CFD Trading

CFD is short for 'Contract for Difference' and, put simply, is an agreement (or contract) made between the investor and (the) CFD brokers to exchange the difference in value of a specified stock or index at open and close of the contract. CFD trading is a form of derivatives trading – meaning you speculate on market movements without buying the underlying instrument (such as the stock) itself.

Forex Trading    CFD Trading    Futures Trading    Spread Betting    Share Dealing

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Below you will see a wide selection of good CFD trading platforms or CFD brokers. Use the table to compare the main features of each one – what is the initial margin and how much interest is involved? Once you have made a choice simply click on 'Apply' to proceed.

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COMPANYESTCOM TYPECOMINITIAL MARGINO/N INTEREST LONGO/N INTEREST SHORTMIN ACCMIN TRADEDMAMARKET MAKERFEATURESMORE INFO
Capital CFDs
Capital CFDs		2011
Australian Financial Services Licence No.364264		Fixed0.05%From 1%+2%-2%01NoYesMarkets

Markets

Capital CFDs offer a wide variety of financial markets which include indices, shares, currencies, commodities, interest rates and bonds. UK & US Daily & Rolling daily indices, Worldwide Equity Markets, Future Indices, Spot currency markets/ & Futures Forex, UK Sector Trades, Commodities Markets (Including Metals, Gases, Grains & Livestock


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

Designed with you in mind, our online trading platform combines a wealth of information with fast, secure and reliable executions to make your trading experience quicker, easier and more user-friendly. Our innovative trading platform enables you to Spread Bet and Trade CFDs from the same platform, eliminating the need to switch between platforms.

With Capital CFDs trading platform you can:
1. Access a range of markets through a simple drop down navigation
2. Access our interactive live charting package which includes a range of technical analysis and live streaming charts, designed to make formulating your strategies quicker and easier
3. Open multiple trades and one time
4. Create watch lists to monitor your favourite market
5. View all important market information including trading hours, margin requirements, expiry dates and more
6. Specify stop and Limit orders on the trade ticket at the time of placing a trade
7. Amend orders from open positions


Capital CFDs
Capital CFDs is a leading global provider of spread trading, CFD and Forex trading on the world’s financial markets, offering tight spreads, low margin requirements, a user-friendly platform with easy navigation and fast execution speed, mobile and android mobile trading platforms and much more. At Capital CFDs, we pride ourselves on offering great value for money and an unrivalled customer service to our clients.
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Services

Spread betting and Forex. Our online trading platform contains a comprehensive charting package, designed to make formulating your strategies quicker and easier. Capital CFDs app iPhone app enables you to keep an eye on the markets, monitor your position and react quickly 24 hours a day wherever you are.


Advantages

Advantages

1. No Commissions and Tight Spreads from 0.05% on shares and 1 point on indices and FX
2. iPhone & Android trading applications
3. No minimum deposit
4. Free to open an account
5. Spread betting and CFD trading on one platform
6. Powerful platform and a free advanced charting package
7. A wealth of free in-depth educational information
8. Trade any time with a wide Range of Global Markets
9. Low margins
10. Automatic stop loss facility*
11. Guaranteed stops


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No Trailing Stops
2. No Dedicated Account Handlers
3. No Hedging
4. No Free Phone Support
5. No Live Chat Support
6. No API Access
7. No Direct Market Access



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Hedging: No
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: No

Gekko Global Markets CFD Trading
Gekko Global Markets CFD Trading		2007
FSA 184333		Fixed / VariableFrom 0.001%5-15%BOE rate +2%BOE rate -2%$501 CFDNoYesMarkets

Markets

Full range of markets covering global equities, indices, commodities, fx and bonds.


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

Proprietary PRIME™ platform
 
User-friendly platform built on Flash technology. The platform consumes much less PC resources compared with common Java platforms; hence execution speed is much faster on our platform. The platform is web-based and requires no download.


Gekko Global Markets CFD Trading
Gekko Global Markets Ltd is a dedicated service provider for spread betting, CFD and FX trading. The CFD trading platform is provided by SYCAP Group AB which is a software development firm that specialises in online trading solutions. Gekko Global Markets constantly take pride in improving its existing products and launching new innovations.
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Services

We have our proprietary live prices, live charts, historical charts and trading signals. Phone trading service and Free evening seminars.
 
Forex Trading: No
Spread Betting: Yes
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. 25% Cash Bonus on initial deposit, up to $500 (T&C apply).
2. Free guaranteed stops on many markets (T&C apply).
3. User-friendly platform with easy navigation and fast execution speed.
4. Permanently low minimum trade size.
5. Permanently tight spreads.
6. Full range of markets covering global equities, indices, commodities, fx and bonds.
7. Fast loading Flash charts.
8. Min deposit $50 only to start trading.


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. To protect customers from downside risk, all trades come with mandatory stops;
2. Does not currently support ‘tear-off’ deal ticket;
3. Does not currently support dealing from chart.



