GMO CLICK Securities

What GMO CLICK Securities does

GMO CLICK Securities (GMOクリック証券株式会社) is a Tokyo-headquartered online securities firm founded in October 2005 and wholly-owned by GMO Financial Holdings (TSE Prime: 9449). It serves Japanese retail investors with a direct-to-consumer, branchless platform spanning cash equities, margin trading, OTC FX (FX Neo), CFDs on indices/commodities/foreign stocks, exchange-traded FX (Click 365), exchange-traded stock indices (Click Stock 365), investment trusts, NISA tax-free accounts, bonds, stock lending, and FX and stock-index binary options. The platform is differentiated by zero-commission pricing across virtually all product lines and industry-narrow USD/JPY spreads of 0.2 pips, supported by an in-house technology stack that covers order matching, risk management, and multi-device client interfaces (iOS/Android smartphone apps, iPad apps, Apple Watch apps, PC tools branded はっちゅう君, and PLATINUM CHART).

The firm operates as a multi-product, single-account brokerage with no physical branches and no intermediary resellers. Onboarding is fully digital with eKYC, supported by demo trading environments for FX and CFD. GTM relies on owned digital properties (click-sec.com), mobile app stores, social media (X, LINE), TBS TV sponsorships, MINKABU partnerships, content marketing, demo accounts, and an affiliate program, with cross-sell into GMO Aozora Net Bank via a Securities Connect Account. Customer assets are segregated through trust contracts with Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Nikkin Trust Bank.

Revenue is generated transactionally through FX spreads, CFD spreads and overnight financing, margin interest (from 1.80% p.a.), stock lending yields, and binary option premiums, with stock and investment trust commissions effectively zero. Scale as of May 2026 includes 570,748 securities accounts, 884,690 FX Neo accounts, and 783,494 Click 365 accounts; monthly stock trading value of ¥1,828,240 million and monthly FX trading value of ¥1,386,883 hundred million yen. The firm holds #1 domestic OTC CFD trading volume (2014-2025), a Guinness World Record for FX annual trading volume (2021), MINKABU 2025 #1 rankings in smartphone app and trading tool categories, and A- credit ratings from JCR and R&I.

Name

GMO CLICK Securities

Legal name

GMOクリック証券株式会社

Website

https://click-sec.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

GMO CLICK Securities is a Tokyo-based online brokerage serving Japanese retail investors with zero-commission trading across stocks, FX, CFDs, investment trusts, NISA, bonds, and binary options via in-house mobile, PC, and smartwatch platforms. It operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GMO Financial Holdings (TSE Prime: 9449).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Securities Brokerage

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Brokerage & Self-Directed Investing Platforms (FSAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Online securities brokerage
• Retail FX trading
• CFD trading platform
• Investment trust services
• Margin trading accounts

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Securities Trading Commissions (Stocks, Investment Trusts): Commission-based revenue from cash stock trading,信用取引 (margin/financing), investment trust (mutual fund) transactions, and NISA accounts. The company emphasizes zero-commission pricing for stock and investment trust trades (取引手数料完全無料) as a competitive differentiator, suggesting revenue may be cross-subsidized from other product lines or derived from payment for order flow and other sources.
2. FX Spreads and Commissions: Revenue from FX trading primarily through bid-ask spreads. The company advertises industry-leading tight spreads (e.g., USD/JPY at 0.2 pips as of May 2026), indicating spread-based revenue generation. FX trading commissions are free.
3. CFD Trading Revenue: Revenue from CFD (Contract for Difference) trading on indices, commodities, precious metals, and foreign stocks, generated through spreads and overnight financing charges.
4. Margin Lending Interest: Interest income from credit extended to customers for信用取引 (margin trading), with a quoted rate of 1.80% p.a. for system credit purchases as of May 2026.
5. Stock Lending (貸株) Program: Revenue from lending securities held in customer accounts to short sellers, sharing interest with the customer account holder.
6. Binary Options Premiums: Revenue from foreign exchange binary options (外為オプション) and stock index binary options (株BO) through option premiums.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

GMO CLICK Securities operates an online brokerage platform for Japanese retail investors, offering trading in domestic and foreign equities, OTC FX margin trading (FX Neo), CFDs on indices/commodities/precious metals/foreign stocks, investment trusts, bonds, binary options, exchange-traded FX (Click 365) and exchange-traded stock indices (Click Stock 365). The service is delivered through proprietary web, PC, smartphone, iPad, and Apple Watch trading applications developed in-house, with account opening fully online via eKYC.

