HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) vs Octa 2024

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HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) has a Trust Score of 86, giving it a "Trusted" Trust Score Label.

Octa has a Trust Score of 70, giving it a "Average Risk" Trust Score Label.

Founded in 1977, HYCM is a trusted broker licensed in multiple Tier-1 regulatory jurisdictions with a long history of offering share trading, forex, and CFD trading. Traders at HYCM can use the HYCM Trader mobile app, the full MetaTrader suite (MT4 and MT5), as well as third-party tools like Trading Central. HYCM delivers competitive pricing on its Raw account, but the broker's research and educational resources have room to improve.

Founded in 2011, OctaFX delivers access to both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 alongside its own OctaTrader platform for web and its proprietary OctaFX Copytrading app for social copy trading. OctaFX has decent pricing, but its range of markets is narrow, and the broker is only regulated in one Tier-1 jurisdiction (which brings down its Trust Score rating).

Tier-1 is reserved for the strictest, most stringent regulatory jurisdictions in the world. Tier-1 regulators impose additional capital requirements and require a tougher initial screening process. HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) holds regulatory licenses in the following Tier-1 jurisdictions: Hong Kong (SFC Authorised) and United Kingdom (U.K.) (FCA Authorised). Octa, on the other hand, is licensed in these Tier-1 regulatory jurisdictions: none. Neither have Australia (ASIC Authorised), Canada (CIRO Authorised), CBI Authorised (Ireland), Japan (SFC Authorised), Singapore (MAS Authorised), New Zealand (FMA Authorised), Switzerland (FINMA Authorised) and USA (CFTC Authorized)

Tier-2 and tier-3 licenses are still important in evaluating the overall trustworthiness of forex brokers. As far as tier-2 licenses go, HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) is UAE (DFSA/Central Bank Authorised), while Octa is Cyprus (CySEC Authorised) and South Africa (FSCA Authorised).. Neither have China (CBRC Authorised), India (SEBI Authorised), Israel (ISA Authorised), Russia (CBR Authorised) and Thailand (SEC Authorised). When comparing tier-3 licenses HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) is Cayman Islands (CIMA Authorised), while Octa is none.. Neither have Bahamas (SCB Authorised), Belize (FSC Authorised), Bermuda (BMA Authorised), British Virgin Islands (FSC Authorised), Mauritius (FSC Authorised) and Vanuatu (VFSC Authorised).

Whether your broker develops its own proprietary platforms or provides access to popular third-party platforms, you should make sure you can use your preferred type of trading platform. In our testing, we found that both HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) and Octa offer a Proprietary Platform and Desktop Platform (Windows). Neither have cTrader, DupliTrade and ZuluTrade

Both HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) and Octa offer the whole MetaTrader suite, which consists of both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. If you’re new to MetaTrader 4 here’s our educational guide on how to use MT4.

HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) requires a minimum deposit of $20, while Octa requires a minimum deposit of $25. You'll also want to make sure that your broker accepts the funding options and deposit methods that work best for you. In our testing, we've found that both HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) and Octa offer Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit) and Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) for deposits. Neither have PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw)

When choosing a forex broker, it’s important to consider each broker’s available investment products and tradeable asset classes. We’ve researched each broker’s individual offering of investments to help you pick the right broker for what you want to trade. During our testing, we found that HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) delivers a more diverse selection of investment options than Octa, offering tradeable asset classes and investment types such as Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs), Metals, Energies, Agriculturals and U.S. Stocks (CFD). Neither have Spread Betting and ETF.

We also keep track of each broker’s total number of tradeable symbols; HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) offers 1199, and Octa offers a total of 277 tradeable symbols.

Crypto trading has become popular among forex traders across a range of international jurisdictions. As a result, many forex brokers now offer crypto products to their clients; most crypto assets are offered either as an underlying physical asset (such as when you own actual bitcoin assets, for example) or as a derivative product like a CFD. If you are looking to trade physical cryptocurrencies, you’ll find that neither HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) nor Octa allow you to trade physical cryptocurrencies.

Market research plays a huge role in any forex trader’s ability to conduct analysis within the global forex market. We test each broker’s research offering to help you decide which broker is right for your technical or fundamental analysis needs. HYCM (Henyep Capital Markets) delivers the following research tools: Daily Market Commentary, Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) and Trading Central (Recognia). Octa, on the other hand, provides the tools listed here: Autochartist, Daily Market Commentary, Stock Charts, Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) and Social Trading / Copy Trading

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