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: No

City Index CFD Trading
City Index CFD Trading		1983
AFSL 336957		Fixed10-30bpsFrom 1%+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent-2.5% LIBOR or equivalent$01 CFDNoYesMarkets

Markets

Over 14,000 markets covered including:
 
1. Over 20 Worldwide Equity Markets (inc UK, European, US & Asian)
2. 34 Major Global Indices Markets
3. Over 50 Spot & Futures Forex Pairs
4. UK Sector Trades
5. 40 Commodities Markets (inc Metals, Energies, Softs, Grains & Livestock)
6. Interest Rate Products
7. Government Bonds from UK, US, Europe & Asia
8. Daily & Futures Options on Commodities & Worldwide Indices


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Contingent Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee


Platform

Platform

City Index - In House
 
Our new online trading platform provides a wealth of information and sophisticated trading tools to help you make the most of market movements as they happen. With no software to download you can login to your account and trade Whatever, Wherever, Whenever.


City Index CFD Trading
City index provide a market leading CFD service based on fair and transparent prices, accessible technology and great customer support. Whatever and wherever you want to trade, their trading platform provides all the tools you need. They have a team of expert dealers and customer service specialists is constantly available to provide personal support.
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Services

Spread Betting, Binaries and FX. Our online trading platform contains a comprehensive charting package as well as Market News from the Dow Jones Newswire, Thompson Financial and the LSE’s Regulatory News Service. At the moment it’s all about the new City Trading iPhone App which is a groundbreaking piece of innovation that has generated a great deal of interest in the first few months since its launch.
 
Forex Trading: No
Spread Betting: Yes
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. Spread Betting and CFDs on one platform. 
2. Transparent Prices.
3. Open an account for free
4. iPhone Application.
5. OCO Orders.


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No DMA access.
2. No Trailing Stops.



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: Yes

Deltastock CFD Trading
Deltastock CFD Trading		1998
MiFID, FSC RG03-146		Fixed0.10%1-100%+3% avg annually depends on productNone$1001 CFDNoYesMarkets

Markets

1. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
2. NASDAQ
3. London Stock Exchange (LSE)
4. Deutsche Borse
5. Euronext
6. Bucharest Stock Exchange
7. Bolsa de Madrid
8. Swiss Exchange (SWX)
9. Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE.JPN)
10. Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
11. Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)


Orders

Orders

1. Stop and Limited Orders
2. Contingent Orders
3. Trailing Stops


Platform

Platform

Platform: Delta Trading (Currencies, CFDs on stocks, indices and Crude Oil futures, Gold & Silver, ETFs, Meta Trader 4 Bridge, and many more features)
 
Delta Trading is a cutting-edge platform for online trading Forex, Precious Metals, CFDs on Stocks, Indices and Crude Oil Futures. It has been designed to provide both Retail and Institutional traders with maximum flexibility and unmatched scope of features to best fit any trading style and preferences.


Deltastock CFD Trading
Deltastock is an online FOREX and CFD broker regulated under MiFID. Deltastock has been driven by the mission to provide comprehensive solutions for online trading on the global financial markets to individual and institutional investors. They have a dedicated customer service team who provide 24-hour support by phone, email and live chat.
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Services

Deltastock is registered with:
1. FSA, UK – Reg. No: 481581
2. CNVM, Romania - Reg. No: PJM01FISMBGR0038
3. FSC, Bulgaria - Reg. No: RG03-146
4. BNB, Bulgaria - Reg. No: 045/31-03-2000
5. AFM, the Netherlands
6. CONSOB, Italy
7. CySEC, Cyprus
8. Finantsinspektsioon, Estonia
9. VPK, Lithuania
10. CBFA, Belgium
11. CNMV, Spain
12. FMA, Austria
13. FCMC, Latvia
14. CNB, Czech Republic
15. BaFin, Germany, ID:122477
16. FI, Sweden
17. Financial Supervisory Authority, Denmark


Advantages

Advantages

1. 24 hour Customer Support by phone, email and live chat
2. Variety of trading instruments including: 44 currency pairs, Precious Metals, CFDs on Stocks, Indices, ETFs and Crude Oil Futures.
3. Versatile order types, including Conditional (If-then) orders, Click & Deal, Logical (Hedge) orders, Trailing stops and Basket orders.
4. Expert Advisors to be executed in Delta Trading™.
5. Free analysis tools and real-time economic news feed by Dow Jones Financial.
6. The minimum to open an account is 100 USD, EUR, CHF or GBP.
7. No Dealing Desk Trading - Level 2 Module of Delta Trading™, at minimum commissions, and trading at guaranteed fixed-spreads, commission free - all in one platform. 
8. Four ways to access the Delta Trading™ platform via DESKTOP, WEB, Mobile and WAP.


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No Islamic Swap-Free Accounts
2. No interest on unused balance



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: Yes
API Access: Yes

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