Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 70% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets, CFDs, OTC options or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Learn about the trading costs involved in spread betting, plus other useful factors to consider
before you get started.
Some of the costs involved in spread betting depend on the way in which you trade. We provide competitive, transparent pricing without hidden costs. Learn more about each of the potential costs of spread betting via the menu on the left below.
The spread is the key cost involved in spread betting, and is the difference between the buy and sell price of an instrument. The narrower the spread, the better value you receive, because the market only has to move slightly in your favour to offer the possibility of a profit on your spread bet.
We offer spreads on key FX pairs like EUR/USD from 0.7 points, 1 point on major indices like the UK 100, and 0.3 points on Gold.
Spreads on popular instruments
1We build an additional spread into the share prices we display on our spread betting platform, applicable on execution of any order. This may vary depending on the country of the stock you are spread betting on.
In addition to the costs associated with spread betting, listed above, there are a few more potential factors to consider.
If you spread bet on indices, forex or commodities in high volumes, you could be eligible to receive a monthly cash rebate^. In our 2018-19 financial year, we paid out £14.1 million in cash rebates to our clients globally.
Discover where our spread betting prices come from and how we endeavour to find the best available price, and learn the differences in pricing between cash and forward instruments, and in- versus out-of-hours trading.
How do we get you the best price?
Our automated pricing engine collates and checks thousands of prices per second from industry-leading data vendors and liquidity providers. Any erroneous prices are discarded, meaning the prices you see are derived from this cleansed data.
Our prices are generated electronically, and based on the market prices of the relevant underlying instrument. Where the underlying instrument is traded on an exchange, we source prices from industry-leading data vendors, and where the product is traded over the counter (OTC), for example FX, we source prices directly from our liquidity providers.
We have offices across 14 countries and more than 86,000 active clients worldwide (2017-18).
Retail client money is held in segregated client bank accounts in line with regulatory obligations.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange and founded nearly 30 years ago, we’re an established industry pioneer.
Open a spread betting account on your iPhone, iPad, Android device or desktop computer to start trading on our award-winning platform and apps now*.
*Awarded Best Platform Features, Best Mobile Phone/Tablet App, ranked highest for Charting and Spreads, based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2018 UK Leverage
**A minimum spread is the lowest spread that will be shown for an instrument. If the underlying market spread widens throughout the trading day, or you are trading out of hours, the platform spread may also widen. The spreads shown are for the first price available for the average market trade/bet sizes in the relevant instrument. The spread will widen for larger trade/bet sizes; see our platform for more information. This data is provided for general information only and may not be current. Please refer to the product overview area of our trading platform for real-time information on the spreads, margin rates, commission (as applicable) and trading hours of a particular instrument. Please note that the change in price that results in a P&L change equal to your stake size is represented by the last large digit in the price shown on the platform.
^Conditions apply.
