SHARE CFDs

Go long or short on over 140 local shares, with margin rates from 5% and commission at just 0.2%.

Key benefits

  • Take advantage of rising or falling markets
  • Gain greater market exposure with margins from 5%
  • Enjoy the transparency and flexibility that has made CFDs so popular around the world
  • Low transaction fee of just 0.2%

Low cost

Trade over 140 CFDs on local shares at the best rates in the market.

And with our tiered margining  system, you get lower margin rates depending on the size of your trade.

Share Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
Anglo American 5% 10% 20% 75%
Sasol 5% 10% 20% 75%
MTN 5% 10% 20% 75%

Browse our complete shares list.

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Charges

We offer share CFDs at the underlying market price with no added spread.

BREAKDOWN OF CHARGES ON SHARE CFDS
Commission and margin
  • Commission just 0.2% on local shares
  • No added spread
  • Annualized admin fee on short positions held overnight
  • Tiered margins on major shares from 5%
Extra services
  • Guaranteed stops
  • Overnight funding
  • Paper statements
  • Direct market Access
  • Live exchange data
  • Advanced Charts
Charge-free items
  • No online statement fees
  • No audit fees for disputes
  • No platform fee

 

For full details, see our transparent charges page.

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Technology

Advanced trading technology means faster execution, better prices and
no requotes.

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  • 0.1 second execution: don’t miss out in fast-moving markets*
  • Better prices: we source prices from multiple exchanges for better liquidity
  • No requotes: we will never execute your share CFD trade at a worse price than you request

If the market moves against you during execution, we won't give you the worse price, we will ask you to resubmit your order. And it it moves in your favour, we can give you the better price. Watch our better pricing videos to see how.

 

* 99.49% of trades executed in 0.1 seconds, all IG Index and IG Markets companies, January 2012 - May 2012.

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CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your initial deposit, so please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.