Trade major
global Shares online

  • Enjoy low margins and tight spreads when you trade shares like Apple, Barclays and Tesco
  • Trade Bitcoin from 10p a point
  • Trade on our award-winning platform, on all your devices
  • No capital gains or stamp duty when you trade with a Spread Betting account*
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Trade on 4500+ global Shares

Award-winning platform

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Tight spreads

From 0.1% each side of market spread on Spread Bets

Market insight

Our research portal identifies over and under-valued shares

Futures and options prices

Choose from a range of cash, futures and options contracts
Major Shares Market Information
Share Spread each side (DFT) CFD spread CFD commission / minimum Margin from* (29th July)
Barclays 0.1% Market 0.08% / £10 20%
Rio Tinto 0.1% Market 0.08% / £10 20%
Deutsche Bank 0.1% Market 0.08% / €10 20%
Apple Inc 4 cents Market 1.8CPS / $10 20%
Amazon 4 cents Market 1.8CPS / $10 20%

*for Retail clients. Professional Trader rates here
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How do Spread Bets and CFDs compare to share trading?

There are several key benefits to trading leverage products such as Spread Bets and CFDs over traditional share trading. These are:

Short the markets

You can speculate on a price falling. In share dealing, you typically profit if the market only increases in value

Leverage

Unlike share dealing, you don't need to put down the full value of the trade. This will magnify both your returns and losses

Tax free* profits

Unlike share dealing, you pay no UK stamp duty and spread betting profits are free from UK Capital Gains Tax (CGT)*

Access more markets

You are not just restricted to trading on Shares. Access Indices, FX, Commodities and more from one account