CFD Trading
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Our CFD Trading Account features:
- Trade CFDs in any market condition
- Gains (or losses) on a small capital outlay
- Deposit £500 when you open your account and get a 20% bonus (terms apply)
- Free trading strategy book with your first trade
- Read the Risk Warning
What are CFDs?
CFDs are a way of trading on the price movements of the world’s financial markets around the world without buying or selling the underlying asset. They provide the opportunity to profits or loss from 000’s of markets such as equities, indices, currencies and commodities. CFDs can be used to speculate on price movements whatever the direction, making them a flexible alternative to traditional share trading.
How do CFDs work?
A CFD (Contract for Difference) is an agreement to exchange the difference between the opening and closing value of a contract at its close. Rather than buying or selling the underlying instrument on which your contract is based, you simply place a trade with us. The price of your CFD will then replicate the price of the underlying asset giving you a profit or a loss as the price of the underlying asset moves.
CFD prices
As with traditional share dealing, CFD prices are quoted as a Bid (the price you can sell at) and an Offer (the price you can buy at). You then buy a CFD based on the value of a certain amount of the underlying asset.
Margin trading
To open a CFD position, you need to deposit only a fraction of the full value of your trade, typically around 10-30 per cent. CFD trading therefore offers the possibility of a return on your initial investment without paying for the trade in full.
Additional features:
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