General Information & Regulation
Hirose Financial was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in London, UK, with branches in Japan, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Hirose Financial currently holds a straight-through license (license number: 540244) from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK and a retail forex license from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA) in Malaysia.
Market Instruments
Hirose Financial offers investors a small range of financial instruments, mainly popular currency pairs in the Forex market and gold and crude oil.
Minimum Deposit
Hirose Financial offers only one live account, with the minimum initial deposit is $20, which is quite reasonable for most regular traders to get started.
Leverage
In terms of trading platform, the leverage lever for forex trading on Hirose Financial is up to 1:30, and 1:10 for commodities. However, professional traders can apply the high leverage of up to 1:100 for forex instruments.
Spreads
Spreads on the Hirose Financial platform vary depend on two different trading platforms. On Lion Trader platform, the typical spread on EURUSD is around 0.8 pips, GBPUSD around 0.9 pips, AUDUSD around 1.0 pips. While spreads on MT4 trading platform seem much wider, typical EURUSD spread is 1.9 pips, almost the double amout of that on LION Trader platform. The spread on GBPUSD is 2.9 pips, and spread on AUDUSD is 2.9 pips.
Trading Platforms
Hirose Financial provides users with one of the most popular and advanced trading platforms, MT4 trading platform, as well as LION Trader (Act Trader), Act Trader mobile. MT4 trading platform is the ideal platform for the forex trading industry, with powerful charting. The LION Trader platform is very user-friendly and provides traders with a comprehensive and versatile trading approach.
Deposit and withdrawal
The deposit methods supported by Hirose Financial are wire transfer, CUP (overseas remittance), and PayPal. 0.5%-1% commission is charged for withdrawals via PayPal, while withdrawals are free of charge for UK domestic GBP remittances, and commission is charged for other UK domestic currencies and wire transfers.
Customer Support
Hirose UK provides a 24/7 customer care support system for its clients. Customer service and trading experts are placed across communication channels including live chat, email, telephone, fax, and skype
Accepted Regions
Hirose UK accepts traders from the United Kingdom but does not accept traders from the United States and some other countries due to specific legal restrictions.
