Top 10 Brokers Based in Hong Kong, Ranked by WIKILIX Score

Ten firms headquartered in Hong Kong hold the top WIKILIX scores among the companies we track that carry a clean regulatory status. ADMIS leads at 84.4, ahead of DA International at 79.5 and WOCOM at 77. All ten hold a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong's tier-1 regulator, and every one is registered in the territory rather than only marketing to it.

Why these ten, and in this order

The ranking is the WIKILIX score, highest first. Where two firms share a score, the one with the earlier recorded opening date sits above the other, which is why Sanfull Securities (recorded 1968) ranks ahead of CMBC Capital and Zhongtai International at 73.6. The score weighs a firm's regulatory record, its operating history and how much we can verify about it, so it rewards a long, clean licence trail over marketing reach.

Two conditions sit in front of the ranking. A firm has to be headquartered in Hong Kong, and it has to carry a clean status rather than a warning. That second rule does real work here. Of the 116 Hong Kong firms scoring 50 or above, only 64 carry a clean status; the other 52 sit under a warning, most often a suspicious-clone label, and were left out even where their score ran high. Interactive Brokers' Hong Kong arm is the one globally familiar name that clears both bars, and it holds licences from eleven authorities including the SFC, the FCA and ASIC.

What an SFC licence means, and what it does not

The SFC authorises and supervises firms dealing in securities and futures from Hong Kong. A licence puts a firm on the SFC public register, binds it to conduct and capital rules, and gives clients a named regulator to turn to. It does not grade a firm, and it does not promise a good result on any trade. Several names here, among them Value Partners Group and Holly International Financial, are asset managers and securities houses rather than retail margin shops, so the leverage figures we hold for them read low or blank. Read each firm for what it actually does before setting it against a contract-for-difference broker.

Who you will not find here

This is a list by head office, not by who accepts Hong Kong clients. Plenty of brokers that market hard to Hong Kong traders are run from Australia, Cyprus, the United Kingdom or Singapore, so they belong on a regulator list or their own home list, not this one. A Hong Kong address also cannot tell you whether any of these ten will open an account for you from where you live. A few checks close that gap:

• Confirm the firm's SFC licence number on the SFC public register before you move any money.
• Check which legal entity your account agreement names, since a Hong Kong parent often books clients through a separate offshore arm.
• Read the firm's onboarding terms for the countries it accepts, because domicile says nothing about that.
• Match the product to the firm: a futures house like WOCOM is a different tool from a multi-asset broker like Interactive Brokers.