Head-to-head
HFMarketsMENA-Demo Server 2 vs XM
A measured comparison, not an opinion piece: we sample both brokers’ demo feeds around the clock and compare 7-day average spreads for every symbol in our catalog. Data is still being collected for this pairing — the tables fill in as history accrues. Demo conditions may differ from live accounts.
Session scoreboard
symbols won per UTC session, 7-day averagesCollecting data… the session scoreboard appears once both feeds have recorded enough history.
The session split is the part most comparisons skip — and the part that matters for EAs. A broker that wins the London session can lose badly during Asian hours or around rollover, when spreads widen unevenly.
Symbol by symbol
7-day average spread in pips/points| Symbol | Category | HFMarketsMENA-Demo Server 2 | XM | Tighter feed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSD | Majors | 1.92 | collecting… | — |
| GBPUSD | Majors | 2.39 | collecting… | — |
| USDJPY | Majors | 2.67 | collecting… | — |
| XAUUSD | Metals | 35.1 | collecting… | — |
| USDCHF | Majors | 2.37 | collecting… | — |
| AUDUSD | Majors | 1.96 | collecting… | — |
| USDCAD | Majors | 2.49 | collecting… | — |
| NZDUSD | Majors | 2.48 | collecting… | — |
| EURJPY | Crosses | 3.00 | collecting… | — |
| GBPJPY | Crosses | 4.40 | collecting… | — |
| US30 | Indices | 681 | collecting… | — |
| NAS100 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| BTCUSD | Crypto | 6174 | collecting… | — |
| EURGBP | Crosses | 1.89 | collecting… | — |
| EURCHF | Crosses | 3.14 | collecting… | — |
| EURAUD | Crosses | 3.45 | collecting… | — |
| EURCAD | Crosses | 3.48 | collecting… | — |
| EURNZD | Crosses | 5.17 | collecting… | — |
| GBPCHF | Crosses | 4.43 | collecting… | — |
| GBPAUD | Crosses | 4.08 | collecting… | — |
| GBPCAD | Crosses | 5.32 | collecting… | — |
| GBPNZD | Crosses | 7.60 | collecting… | — |
| AUDJPY | Crosses | 3.68 | collecting… | — |
| AUDNZD | Crosses | 4.63 | collecting… | — |
| AUDCAD | Crosses | 3.78 | collecting… | — |
| AUDCHF | Crosses | 3.56 | collecting… | — |
| CADJPY | Crosses | 4.00 | collecting… | — |
| CADCHF | Crosses | 2.62 | collecting… | — |
| CHFJPY | Crosses | 4.86 | collecting… | — |
| NZDJPY | Crosses | 4.12 | collecting… | — |
| NZDCAD | Crosses | 3.81 | collecting… | — |
| NZDCHF | Crosses | 3.98 | collecting… | — |
| USDSEK | Exotics | 385 | collecting… | — |
| USDNOK | Exotics | 181 | collecting… | — |
| USDPLN | Exotics | 53.3 | collecting… | — |
| USDZAR | Exotics | 106 | collecting… | — |
| USDTRY | Exotics | 628 | collecting… | — |
| USDMXN | Exotics | 180 | collecting… | — |
| USDSGD | Exotics | 16.8 | collecting… | — |
| EURPLN | Exotics | 56.5 | collecting… | — |
| XAGUSD | Metals | 8.63 | collecting… | — |
| XPTUSD | Metals | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| XPDUSD | Metals | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| USOIL | Energy | 15.2 | collecting… | — |
| UKOIL | Energy | 10.6 | collecting… | — |
| XNGUSD | Energy | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| SPX500 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| GER40 | Indices | 269 | collecting… | — |
| UK100 | Indices | 205 | collecting… | — |
| FRA40 | Indices | 111 | collecting… | — |
| JPN225 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| AUS200 | Indices | 246 | collecting… | — |
| EUSTX50 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| HK50 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| ETHUSD | Crypto | 358 | collecting… | — |
| SOLUSD | Crypto | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| XRPUSD | Crypto | 141 | collecting… | — |
| LTCUSD | Crypto | 215 | collecting… | — |