The LSE Directory / CFD and forex brokers
Moomoo is a commission-free online brokerage and investing app operated by Moomoo Financial Inc., an SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA/SIPC member, the international retail brand of Nasdaq-listed Futu Holdings Limited (ticker FUTU). Through its app, users trade US stocks and fractional shares, ETFs, and options (zero contract fees, with 13 pre-set options strategies), plus access IPO allocations, event/prediction contracts, cash sweep programs and margin lending. Cryptocurrency trading, covering roughly 30 coins across 11 blockchains as of its 2026 expansion, is offered through the affiliated Moomoo Crypto Inc. Despite the "cfdbrokers" category on this directory, Moomoo does not offer CFDs or leveraged spot forex; it is an exchange-traded securities broker. Moomoo's core differentiator is bundling professional-grade tools, most notably free real-time Level 2 market depth data, advanced charting, stock screeners and paper trading, at no cost, where many competing brokers paywall or omit this data entirely. This positions it toward data-hungry, self-directed active traders and options traders rather than the passive, simplified-UI crowd some rivals target. In 2026 the company extended this technical differentiation into agentic trading: an "API Skill" feature opened across all its markets that lets users' self-deployed AI trading agents pull real-time quotes and positions and execute orders through Moomoo's own APIs. It also runs a wealth management arm alongside the self-directed brokerage. Moomoo was founded in 2018, obtaining its SEC trading license the same year to operate across all 50 US states. Its parent, Futu Holdings, is a Hong Kong-based fintech founded in 2012 and listed on Nasdaq since 2019. Moomoo expanded internationally into Singapore in 2021, Australia and Japan in 2022, and Canada, Malaysia and New Zealand in 2023 to 2025, each market served through a locally regulated entity. As of March 31, 2026 (Futu's Q1 2026 results), the platform had 30.17 million registered users, 6.28 million brokerage accounts and 3.59 million funded accounts, with total client assets of US$155.8 billion (up 47.2% year over year) and wealth-management AUM of US$22.8 billion (up 28.2% year over year); Futu's group revenue for the quarter was US$746.9 million, up 25% year over year, on total trading volume of US$529.4 billion, described by the company as an all-time high. Moomoo has partnered with Nasdaq (a global strategic partnership announced in 2024), Cboe (index options, 2023), NYSE, TradingView, Dow Jones and Benzinga for market data and content. Its official site lists corporate offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, while earlier company history places its 2018 founding in Palo Alto, California; both are drawn from Moomoo's own materials and likely reflect the brokerage's relocation or a separate registered-office address rather than a conflict. Current momentum centers on wealth management growth (client growth up 33% year over year, with Japan, Canada and Australia posting triple-digit annual AUM growth) and the 2026 crypto and AI-agent API expansion described above.
