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FP Markets offers among the best trading environments for CFD trading in more than 10,000 Australian and international share CFDs and indices across 4 continents.

You can trade Share CFDs on the world's most famous companies across global markets and benefit from price movements in any direction.

At FP Markets, you can trade both Share CFDs on two powerful platforms from the same trading account, on desktop and mobile (Apple iOS & Android). The Share CFDs come from a range of global markets including London, Hong Kong, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam and New York (NYSE & Nasdaq) and cover a wide range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, aviation, tourism and Big Tech. FP Markets is once again leading the way with an advanced group of Share CFDs which will give traders outstanding opportunities in the universal markets

What are the
platform options for
trading Share CFDs?

Click on your choice below for a detailed overview

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    Option 1

    Iress

    Direct Market Access
    (DMA) Share CFDs

    Access over 10,000 Share
    and Stock CFDs on Global Exchanges

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    Option 2

    MT5

    (MetaTrader) - Share
    CFDs

    Access 1000+ Shares on
    Global Exchanges

    View details
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1. Direct Market
Acess (DMA)
Share CFDs

Offered through our powerful Iress CFD trading Platform.

On a stock exchange, trade prices and the pending volume at each price point are publicly available in what’s known as the "order book". The ability to access the exchange order book is something unique to the Direct Market Access (DMA) pricing model and provides traders with transparent and precise execution. In addition to genuine market data, the DMA pricing model ensures you can go long on all securities on the exchange and the widest available list of shorts giving you a myriad of trading opportunities.

What Iress DMA Share
CFDs Can You Trade?

DMA Share CFD Count Per Exchange

EXCHANGE EQUITIES
ASX 2829
AXW 102
NASDAQ 1380
NYSE 1524
ARC 198
LSE 972
HKE 1418
SGX 438
IDK 23

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for a full list of Share CFDs
available to trade on Iress

Equities Trading

FP Markets offers exposure to international equity markets with genuine market data, low commissions and competitive margins. See your trades using real market data and trade transparently using CFDs across 4 different continents and over 10,000 stocks. Command higher position sizes by choosing between leveraged trading accounts with competitive financing rates. With the ability to go long and short, you could potentially profit on the price movements of companies from around the globe.

In Australia, the stock market has pre-open and pre-close phases where buying and selling orders are allowed to overlap. A computer algorithm then matches these orders and determines the opening and closing price where the most amount of stocks trade through. FP Markets provides access to both these market phases and all the associated extra liquidity.

Are There Different
Iress Account Types?

There are 2 account types available on Iress: Retail and Pro.

Trade Share CFDs with FP Markets, a Global regulated and award-winning CFD broker. You can take advantage of minimal fees and comissions as low as 0.06%. At FP Markets, we offer fast execution speeds* and our robust trade and risk management trading tools offer a smooth trading experience for our clients as well as the ability to access multiple instruments from one single trading account.

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Here Is an Example
of Share CFD Trading
on Iress

Transaction

The market price for shares in company XYZ on the NYS is currently trading at $12.00/12.02. You think that the company’s shares are undervalued and will increase so you decide to buy 5000 CFDs at $12.02 each (being the price at which FP Markets is willing to enter into the CFD).

Two weeks later, shares in company XYZ have increased and are now selling at $12.52. You decide to realise your gain by Closing Out your CFD position.

FP Markets quotes you a price of $12.52/CFD (being the price at which FP Markets is willing to sell you CFDs to Close Out your 5000 CFDs). You trade at that price. The amount of profit you have made, before adjustments and tax, on the Transaction is $2500.00 (difference between 12.02 and 12.52) x 5000 = $2500). With a Margin requirement of 20% of the Contract Value, the Margin requirement for the XYZ position is $12,020 ($60,100 x20%)

Adjustments

Company XYC paid a dividend of 10 cents per share while your position was open. Therefore you are entitled to a positive dividend adjustment of $500 (5000 x 10 cents) (this amount is posted to your Trading Account). Share CFDs are subject to a commission charge (we also call it a Transaction Fee) on the opening and closing Transactions (based on the Closing Value).

The transaction fee on this trade will be of a minimum of $15 USD or 2cents a share (depending on the greater value. In this case 5000 units* 2cents = $100 USD will be the commission charged for opening the trade as this is greater than $15 USD.

Since you hold a long Share CFD position overnight, costs are charged by way of the Finance Charge. This is calculated on your positions by applying the applicable Finance Charge rate to the daily Closing Value of the position. The formula to calculate financing is: (Quantity x Closing Price) x ((FP Markets Base Rate +/- Client Mark up) / number of days for Terms Currency)

In this example, for instance if the applicable rate is 4.5% p.a. and the Closing Price of the CFD on a particular day is $12.20, then the overnight Finance Charge is then calculated as follows: The base rate is 2.5%;

Client Mark up is 2.0%
(5000 x $12.20 x 4.50%) / 365

The Finance Charge on this particular day would therefore be $7.52.

