HSBC WorldTrader trading platform

Trade 1:
10 shares with a trade value of USD 15,000

• Fee per share: 0.1
• Fee calculated: 1
• Minimum fee per trade: 15
• Maximum fee per trade @2%: 300

Minimum fee per trade applies, since it's higher than the cost per share and lower than the maximum fee.

Total fee: USD 15 / USD 15.75 including VAT

Trade 2:
500 shares with a trade value of USD 20,000

• Fee per share: 0.1
• Fee calculated: 50
• Minimum fee per trade: 15
• Maximum fee per trade @2%: 400

Cost per share applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade and lower than the maximum fee.

Total fee: USD 50 / USD 52.50 including VAT

Trade 3:
3,000 shares with a trade value of USD 10,000

• Fee per share: 0.1
• Fee calculated: 300
• Minimum fee per trade: 15
• Maximum fee per trade @2%: 200

Maximum fee applies, since it's lower than the cost per share and higher than the minimum fee per trade. 

Total fee: USD 200 / USD 210 including VAT

Trade 4:
2,000 shares with a trade value of USD 20,000

• Fee per share: 0.1
• Fee calculated: 200
• Minimum fee per trade: 15
• Maximum fee per trade @2%: 400

Cost per share applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade and lower than the maximum fee per trade. 

Total fee: USD 200 / USD 210 including VAT

Trade 5:
4,000 shares with a trade value of USD 20,000

• Fee per share: 0.1
• Fee calculated: 400
• Minimum fee per trade: 15
• Maximum fee per trade @2%: 400

Cost per share applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade and equal to the maximum fee.

Total fee: USD 400 / USD 420 including VAT

Trade 1:
10 shares with a trade value of GBP 30,000

• Transaction fee: 0.25%
• Fee calculated: 75
• Minimum fee per trade: 12
• Maximum fee per trade: N/A

Transaction fee applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade.

Total fee: GBP 75 / GBP 78.75 including VAT

Trade 2:
500 shares with a trade value of GBP 1,000

• Transaction fee: 0.25%
• Fee calculated: 2.5
• Minimum fee per trade: 12
• Maximum fee per trade: N/A

Minimum fee per trade applies, since it's higher than the transaction fee.

Total fee: GBP 12 / GBP 12.60 including VAT

Trade 3:
3,000 shares with a trade value of GBP 70,000

• Transaction fee: 0.25%
• Fee calculated: 175
• Minimum fee per trade: 12
• Maximum fee per trade: N/A

Transaction fee applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade.

Total fee: GBP 175 / GBP 183.75 including VAT

Trade 4:
500 shares with a trade value of GBP 120,000

• Transaction fee: 0.15%
• Fee calculated: 180
• Minimum fee per trade: 8
• Maximum fee per trade: N/A

Transaction fee applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade.

Total fee: GBP 180 / GBP 189 including VAT

Trade 5:
4,000 shares with a trade value of GBP 20,000

• Transaction fee: 0.25%
• Fee calculated: 50
• Minimum fee per trade: 12
• Maximum fee per trade: N/A

Transaction fee applies, since it's higher than the minimum fee per trade.

Total fee: GBP 50 / GBP 52.5 including VAT

USD

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: USD
• Investment holding value: USD 100,000
• Holding period: 30 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: USD 0.274

Total fee for period: USD 8.22 / USD 8.63 including VAT

GBP

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: GBP
• Investment holding value: GBP 20,000
• Holding period: 10 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: GBP 0.055

Total fee for period: GBP 0.55 / GBP 0.57 including VAT

EUR

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: EUR
• Investment holding value: EUR 5,000
• Holding period: 5 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: EUR 0.014

Total fee for period: EUR 0.07 / EUR 0.07 including VAT

HKD

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: HKD
• Investment holding value: HKD 100,000
• Holding period: 3 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: HKD 0.274

Total fee for period: HKD 0.85 / HKD 0.86 including VAT

AED

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: AED
• Investment holding value: AED 0
• Holding period: 0 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: AED 0

Total fee for period: AED 0 / AED 0 including VAT

SGD

• Currency of Investment Funding Account: USD
• Investment holding value: SGD 200,000
• Holding period: 15 days
• Annual administration fee: 0.1%
• Accrued daily administration fee: SGD 0.548

Total fee for period: SGD 8.22 / SGD 8.63 including VAT

Administration fees are waived until 30 June 2025. Terms and conditions apply (PDF 97KB)

All Fixed interest rates quoted are in Annual Equivalent Rates. This is a notional rate, which illustrates what the credit interest will be if interest were paid for a full calendar year. The interest will accrue for each calendar day in a month.

For accounts opened on or after 11 April 2025, interest will be calculated based on your daily closing credit balance and paid into the relevant investment funding account every month.

For accounts opened before 11 April 2025, interest will be calculated based on your minimum monthly balance and paid into the relevant investment funding account in January and July. From 1 July 2025, it will be calculated based on your daily closing credit balance and paid monthly.

Interest on UAE Dirhams and United States Dollars are calculated on a 360 day basis.

Fixed interest rates are subject to change from time to time at the sole discretion of the Bank. This change will automatically reflect in the investment funding accounts. We will notify you of any changes to the Fixed interest rate before they happen in line with the Personal Banking Terms and Conditions.

Easily manage your investments together with a joint account. To open one, contact your relationship manager or arrange a callback.

It's not possible to add someone to an existing account, or open an account for anyone under 18 years.

Don't worry, we've put together a guide showing the steps in more detail to help you get started. Just make sure you have the latest version of the HSBC UAE app before you begin.

Otherwise our wealth team will be happy to help.

If you already have an investment account, you'll get an email explaining how to migrate to WorldTrader.

Please check your inbox for details.

To use WorldTrader, you must have an HSBC current account and be registered for online banking.

If you're a registered HSBC customer, simply log on using your online banking details and follow the steps.

If you don't have an HSBC current account, download the HSBC UAE app and you can apply in minutes.

If your order involves a currency not held in your investment funding account, it will be converted, along with any fees and taxes, to USD using IBUK's FX rate once the order is executed. So make sure you have enough funds in your USD account to trade other currencies. You can check IBUK's indicative FX rates before submitting your order.

The same will apply to any dividends and income. You can see the actual FX rate and USD amounts in your activity and transaction statements.

We've put together a guide showing the steps in more detail to help you get started.

When you open an investment account with IBUK, you automatically get 5 HSBC investment funding accounts in USD, EUR, GBP, HKD and AED in the HSBC UAE app.

You can fund your investment funding accounts through the move money option in your HSBC UAE app, online banking, branches, ATMs or through direct fund transfers from other banks.

If you’d like to move your money outside HSBC, you’ll need to transfer it to your HSBC current or savings account first. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to move it elsewhere.

You can’t move money directly from your investment funding account to an account outside HSBC.

Streaming market data in WorldTrader is updated in time-based snapshot intervals, which can vary by product and region. Tick by tick data can only be retrieved if using an API. The average snapshot interval is 250ms for the following assets:

You can get information on upcoming voluntary corporate actions in WorldTrader.

If you get a notification regarding an open voluntary corporate action, log on to WorldTrader in your browser and submit your election in the Corporate action manager.

Once the cash or asset allocation is completed, you can view the activity on your Daily account statement under Corporate actions.

To set up recurring investment plans for equities and ETFs:

If you want to create an HSBC perpetual savings plan, please contact your relationship manager.