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CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Trade 17,000+ Markets With CFDs

Go long or short on forex, indices, shares, commodities, and crypto CFDs with up to 30x leverage on a DFSA-regulated platform.

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Access Global Markets

Trade CFDs on shares, indices, forex, commodities and cryptocurrencies - over 17,000 markets from our web and app platform.

Manage Risk Effectively

Protect your positions with guaranteed stop-loss orders, designed to help you manage CFD trading risk with greater precision.

Trade Beyond Market Hours

Access 24/7¹ markets on forex pairs, indices and cryptocurrencies including weekend trading on GBP/USD and more.

Leverage Up to 1:30

Use leverage to control larger positions with a smaller deposit. Leverage amplifies both profits and losses.


¹24/7 excludes the hours on Saturday from 2am to 12noon (Dubai time), and 20 minutes just before the weekday market opens on Monday morning. Our trading hours are based on UK hours and converted to Dubai time. Due to UK clock changes during the year, the time difference between UK and UAE varies by 3 or 4 hours accordingly.

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What Is CFD Trading?

Speculate on whether an asset’s price will move up or down.​

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Why Trade CFDs?

Access 17,000+ markets - go long or short, and track underlying movements.​

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How To Trade CFDs?

Start by opening an account, then identify potential trading opportunities.

Top CFD Markets To Trade

Explore our most popular CFD markets and start trading the instruments that matter most to traders worldwide.

Choose from 35 commodity CFDs or a range of commodity stocks and ETFs. Learn commodities trading with competitive spreads.

Forex trading on 80+ currency pairs with weekend forex trading exclusive to IG UAE. Learn forex trading strategies and techniques.

Use CFDs to take advantage of price movements across 80+ indices markets

CFD Trading Costs & Fees 

Know exactly what you pay. Discover IG's transparent pricing for executing your trade.

Spread

  • A spread is the difference between the buy price and the sell price of a CFD.
  • It's the main cost for most markets

Commission

  • For share CFDs, IG charges a commission instead of a spread.
  • This is a fixed fee or percentage of the trade value.

Overnight Funding

  • A daily fee for holding CFD positions past the market cut-off time.
  • This CFD trading cost reflects the cost of funding your leveraged position overnight.

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  • CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Professional Clients can lose more than they deposit.
  • IG does not issue advice, recommendations or opinions in relation to acquiring, holding or disposing of a CFD. IG is not a financial advisor and all services are provided on an execution-only basis. This communication is not an offer or solicitation to enter into a transaction and shall not be construed as such.
  • IG is a trading name of IG Limited a company registered at 2702 & 2703 Level 27, Tower 2, Al Fattan Currency House, DIFC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. IG is authorised and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) under reference No. F001780.
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