New to CFD trading

CFDs let you speculate on share price movements without having to buy shares. They are essentially an agreement between an investor and a provider to exchange the difference between the nominal value of the opening and the closing trades.

Like spread bets, CFDs are leveraged products – since you are not buying the share, you do not pay stamp duty, of course, tax laws can change. However, unlike spread bets CFDs are not regarded as bets. This means they attract Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

Marketmaker® is one of the most advanced trading platforms available, and can be customised to meet your needs.

There are three different versions of Marketmaker® to choose from:

1. Desktop Marketmaker®
Download this platform from our website and install it on your PC

2. Marketmaker® Mobile
This platform works on your mobile phone

3. Marketmaker® Web
This web-based platform is user-friendly and perfect for beginners

You can place a bet with a deposit known as initial margin. The size of this margin depends on the type of asset you choose to bet on, but it usually works out around 10%.

Also, if you hold a position overnight you’ll pay financing charges.

When you use Marketmaker®, you can set your own risk parameters by using a number of different online order types:

1. Guaranteed stops
2. Limit orders
3. Stop loss orders
4. ‘If-done’ order
5. ‘One cancels the other’ (OCO) order

You can also open a Fixed Risk CFD Account, which is ideal for investors who want to take advantage of the tax, leverage and short-selling benefits of CFDs whilst limiting the potential downside.

We hope you feel ready to start trading CFDs. If you are, here’s some options for you:

• Open an account
• Request a demo
• Free webinar
• Contact us