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Capital.com

Thousands of markets and a polished app — through a Bahamian entity

4.5/54.5 / 5SCBFCACySECASICFSA

Trading forex, CFDs and crypto carries a substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. In Hong Kong, dealing in securities and leveraged foreign exchange trading are licensed activities supervised by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) — the brokers reviewed here are onboarded offshore and hold no SFC licence, so no SFC complaint route and no Investor Compensation Fund coverage applies to those accounts. Our signals are analyst opinions, not guaranteed profits, and past performance does not guarantee future results.

At a glance

A slick multi-asset broker with 3,000+ markets, zero-commission spread-only pricing, and MT4, MT5, TradingView and API access alongside its own app. Hong Kong residents are onboarded by Capital Com Online Investments Ltd, licensed by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SIA-F245), not by an SFC-licensed corporation.

Capital.comEditorial rating4.5/54.5 / 5
Min. deposit
$20
Spreads from
0.6 pips
Platforms
Capital.com web & app, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, API
Regulation
SCB · FCA · CySEC · ASIC · FSA

Traders who want a huge market range and a modern app, are happy to run our signals through the paid Telegram subscription, and accept an offshore counterparty.

Capital.com rounds out our five as a modern broker with exceptional market breadth — more than 3,000 instruments, zero-commission spread-only pricing, and one of the more polished apps in the industry. It also supports MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView and API access, which matters if you intend to drive orders programmatically; any page claiming it lacks MT5 is out of date. The Hong Kong position is the same as Pepperstone's: a Hong Kong resident is onboarded by Capital Com Online Investments Ltd, registered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and licensed by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas under SIA-F245. The group's FCA, CySEC and ASIC licences belong to entities that will not hold your account, and there is no licence from Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission. The international entity publishes that 79.75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. It ranks fifth for the same reason as Pepperstone: it is a genuinely good place to trade, but the free trading signals deal on Best Trading Signal is attached to Base Markets. You can trade every signal we publish on Capital.com through the paid Telegram subscription — check our full track record first.

Regulation — which entity actually holds your money

Capital Com Online Investments Ltd (company 209236B) is registered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and authorised by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas under licence SIA-F245. That is the entity that onboards Hong Kong residents.

Elsewhere the group is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Seychelles Financial Services Authority. Client funds are held in segregated accounts, and retail clients of the FCA, CySEC and ASIC entities receive negative-balance protection — but those are not the entity serving Hong Kong.

There is no SFC licence. A Hong Kong resident's account sits outside SFC supervision, the SFC complaint route and Hong Kong's Investor Compensation Fund. The international entity publishes that 79.75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider; the UK entity publishes 65% and the German entity 74%, which is exactly why you should read the figure from the page your sign-up link lands on rather than from any comparison table, ours included.

Accounts, spreads and costs

Capital.com uses simple, zero-commission pricing: your cost is built into the spread, which starts around 0.6 pips on major FX pairs and varies with market conditions. There are no separate commission charges on standard retail accounts.

The minimum deposit is $20 (roughly HK$156) by card or e-wallet, one of the lowest entry points among the brokers we cover. Confirm the funding currency and conversion cost for a Hong Kong card or bank transfer before you fund.

Platforms and market range

Beyond its native web and mobile app, Capital.com supports MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and TradingView, and offers API access — so you can execute our entries, take-profits and stop-losses on the interface you prefer, or automate them. Claims that Capital.com does not offer MT5 are a stale fossil that still circulates on review sites; it does.

With more than 3,000 instruments — forex, thousands of shares, indices, commodities, crypto and thematic baskets — it offers far more breadth than a signals-only trader strictly needs, but it means you never outgrow the platform.

Using our signals with Capital.com

The free-signals package is unlocked only through a funded Base Markets account ($400 through our link). Capital.com does not carry that specific offer.

To trade our calls on Capital.com, take the paid subscription through the Telegram bot. Every signal includes a defined entry, take-profit and stop-loss, and the results are published weekly on the performance page.

Pros

  • 3,000+ markets — forex, shares, indices, commodities, crypto and thematic baskets
  • MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView and API access alongside a well-regarded native app
  • Zero-commission, spread-only pricing with a low $20 (roughly HK$156) minimum
  • Tier-one licences elsewhere in the group — FCA, CySEC and ASIC
  • Segregated client funds and negative-balance protection for retail clients at the tier-one entities

Cons

  • No SFC licence: a Hong Kong resident is onboarded by Capital Com Online Investments Ltd in The Bahamas, outside SFC supervision and the Investor Compensation Fund
  • The international entity publishes that 79.75% of retail investor accounts lose money trading CFDs
  • Our free-signals offer runs through Base Markets — Capital.com signals need the paid subscription
  • Swap-free accounts are available only in some jurisdictions
  • The huge market range can overwhelm complete beginners

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Capital.com4.5/54.5 / 5

Thousands of markets and a polished app — through a Bahamian entity

Min. deposit
$20
Spreads from
0.6 pips
SCBFCACySECASICFSA
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Frequently asked questions

No. Capital.com holds no SFC licence. Hong Kong residents are onboarded by Capital Com Online Investments Ltd, registered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and licensed by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas under SIA-F245. That account sits outside SFC supervision, the SFC complaint route and Hong Kong's Investor Compensation Fund. The group's FCA, CySEC and ASIC licences belong to entities that do not serve Hong Kong residents.

The international entity publishes that 79.75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. The figure is entity-specific — Capital.com publishes 65% under its UK entity and 74% under its German entity — so read the disclosure on the page your sign-up link actually lands on.

Yes. Capital.com supports MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView and API access alongside its own web and mobile app. The claim that it lacks MT5 is an outdated fossil that still circulates on broker-review sites — it is wrong.

Capital.com is legitimate — founded in 2016, with tier-one licences including the FCA and ASIC elsewhere in the group and a Securities Commission of The Bahamas licence (SIA-F245) on the entity serving Hong Kong. It is not a scam. The genuine risk is losing money in the market: the international entity publishes that 79.75% of retail accounts do. Read what trading signals are before trading.

Capital.com has a low minimum deposit of $20 (roughly HK$156) by card or e-wallet. To unlock our free signals, though, the route is a $400 deposit at Base Markets — Capital.com does not carry that offer.

No — free signals are exclusive to Base Markets clients who deposit $400 through our link. Capital.com is an excellent broker, and you can trade all of our calls on it via the paid Telegram subscription.

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