A CFD or “Contract For Difference” is a derivative product which allows you to trade on the price movements of assets and indexes across local and international markets. While being complex, what they offer traders is quite simple. CFDs enable you to enter the market with only a fraction of the value of the asset you are buying, amplifying the potential for gains and losses, also known as leverage. Because a CFD focuses on price movements it is also possible to short a product, meaning the trader expects the price of an asset to decrease and profit from this movement.
Lastly they enable the trader to take a position without having to take ownership of the underlying asset. This makes CFDs ideal for traders who want to gain a larger market exposure for a fraction of the full value while being able to enter and exit trades quickly.
Why trade with FP Markets?
Experienced
Over 12 years experience servicing global clients. A full product suite to trade. Regulation by ASIC. We understand what the modern trader needs.
Award Winning
35 Industry awards and counting. Highest Overall Client Satisfaction, Best Trade Execution and Best Customer Service are just a few of the awards we’ve won*
Transparent Pricing
Direct Market Access pricing and state of the art technology means you get the data and competitive pricing required to give you the advantage you need.
Wide Range of Markets
Choose from over 10,000 equities, indices and commodities across all of the major international markets.
Trade on a highly awarded, fully customisable, technically advanced platform
How to trade CFDs with FP Markets
The IRESS platform suite
Get access to institutional grade trading solutions with FP Markets’ CFD platform. Take advantage of Direct Market Access pricing, global market access, superior execution speed and highly sophisticated charting. Everything the active trader needs accessed from easy to use desktop and mobile solutions.
Access a wide range of products across all major global exchanges.
CFD types
Equity CFDs offer exposure to the price movement of a stock without owning the underlying stock. Trading equity CFDs reflects the profit and losses of the stock with instant settlement, including exposure to dividends, stock splits and bonus issues.
FP Markets offers exposure to international equity markets with genuine market data, lower commissions and better margins. See your trades transparently using Contracts for Difference (CFDs) across 3 different continents and over 10 000 stocks. Command higher position sizes by choosing between leveraged and non-leveraged trading accounts with competitive financing rates. With the ability to go long and short you could potentially profit on the price movements of the market in either direction.
| Exchanges | Available Shares |
|---|---|
| DMA CFD Equity | 12916 |
| Australia | 2087 |
| UK – LSE | 2282 |
| US- NAS | 2066 |
| US- NYS | 2800 |
| Hong Kong | 1866 |
| Singapore | 781 |
Index CFDs offer exposure to the movement of stock indices and suit traders who do not wish to take a stance on a specific stock but a market in general. Index CFDs trade nearly 24 hours a day across the week day and are a valuable tool for hedging systematic risk (market risk) as part of an asset allocation strategy.
Get exposure on major stock indices by trading FP Markets’ Index CFDs. Margins start at just 1% (SPI 200 Futures start at $25 AUD per point. AUS200 cash indexes are $1 AUD per point and are available on our MT4 platform) and are an affordable risk management tool for your portfolio. FP Markets’ Index CFDs reflect the underlying index futures contracts – trade the price movement of the real futures contract and select the contract expiry you want using live exchange data. Stay on top of overseas stock index movements with access to Nasdaq, S&P 500, EUREX indices and more.
| Available Indicies | |
|---|---|
| DMA Indicies (8) | CFD Indicies (9) |
| NASDAQ 100 E-MINI | DJ30 |
| NIKKEI 225 (CME) | US500 |
| S&P500 EMINI | NAS100 |
| DJIA MINI e-CBOT | UK100 |
| DAX INDEX | STOXX50 |
| EURO STOXX 50 | GER30 |
| Mini SPI 200 | JP225 |
| SPI 200 | HK50 |
| AUS200 | |
FP Markets offers a wide range of commodities futures products, including interest rates, currencies, metals, energy and agriculture. FP Markets’ commodity CFDs help you find the right exposure you need. Traders can hedge their portfolios using interest futures or diversify their assets using commodity and currency futures that can have low correlation to stocks.
