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CFDs are a leveraged product and can result in losses that exceed deposits. Please ensure you fully understand how CFDs work and what their risks are, and take care to manage your exposure. CFDs are a leveraged product and can result in losses that exceed deposits. Please ensure you fully understand how CFDs work and what their risks are, and take care to manage your exposure.

Negative balance protection definition

Negative balance protection ensures that traders do not lose more than the balance on their account – even if the market moves quickly or gaps.*

Negative balance protection is not a product of ours but rather your right, under regulation, as a trader. Providers of leveraged products, like us, are required to apply negative balance protection on a per-account basis.

With IG

If your CFD balance falls below zero, we’ll bring it back to zero as soon as possible at no cost to you.

Please note that this protection does not apply to professional traders who can still lose more than the balance on their account.

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Learn more about how you can manage your risk.

* Negative balance protection is a DFSA requirement. It’s important to note that negative balance protection applies to trading-related debt only and is not available to professional traders.

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