Where to open an account if you want to enter IPO lotteries
Every broker underwriting an IPO runs its own lottery, so holding several accounts means several entries for the same listing. What differs between them is how the draw is decided and whether your money has to be sitting there before you apply.
The score out of 100 is this site's own, weighting the lottery type (35), whether a deposit is required (25), how many IPOs the broker handles (20), whether losing accumulates toward future draws (10), and its record as lead underwriter on listings tracked here (10). It is a guide to how accessible the lottery is without a large balance, not a prediction of whether you will win. The same calculation is used on the Japanese pages.
みずほ証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
77/100
Top marks for: letting you apply with no money deposited, the number of listings you can apply for, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about みずほ証券 →野村證券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
77/100
Top marks for: letting you apply with no money deposited, the number of listings you can apply for, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about 野村證券 →松井証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
67/100
Top marks for: letting you apply with no money deposited, the number of listings you can apply for
Read more about 松井証券 →岡三オンライン
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
67/100
Top marks for: letting you apply with no money deposited, the number of listings you can apply for
Read more about 岡三オンライン →SBI証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
62/100
Top marks for: the number of listings you can apply for, making your losses count toward a future win, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about SBI証券 →DMM.com証券
Equal lottery — one ticket per applicant
60/100
Top marks for: how equal its lottery is, letting you apply with no money deposited
Read more about DMM.com証券 →マネックス証券
Equal lottery — one ticket per applicant
55/100
Top marks for: how equal its lottery is, the number of listings you can apply for
Read more about マネックス証券 →SMBC日興証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
52/100
Top marks for: the number of listings you can apply for, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about SMBC日興証券 →大和証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
52/100
Top marks for: the number of listings you can apply for, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about 大和証券 →三菱UFJモルガン・スタンレー証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
52/100
Top marks for: the number of listings you can apply for, the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about 三菱UFJモルガン・スタンレー証券 →SBIネオトレード証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
47/100
Top marks for: letting you apply with no money deposited
Read more about SBIネオトレード証券 →三菱UFJ eスマート証券
Equal lottery — one ticket per applicant
35/100
Top marks for: how equal its lottery is
Read more about 三菱UFJ eスマート証券 →楽天証券
Equal lottery — one ticket per applicant
35/100
Top marks for: how equal its lottery is
Read more about 楽天証券 →GMOクリック証券
Equal lottery — one ticket per applicant
35/100
Top marks for: how equal its lottery is
Read more about GMOクリック証券 →丸三証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
32/100
Top marks for: the size of its allocation as lead underwriter
Read more about 丸三証券 →大和コネクト証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
22/100
岩井コスモ証券
Part equal, part weighted by amount applied for
22/100
You need to live in Japan to hold one of these accounts. What that requires as a foreign national is set out on the account opening page.
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