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Adjustments

Dividend: $500 (Credit)

Transaction fee: $100 USD (Debit) Fee applies on opening and closing

Finance Charge: Approx. $105.28 (Debit). The overnight Finance Charge is calculated daily and based on Closing value for the 14 days the position is held

Net Profit: $2,695.00

If the price To You could Gain or Lose
for a Long Position
Rises by 1% 12.14/12.16 USD 601$
Declines by 1% 11.90/11.92 - USD $601
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2. Trade Share
CFDs on Our
MetaTrader 4 & 5
(MT4 & MT5)

MT4 & MT5 are the world's most popular Forex CFD trading platforms. Primarily known for Forex & Commodities CFD trading, a range of share CFDs are also available to trade. FP Markets offers access to Share CFDs on 4 international exchanges and there are multiple account options to choose from. Go long or short on some of the most popular stocks from across the globe with leverage options up to 1:5. If you are looking for a more comprehensive Share trading experience, our Iress platform offers over 10,000 DMA Share CFDs to trade across 9 international exchange.

What Share CFDs Can You
Trade on MT4 & MT5?

Share CFD Count Per Exchange

EXCHANGE EQUITIES
UK 17
EU 123
US 433
HK 105
AU 105

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for a full list of Share CFDs
available to trade on MT4 & MT5

Are There Different
MT4 & MT5 Account
Types?

Share CFDs are available to both MT4 & MT5 Standard & Raw accounts.

Review Account Types

Here Is an Example
of Share CFD
Trading on MT4

Suppose you want to trade CFDs, where the underlying asset is AAPL.NAS and your account is in USD. If AAPL.NAS is trading at:

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If you decide to trade and BUY 100 Units of AAPL.NAS, because you think that the price of AAPL.NAS stock is going to rise in the future. The margin on AAPL.NAS is 20% this means that you are required to put up 20% of the position value in order to take up your desired position in AAPL.NAS.

Hence you would need at least the following amount in your account to take up the position:

20% x (100 x 310) = $6200 USD

This in turn will give your position a value of $31,000 USD

In the next hour, the price of AAPL.NAS has moved to:

 

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You now have a profitable trade. You could close your position by selling at the current price of $315. As such your profit would be:

100 x (315-310) = $500 USD

In this case the price has moved in your favour. However, if the price had declined instead moving against your prediction, you could have made a loss. This continuous evaluation of price movements and resultant profit/loss happens daily. Accordingly, it leads to a net return (positive/negative) on your initial margin. In the loss scenario where your Free equity, (account balance+ Profit/Loss) falls below the margin requirements, the broker will issue a margin call. If you fail to deposit the money, and the market moves further against you, when your free equity reach the 50% of your initial margin the contract will be closed at the current market price, known as "stop out."

Adjustments

In the event AAPL.NAS pays out a dividend of $0.82 per share. Your account will receive a cash adjustment if you are holding a Long position.

Using the scenario above, given that you hold 100 units of AAPL.NAS on the Dividend date. You will receive the following cash adjustment credit to your trading account.

100 * 0.82 = $82 USD.

However, if you take the opposite position and are SHORT on AAPL.NAS, you will be required to pay:

100 * 0.82 = $82 USD.

This amount will be a cash adjustment debit from your trading account.

If the price To You could Gain or Lose
for a Long Position
Rises by 1% 305.91/306.91 USD $30.90
Declines by 1% 305.91/306.91 - USD $30.90

What is the Difference
Between CFD trading
and Share Trading?

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The principal difference between CFD trading and share trading is that you do not own the underlying asset i.e the physical share. As stated, CFD stands for "contract for difference" and with a CFD you never actually take ownership of the asset or instrument you are trading but you can still take benefit if the stock market moves in your favour or make a loss if the market moves in the other direction.

CFDs are also a leveraged product and the margin requirements mean that you only need to deposit a percentage of the full value of the trade in order to open a CFD position whereas with share trading shares are usually purchased for the full amount owed.


Leverage also comes with suspential risk, so it is important to understand the risks that comes with leverage before trading.

6 Reasons to Trade Share
CFDs with FP Markets

A Global regulated
forex & CFD broker

Australian Regulated

Increase your ability to profit in all
market conditions
Leverage options up to 30:1

Direct Market Access (DMA) Execution

Real-time, transparent share prices
Control, Functionality and deep liquidity
Full Market depth & see your orders in
the queue

Advanced Platforms
& Technology

MT4, MT5, WebTrader, Iress
cTrader & TradingView with
superior client portal

24/5 Multilingual
Customer Support

Award-winning support & personal account managers

Global Exposure

Low margins and competitive commission 10,000+ products on global stocks across 4 continents

Earn Dividends

On long positions
No ownership of physical
shares necessary

Share CFD Trading - FAQ

What is CFD Share Trading?

A Contract for Differences (CFD) is a financial instrument that settles the differences in the closing prices between the open and closing deals. CFDs fundamentally allow investors to trade the movement of securities over the short-term and are notably popular in FX and commodities markets.

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