cost
Each transaction is charged a fixed rate of commission, exchange and regulatory
levies, taxes and fees, and generally has a minimum commission
Low cost of capital, with low or zero fees *
Each transaction is charged a fixed rate of commission, exchange and regulatory
levies, taxes and fees, and generally has a minimum commission
Low cost of capital, with low or zero fees *
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Trading Platform
Buy and sell through selected trading platforms provided by brokers or banks
Choose and trade from a number of professional trading platforms such as MT4, MT5,
InTrade, TradingView, FIX API 4.4, etc. *
Buy and sell through selected trading platforms provided by brokers or banks
Choose and trade from a number of professional trading platforms such as MT4, MT5,
InTrade, TradingView, FIX API 4.4, etc. *