Trade real commodity contracts with live exchange data and participate in the opening auction. Commodity CFDs reflect the real futures contract and give traders exposure to the expiry period they want. Take advantage of near continuous trading throughout the weekday allowing you to manage risk and opportunity around the clock.
| DMA Commodities (15) | CFD Commodities (3) | |
|---|---|---|
| WHEAT (CBT) | LEAN HOGS | WTI |
| CORN | LIVE CATTLE | Gold |
| SOYBEAN OIL | WTI CRUDE | Silver |
| OAT | GASOLINE RBOB | |
| SOYBEAN | NATURAL GAS | |
| SOYBEAN MEAL | NY Harb ULSD (heating oil) | |
| CATTLE FEEDER | PALLADIUM | |
| PLATINUM | ||
A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specified commodity or financial instrument at a predetermined price in the future. Trading futures CFDs gives exposure to the price movements of these contracts. Common futures CFDs include index futures, speculating on the future price of a stock index; currency futures, used to lock-in the future price of currencies and commodity futures, commonly used to lock-in the future price of certain agricultural products, energy and metals.
Trading futures CFDs at FP Markets uses real exchange data. You can choose the expiry you want by choosing the expiry contract month and get exposure to the real futures contract. With a large selection of contracts to choose from, including major commodity futures such as Crude Oil, Live Cattle, Corn, Platinum and SFE SPI 200 FP Markets’ futures trading offers the exposure you need to get ahead.
| Available Indicies | |
|---|---|
| DMA Indicies (8) | CFD Indicies (9) |
| NASDAQ 100 E-MINI | DJ30 |
| NIKKEI 225 (CME) | US500 |
| S&P500 EMINI | NAS100 |
| DJIA MINI e-CBOT | UK100 |
| DAX INDEX | STOXX50 |
| EURO STOXX 50 | GER30 |
| Mini SPI 200 | JP225 |
| SPI 200 | HK50 |
| AUS200 | |
Customised accounts for new and experienced traders
CFD account types
- Minimum Opening Balance
- Brokerage Rate
- Financing
- IRESS Trader & Fee
- IRESS Investor & Fee
- ASX Live Data fee
- ASX Delayed Data
- Telephone Trades& Fee
- Account Description& Fee
- Professional
- $ 1,000
- $10 min, then 0.1%
- RBA +3.5%
- $55 inc. GST fee is waived if you generate $150 in comm/month.
- Free
- $22.00ASX Inc GST fee is waived if you generate $50 in comm/month.
- Free
- No additional charge
- Our professional account provides access to competitive DMA commission and margin rates with our professional trading platform options.
- Platinum
- $ 25,000
- $9 min, then 0.09%
- RBA +3.0%
- $55 inc. GST fee is waived if you generate $150 in comm/month.
- Free
- $22.00ASX Inc GST fee is waived if you generate $50 in comm/month.
- Free
- No additional charge
- The platinum account offers even lower commission and financing rates on our professional trading platform.
- Premier*
- $ 50,000
- No min, then 0.08%
- RBA +2.5%
- Platform fee is waived.
- Free
- ASX royalty fee is waived
- Free
- No additional charge
- For the professional trader we offer no platform fees and no minimum brokerage charge.
What are the costs when trading CFDs?
CFD Costs
Equity CFD
| Country | Commission per Side | Minimum Charge |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0.08%** | 0 AUD** |
| Singapore | 0.15% | 25 SGD |
| Hong Kong | 0.30% | 100 HKD |
| London | 0.10% | 10 GBP |
| Frankfurt | 0.10% | 10 EUR |
| NY NYSE | 2 cents/share | 15 USD |
| NY NAS | 2 cents/share | 15 USD |
Index CFD
| Exchange | Products Offered | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| SFE | ASX SPI200 (AP) | 15 AUD |
| Eurex | DAX (FDAX), SMI (FSMI), DJ Euro Stoxx 50 (FESX) | 15 EUR |
| CME | E-Mini S&P500 (ES), E-Mini NASDAQ 100 (NQ) | 15 USD |
| CME | Nikkei 225 USD (NKD) | 17.5 USD |
| CME | Nikkei 225 JPY (NIY) | 1750 JPY |
| CBT | E-Mini DOW (YM) | 15 USD |
| NYM | Light Sweet Crude Oil (CL) | 15 USD |
Forex CFD
| Exchange | Commission per Side |
|---|---|
| FX | 0 (built into the spread) |
