Head-to-head
HFMarketsSA1-Demo Server 2 vs SalmaMarkets-Demo
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 | HFMarketsSA1-Demo Server 2 | SalmaMarkets-Demo | Tighter feed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSD | Majors | 1.91 | collecting… | — |
| GBPUSD | Majors | 2.39 | collecting… | — |
| USDJPY | Majors | 2.61 | collecting… | — |
| XAUUSD | Metals | 35.0 | collecting… | — |
| USDCHF | Majors | 2.38 | collecting… | — |
| AUDUSD | Majors | 1.94 | collecting… | — |
| USDCAD | Majors | 2.54 | collecting… | — |
| NZDUSD | Majors | 2.29 | collecting… | — |
| EURJPY | Crosses | 2.90 | collecting… | — |
| GBPJPY | Crosses | 4.36 | 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 | 3.29 | collecting… | — |
| EURCAD | Crosses | 3.08 | collecting… | — |
| EURNZD | Crosses | 4.10 | collecting… | — |
| GBPCHF | Crosses | 3.80 | collecting… | — |
| GBPAUD | Crosses | 4.06 | collecting… | — |
| GBPCAD | Crosses | 3.41 | collecting… | — |
| GBPNZD | Crosses | 7.73 | collecting… | — |
| AUDJPY | Crosses | 3.62 | collecting… | — |
| AUDNZD | Crosses | 4.75 | collecting… | — |
| AUDCAD | Crosses | 3.12 | collecting… | — |
| AUDCHF | Crosses | 3.59 | collecting… | — |
| CADJPY | Crosses | 3.97 | collecting… | — |
| CADCHF | Crosses | 2.66 | collecting… | — |
| CHFJPY | Crosses | 4.74 | collecting… | — |
| NZDJPY | Crosses | 3.99 | collecting… | — |
| NZDCAD | Crosses | 3.38 | collecting… | — |
| NZDCHF | Crosses | 3.99 | collecting… | — |
| USDSEK | Exotics | 389 | collecting… | — |
| USDNOK | Exotics | 184 | collecting… | — |
| USDPLN | Exotics | 54.4 | collecting… | — |
| USDZAR | Exotics | 108 | collecting… | — |
| USDTRY | Exotics | 629 | collecting… | — |
| USDMXN | Exotics | 184 | collecting… | — |
| USDSGD | Exotics | 16.6 | collecting… | — |
| EURPLN | Exotics | 57.9 | collecting… | — |
| XAGUSD | Metals | 5.21 | collecting… | — |
| XPTUSD | Metals | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| XPDUSD | Metals | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| USOIL | Energy | 15.2 | collecting… | — |
| UKOIL | Energy | 11.2 | collecting… | — |
| XNGUSD | Energy | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| SPX500 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| GER40 | Indices | 258 | collecting… | — |
| UK100 | Indices | 264 | collecting… | — |
| FRA40 | Indices | 131 | collecting… | — |
| JPN225 | Indices | collecting… | collecting… | — |
| AUS200 | Indices | 208 | 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… | — |