agea

General Information & Regulation

AGEA is an online trading provider based in Montenegro, founded in 2005, offering investors a diverse range of investment tools through the leading MT4 trading platform. AGEA is currently not subject to any effective regulation.

Market Instruments

Tradable financial assets available for trading on the AGEA platform include Forex currency pairs, stocks, indices, commodities, bonds, funds, and CFDs.

Minimum Deposit

AGEA's Streamster and MT4 trading platforms have several different trading accounts, respectively. The Streamster account has a minimum deposit of $1. The MT4 platform contains three different accounts, the Cent account (minimum deposit of $6), the Standard account (minimum deposit of $100), and the Fixed Spreads account. Additionally, demo and Islamic accounts also offered.

AGEA Leverage

The maximum trading leverage offered by AGEA is up to 1:100, when it comes to trading leverage. Professional traders may hold that this leverage level is a little conservative. Inexperienced traders, however, are not advised to use such high trading leverage since leverage can amplify both profits as well as losses.

Spreads & Commissions

When it comes to spreads & Commissions, or trading fees, AGEA is quite vague about this. The spread on EURUSD pair is arouns 1.2 pips, which is slightly high for a market maker.

Trading Platforms

AGEA offers traders the flexibility to choose between two trading platforms, Streamster, the most popular trading platform on the market today, and MT4, a powerful and easy-to-use trading platform with its own algorithmic trading API and unique features, including an international multi-channel chat where traders can freely talk about markets or any other topic, and real-time service support to customers.

Deposit & Withdrawal

AGEA supports traders to deposit and withdraw funds to and from their investment accounts via various methods such as wire transfer, credit and debit cards, as well as popular e-wallets such as Neteller, Skrill, FasaPay, Perfect Money, Webmoney, QIWI, etc.

AGEA Pros & Cons

AGEA advantages Inlcude:

1. Wide range of trading asset

2. Two trading platforms available

3. Multiple deposit and withdrawal options

4. Low minimum deposit requirements

AGEA disadvantages Include:

1. No regulation

2. No key information on spreads, fees, swaps, etc

3. Not accepting US clients

4. Limited educational resources

5. Not providing real-time customer service

yuanta

General Information & Regulation

Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“YSHK”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yuanta Financial Holdings Co. Ltd. (“Yuanta Financial Holdings”). YSHK is a licensed corporation registered with the Securities and Futures Commission (CE No.: ABS015) to conduct Type 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 9 regulated activities, and is a Participant of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and/or its subsidiaries (Participant ID / Code: 08585，PSL，CPSL and B01858) . As of Sept, 2016, Yuanta's distribution network consists of 155 securities branches and 152 banking branches with approximately 13 thousand professionals providing clients with a full range of financial services. In 2016, the Company controlled 11% of the market share in the securities brokerage sector and was able to maintain a big edge in securities margin financing with nearly 20% of the market share.

Products & Services

In addition to securities brokerage and securities financing, it also provides products and services in banking, insurance, futures, investment trust, investment consulting, venture capital, and asset management.

Retail Clients

Trading products for retail clients include HK stocks, SH Stocks, SZ stocks, Taiwan stocks, US stocks, China B stocks, Overseas stocks, Futures and Options. Trading Hour for HK Futures: 09:15 am - 12:00 am, 01:00 pm - 04:15 pm & 05:00pm - 11:45pm (Expiring contract month closes at 04:00 pm on the last trading day). Trading hour for Stock Future are: 9:30am - 12:00pm & 1:00pm - 4:00pm (Hong Kong time).

Institutional Clients

YSHK provide advice and investment opportunities for global institutional investors including various types of corporations, institutions and hedge funds.

Fees

YSHK sets clear fees for particular products, like stocks, futures, and options. Take HK stocks as an example, the commission equals to 0.25% of volume traded, at least 100 HKD, plus some other fees.

Trading Tools

YSHK offers two choices of trading tools for its traders: eWinner (available for windows and PC), eWinner Plus (available for ios and Android), YSHK SP Trader (available for PC, ios and Android).

Deposit & Withdrawal

Client can fund their YSHK account through local bank, check, and overseas transfer.