Gleneagle CFDs

Trade in any market condition and amplify your investment results with Contracts For Difference.

What are CFDs?

Contracts For Difference (CFD) are leveraged trading instruments written over existing underlying securities. The CFD allows you to control a position in a given security and gain exposure to price movements without having to fund the full value of the position. CFDs differ from HIN shares in that they can be long or short and the owner of the contract does not own the underlying security.

Trade With Confidence

Trading CFDs with Gleneagle Securities is built upon a foundation of Direct Market Access (DMA) execution. We provide clients with a pure agency brokerage service and link you directly to the relevant exchange with no requotes or spreads. Our live data feed lets you see level 2 market depth on most exchanges and our range of order types ensures that you trade with confidence.

How do CFDs work?

Trading CFDs gives you exposure to price movements of underlying securities without having to own them. You may profit from underlying security price rises by taking a long position in a CFD.

Alternatively, you may also profit from a price fall by taking a short position in a Contract For Difference.

Make a Deposit

Make a small cash deposit, called an Initial Margin, that serves as collateral.

Make a Deposit

Create A Positon

Buy a CFD to open a long position or sell a CFD to open a short position.

Create A Positon

Monitor Progress

Profit and losses accruing in real time as market prices fluctuate.

Monitor Progress

Close A Positon

Sell the CFD to close a long position or buy the CFD to close a short position.

Close A Positon

CFD Trade Example

Consider the following example of Trader A buying 100 BHP shares on HIN and Trader B using a CFD:

Trader A buys 100 BHP @ 34.00 at a cost of $3,400. Trader A sells the 100 BHP @ 36.00 and receives $3,600. The $200 profit represents a 5.9% return on the initial $3,400.

Trader B buys 100 BHP @ 34.00 using a CFD. This costs 10% of the value of the position or $340. Trader B sells the 100 BHP @ 36.00 and receives the initial margin plus realised profit or $540. The $200 profit represents a 59% return on the initial $340.

Short Selling​

Automatic short selling is available on over 1300 CFDs worldwide. Should you wish to go short a security not on this list, simply contact our dedicated dealing desk to request a stock-borrow. In most cases we will advise you of the outcome of your request within 20 minutes.
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Benefits of Contracts For Difference

Direct Market
Access

Gleneagle Securities gives clients access to 21 exchanges worldwide. Gain access to US, Asian, European and Australian equities markets, futures markets and commodity markets around the world.

Minimal Initial
Margin

With CFDs you can potentially make a higher return on investment than if you invested in the underlying security directly. CFDs require only an Initial Margin, representing a fraction of the total underlying value, to open a position.

Portfolio
Hedging

Utilise CFDs to hedge your portfolio no matter its size or composition. For example, if you hold a long position in a single stock, you can open a short position in a CFD for that stock to provide protection against negative movements.

Order type
options

Gleneagle Securities offers a range of conditional order types, including stop losses, guaranteed stops and trailing stops, that can help you manage the risks of leveraged trading.

Flexible
Trading

The ability to take long or short positions in CFDs offers potential profit opportunities in both rising and falling markets. Most CFDs also do not have an expiry date, so you can trade them according to your time frames.

No Requotes,
No Spreads

Gleneagle guarantees our clients no requotes and no spreads on CFD trades, allowing them to trade efficiently according to the strategies they employ.

Risks of Contracts For Difference

Gapping

Open CFD positions can be affected by gapping if the market opens at a significantly different price from the previous day’s closing price. This may have particularly adverse effects on leveraged positions.

Leverage

As a leveraged financial product, CFDs carry significantly more risk than their underlying securities. While leverage allows traders to benefit from higher returns, it can also lead to losses greater than the initial investment.

Margin Calls

If the market moves against you or margins increase you may have to provide additional funds at short notice. If you do not, your position may be closed and you will be liable for any resulting loss.
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Open a new CFD account and get a full product tour today.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cash or stocks are considered acceptable collateral when trading CFDs. To calculate value of a premium, multiply the quoted premium by the size of the contract. For example, if Rio Tinto’s option premium is quoted at $0.55, a single contract will be $55 ($0.55 x 100 shares per contract).

From the time you receive a margin call notification, you have 24 – 48 hours to deposit additional collateral. During times of rapid market movements, you may be required to provide additional collateral earlier. Should this be the case, Gleneagle Securities will notify you.

CFD trades can be placed by either calling up Gleneagle brokers directly or through our online webiRESS platform.

There is no minimum amount required to place a CFD order.

There is no minimum account balance required. However, you do need to deposit funds into your margin account in order to trade CFDs.

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