matsui

General Information & Regulation

Matsui Securities was established in 1918 and is a reputable securities company in Japan with 142 employees on staff. Matsui Securities currently holds a retail foreign exchange license from the Financial Services Agency of Japan (license number: 2010001057425).

Market Instruments

Matsui Securities offers investors financial products such as stock(spot trading), stock(margin trading), investment trusts, initial public offerings, stock lending services, PTS, bid sales, futures or options trading, foreign exchange, ETFs, real estate investment trusts, etc.

Minimum Deposit

There seems no minimum deposit related information displayed on Matsui Securities website. Moreover, Investors can open specific accounts, NISA accounts, margin trading accounts, futures & options trading accounts, and FX accounts at the same time when applying to open a Matsui Matsui Securities account.

Leverage

Still, trading leverage part is not fully disclosed on the Matsui Securities website. Investors may contact this stockbroker's support staff to obtain information.

Fees

For physical trading, the commission is determined by the total daily contract price of the exchange and PTS trading. If the total daily contract price is within a certain range, the fee is fixed regardless of the number of the trading volume. For example, if the total daily contract price is under 50 yen, 0 Yen, the total contract price under 1 million Yen with a fee of 1,000 Yen, the total contract price under 2 million Yen, with a fee of 2,000 yen, the total contract price over 100 million yen with a fee of 100,000 Yen.

Trading Platforms

Netstock High Speed is a trading tool with a high-performance ordering function that allows traders to select their favorite commodities from various types of information screens and establish the best trading environment for the investor's investment style. Stock Board is a tool that lists real-time stock price information for registered stocks, and traders can display the format according to their investment style. Matsui Matsui Securities Co. Stock App is a smartphone trading application that supports stock trading and allows investors to do everything from information gathering to trading. Stock Touch is a trading application developed for the smart collection that supports stock and futures/options trading and can greatly improve the convenience of trading. Investment Trust app is an app for smartphones with all the features of the Investment Trust service.

Deposit and withdrawal

Matsui Securities provides investors with four deposit & withdrawal options: Netlink Deposit, Deposit Transfer, Time Deposit, and Bank Transfer Deposit. Investors can make deposits in real-time by simply operating their computers. All of the above deposit methods are free of charge.

Pros & Cons of Matsui Securities

spreadex

General Information& Regulation

Spreadex was established back in 1999 and focused on a financial trading service providing, as well spread betting and sports betting, through its maintained office in London. Spreadex first moved into the online market in 2006 when it launched its website. Spreadex is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, registration number 190941) in relation to the spread betting services it offers. For the fixed-odds sports betting services, it is regulated by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC).

Market Instruments

SpreadEx claimes itself a multi-asset platform with 15000+ tradable Assets, and tradable assets available on SpreadEx include Forex, CFDs, and spread betting.

Minimum Deposit of Spreadex

There seems only one single account available for all traders, which is the standard account. To open a real account just with the minimum deposit of $1, which sounds a good opportunity for most traders to get started.

Leverage of Spreadex

In term of the Leverage levels, being a UK brokerage firm the broker thus obliged towards its restrictions and on how the company should operate. Therefore, the maximum offering available for retail traders goes to 1:30 for major currency pairs and lower for other instruments. As for the professionals, they may access higher leverage ratios once the status is confirmed, along with specified conditions towards spread betting and trading service Spreadex may provide.

Spreads & Commissions of Spreadex

When it comes to spreads, they are variable, meaning that they can fluctuate throughout the day depending on volatility. Major currency pairs have very low spreads, EURUSD 0.6 pips, GBPUSD 0.9 pips, while spreads for minor and exotic currency pairs are comparable to most other brokers in the space. With all markets apart from shares, the fee is simply the spread between the buy and sell price. For shares, there is an interest rate charge applied to the total value of your stock. This is typically 1.25%, though it can increase to 1.5% when dealing with smaller stocks and those with less liquidity.

Trading Platforms of Spreadex

SpreadEx does not offer the MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5) or cTrader trading platforms. SpreadEx offer an in-house custom trading platform developed and tested in house instead. The SpreadEx trading platform allows traders to track their portfolios, track the current markets, locate trade ideas and place trades. Actually, it can be a pity for Spradex, such a big brokr, doesn't provide widely used MT4 & MT5 trading platfroms.

Deposit & Withdrawal

Spreadex only offers credit/debit cards, wire transfers and cheques. No other methods can be used to make deposits or withdrawals. So, the payment methods for Spreadex are a little more limited than other brokers.

Customer Support

Traders have access to a number of different service options depending on what their issue is. Spreadex splits its customer support sections according to the different services it offers. The first port of call is Spreadexs FAQ section. This makes it easy for users to get an answer to their issue almost instantly. There are also email addresses on offer if an issue requires a long-form description.