Product overview

GMO CLICK Securities operates as a comprehensive online securities firm offering a multi-product platform with fee-free trading across stocks, investment trusts, FX, CFDs, bonds, and binary options. The core offering centers on FXネオ (FX Neo), their flagship OTC FX margin trading product with industry-leading low spreads, complemented by stock trading with zero commissions and CFD products. The platform is distinguished by its proprietary high-performance trading tools (はっちゅう君 series, PLATINUM CHART) and mobile applications (GMOクリック株, GMOクリックFX, GMOクリックCFD) available across smartphones, iPad, Apple Watch, and PC. Additional services include NISA tax-free accounts, stock lending, margin trading, exchange-traded products (くりっく365, くりっく株365), and bank account linkage (証券コネクト口座). The company emphasizes technology-driven trading infrastructure built entirely in-house, with recent additions like passkey authentication (2026) and a foreign currency handling service (2024).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FX Neo (FXネオ) - OTC FX Margin Trading Over-the-counter leveraged FX margin trading service with bid-ask spread-based pricing, zero commissions, and access to a broad range of currency pairs. Targeted at Japanese retail traders.
• Stocks (株式) - Japanese Equity Trading Japanese stock trading covering cash transactions, margin trading, stock lending, IPO/PO subscriptions, SOR orders, shareholder benefits, ETF/ETN/REIT, with zero commission fees across all order sizes.
• Investment Trusts (投信・積立) Mutual fund and systematic investment plan services allowing customers to start investing from ¥100 per month, with zero purchase fees and a range of balanced, index, and active funds.
• CFD (Contract for Difference) Trading on stock indices, individual stocks, commodities (gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas), and bonds via CFDs with both long and short positions, zero commissions, and revenue from spreads and overnight financing.
• Click 365 (くりっく365) - Exchange-Traded FX Exchange-traded FX margin trading on the Tokyo Financial Exchange with transparent exchange-based pricing, with customer margin deposited directly with the exchange.
• Click Stock 365 (くりっく株365)

