How to trade and invest in stocks with us
With us, you’ll get exposure to stocks using two ways: by either trading or investing. You can trade using spread bets or CFDs to go long or short without taking ownership of the underlying asset. Both derivative products enable you to get exposure using leverage, whereby you’ll only pay a fraction of the full position size to get exposure.
With leverage, both profit and loss will be magnified because it’ll be calculated based on the full size of the position, not just the deposit. So, you stand to gain or lose more money than your initial deposit.
Alternatively, you can invest in preference stocks using our share dealing account. When investing, you’ll need to pay the full value of the stocks upfront because share dealing is non-leveraged.
You may get back less than what you put in, because as much as the value of shares can rise, it can also fall as well. Shareholders will get voting rights as well as dividend payouts if the company grants them.
To get started, we’ve compiled a few steps that you’ll need to follow to trade and invest with us: