CFDs

Investors are increasingly looking to Contracts for Difference (CFDs) as a more flexible method of trading stocks online.

CFD trading is carried out on live prices on Total Trader’s online trading platforms, without the delays of normal stock trading, such as waiting for fills from the stock exchange.

CFD Trading with Total Trader

• Fast, efficient intra-day stock and index trading on live prices
• Leverage stocks up to 10 times from 25 global exchanges
• Leverage 20 major stock indices up to 20 times
• Nearly 20 commodity CFDs
• Choice of Market Made or Direct Market Access CFDs

Why Trade CFDs instead of Stocks with Total Trader

• Take advantage of falling markets with direct short selling
• Easy margining
• Quick settlement
• Cheaper trading costs
• More contingent order choices

About CFDs

If you are interested in trading CFDs (Contracts for Difference) or just want to know how they work, you have come to the right place. CFDs are rapidly increasing in popularity, becoming the instrument of choice for shorter term stock investors and you should be aware of them too.

What is a CFD

CFDs are stock derivatives that allow you to invest in stocks but offer many important advantages over traditional stock trading that make them ideal for taking advantage of shorter-term/intra-day stock movements such as:

• Take advantage of falling markets with direct short selling
• Easy margining
• Quick settlement
• Cheaper trading costs
• More contingent order choices

Index CFDs are also available that offer a low investment price and all the advantages of Stock CFDs. Index CFDs are ideal for investing in major stock indices.

Index CFDs

Index CFDs offer fast, effective trading of major stock indices on live tradable prices and offer all the advantages of stock CFDs, including:

• Fast direct trading on live prices
• Margin trading to leverage investments
• Direct short selling to take advantage of downward price trends.

Index-tracking CFDs have a low entry price of 1 currency unit (for example $1, €1 or £1) per index point, allow you to leverage investments up to 20 times and offer the same live trading benefits of stock CFDs.

Index CFDs are currently available that track 15 major stock indices.

Exchanges

Australia
Australian Stock Exchange Ltd.

Austria
Wiener Börse (Vienna) Stock Exchange

Belgium
Euronext Brussels

Denmark
OMX Copenhagen

Finland
OMX Helsinki

France
Euronext Paris

Germany
Frankfurt /Xetra Stock Exchange

Greece
Athens Stock Exchange

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Italy
Milano Stock Exchange

Japan
Tokyo Stock Exchange

Netherlands
Euronext Amsterdam

Norway
Oslo Stock Exchange

Poland
Euronext Lisbon

Portugal
Euronext Lisbon

Singapore
Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited

Spain
Sistema De Interconexion Bursatil Espanol

Sweden
OMX Stockholm

Switzerland
Swiss Exchange
Virt-X

UK
London Stock Exchange

US
American Stock Exchange
NASDAQ Capital Market
NASDAQ Global Markets
New York Stock Exchange
Other OTC on NASDAQ (Pink Sheets)