CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your deposits, so please consider our Risk Disclosure Notice and ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs and 2.20% of retail investor accounts had positions closed due to margin call, over the last 12 months. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs, and 2.20% had positions closed due to margin calls over the last 12 months.
CFDs and spread bets are suitable for leveraged dealing on falling and rising markets.
For share CFDs you trade at the underlying market price and pay a small commission. For all other CFDs and spread bets, you pay a spread around the market price.
Spread bet types
Daily Funded Bet (DFB): tighter spread, overnight funding adjustments Quarterly Funded Bet: quarterly expiry, funding built into wider spread
CFD contract types
Standard: trade using our standard contract sizes Mini and Micro: trade at fractions of our standard contract size
Recording your progress in your own trading diary is a practical way to keep track of your trading and, importantly, plan and refine your strategies.
Open an account today to access your personal trading diary.
You can add notes and charts whenever you open, close or amend a position – or when you raise or amend a working order. Recording your progress is critical in refining your strategy and developing a trading plan.