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero-commission equity trading across all order sizes with no conditions — the only major online broker in Japan to offer this
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所)coreTechnology or IntegrationGMO CLICK Securities routes equity orders primarily to the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company holds a comprehensive transaction qualification with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (東京証券取引所 総合取引資格取得, September 2009) and a JASDAQ trading qualification (ジャスダック証券取引所 取引資格取得, October 2009).
• Osaka Exchange (株式会社大阪取引所)coreTechnology or IntegrationGMO CLICK Securities holds a trading qualification with the Osaka Exchange (株式会社大阪証券交易所 取引資格取得, April 2009), enabling access to derivatives markets including Nikkei 225 futures and options.
• Tokyo Financial Exchange (東京金融取引所)coreTechnology or IntegrationGMO CLICK Securities holds trading qualifications for the Tokyo Financial Exchange FX Clearing Market (東京金融取引所「FXクリアリング市場」, May 2021) and offers くりっく365 (exchange-traded FX) services. Customer margin for くりっく365 is deposited directly with the Tokyo Financial Exchange.
• Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (株式会社日本証券クリアリング機構)coreTechnology or IntegrationGMO CLICK Securities holds clearing qualifications with the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (株式会社日本証券クリアリング機構 清算資格取得, April 2009) for securities settlement and clearing operations.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation / Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank / Nikkin Trust Bank (三井住友銀行 / 三井住友信託銀行 / 日証金信託銀行)coreTechnology or IntegrationTrust banking partners for customer asset segregation. GMO CLICK Securities has executed customer segment management trust contracts (顧客区分管理信託契約) with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Nikkin Trust Bank for FX Neo margin management. CFD margin is managed through Nikkin Trust Bank via customer segregated funds trust agreements. These banks serve as custodians ensuring customer assets are protected in the event of company insolvency.
• Cboe Japan (Cboe Japan株式会社)coreTechnology or IntegrationCboe Japan operates PTS (Private Trading System) markets — Cboe-Alpha (第1市場) and Cboe-Select (第2市場) — to which GMO CLICK Securities routes equity orders via its SOR (Smart Order Routing) system for best price execution. SOR functionality was launched in April 2023 and temporarily suspended in September 2025.
• GMO Aozora Net Bank (GMOあおぞらネット銀行)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGMO CLICK Securities holds a bank agency registration (関東財務局長（銀代）第330号, registered May 2018) and offers '証券コネクト口座' — a bank account linkage service enabling seamless fund transfers between securities and banking accounts. The bank is the sponsoring bank for GMO CLICK Securities' bank agency business. GMO CLICK Securities directs customers to GMO Aozora Net Bank's disclosure materials for bank-related information.
• GMO Coin (GMOコイン)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGMO Coin is a cryptocurrency exchange operator within the GMO Internet Group, listed as a related company. It is separately operated from GMO CLICK Securities but shares the GMO brand and parentage, enabling potential cross-promotion of financial services within the group.
• GMO Gaika (GMO外貨株式会社)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGMO Gaika is a foreign exchange services company within the GMO Internet Group, listed as a related company. It operates separately from GMO CLICK Securities but shares the GMO brand, representing potential synergies in foreign exchange services.
• Daiwa Securities Group (株式会社大和証券グループ本社 / 大和田証券株式会社)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn April 2016, GMO CLICK Securities signed a basic agreement with Daiwa Securities Group Holdings and Daiwa Securities for business collaboration. The nature of the collaboration is not detailed in available sources.
• Money Design (株式会社お金のデザイン)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn January 2016, GMO CLICK Securities signed a basic cooperation agreement with Money Design Co., Ltd. (株式会社お金のデザイン), a Japanese fintech company offering investment advisory and-robo advisory services.
• CME Group (CMEグループ)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn April 2024, GMO CLICK Securities obtained equity membership qualification (エクイティ会員業者資格) with CME Group, a global derivatives exchange operator, signaling international business expansion and access to global derivatives markets.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SBI Securities: Japan's largest online securities broker by accounts and trading volume. Offers zero-commission stock trading (with conditions), FX, investment trusts, and NISA — competing head-to-head with GMO CLICK across nearly every product line.
• Rakuten Securities: Major Japanese online broker backed by Rakuten Group ecosystem. Competes directly on zero-commission stocks, FX, CFD, and NISA, leveraging cross-promotion from Rakuten's e-commerce and banking user base — analogous to GMO CLICK's GMO Internet Group synergies.
• Monex Securities (Monex Group): Mid-tier Japanese online broker offering stocks, FX, CFD, and investment trusts. Targets active retail traders with sophisticated tools — directly comparable to GMO CLICK's pro-trader focus (Super Hatchukun, Platinum Chart).
• Matsui Securities: Long-standing Japanese online broker known for low-cost equity trading and active-trader focus. Competes directly with GMO CLICK on stocks, FX margin, and NISA — particularly in the high-volume retail segment.
• Mitsubishi UFJ eSmart Securities: Online broker subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (one of Japan's largest banking groups). Offers stocks, FX, investment trusts, and NISA with strong banking linkage — competing with GMO CLICK's GMO Aozora Net Bank partnership value proposition.
• DMM.com Securities (DMM FX): Japan's leading FX-focused online broker by trading volume. Competes head-to-head with GMO CLICK FX Neo on FX spreads, mobile apps, and active-trader acquisition — a critical competitor in GMO CLICK's flagship product.
• au Kabucom Securities: Online broker affiliated with KDDI's au telecommunications brand. Offers stocks, FX, investment trusts, and NISA, leveraging telecom customer cross-sell — a similar ecosystem-driven model to GMO CLICK within the GMO Internet Group.
• Hirose Tusyo: FX-specialist Japanese online broker (formerly Hirose Trading) competing directly on FX spreads and active-trader services. Closely comparable to GMO CLICK FX Neo in product scope and target customer segment.
• Money Partners: Mid-tier Japanese FX-focused online broker competing on spreads, mobile execution, and active-trader tools — comparable to GMO CLICK's FX Neo and is a key competitor in the retail FX market share rankings.
• SBI FX Trade: FX-specialist subsidiary of SBI Holdings, competing directly with GMO CLICK FX Neo and Click 365 on tight FX spreads and high-volume active-trader acquisition in Japan's retail FX market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GMO_ClickSec_PR
• Facebookfacebook.com/gmoclicksec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gmo-click-securities-inc-

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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