Platform guides

Using stop-loss orders when trading capital in a volatile market helps to manage risks. Learn what a stop-loss order is and where and how to set a stop-loss.

A trailing stop-loss order is an effective risk-management tool. Find out how to place a trailing-stop order and how it differs from a regular stop-loss.

GSLOs are similar to regular stop-loss orders, except that they guarantee to close out your trade at a specified price for a premium fee.

What is one click trading? Discover everything you need to know about one-click trading in fast-paced markets with our spread betting and CFD tutorials.

We offer a number of different trading chart types on our award-winning trading platform. Learn how to read trading charts for technical analysis.

Trade in the financial markets with a wide range of chart timeframes. Learn how to trade daily, one-hour, 30-minute and one-minute timeframes.

When you link together 2 or more modules on our trading platform, changing the instrument in 1 will automatically update all the others.

Our exclusive online trading forum allows you to share tips and strategies and practise copy trading within a social community. Register for a live account.

Find out how to activate trading alerts on our customisable platform, including economic news, execution orders and price alerts for the financial markets.

Watchlists are a way for you to keep track of changing prices for stocks, forex and other financial instruments. Learn how to create a stock watchlist.

Learn more about our trading platform feature which displays an hourly updated list of 'Hot Products' whose trade volume has seen significant movement.

Our pattern recognition software helps you to automatically spot trading patterns and potential opportunities within the financial markets.

Our client sentiment indicator helps traders to identify general market sentiment towards a wide range of asset classes. Learn how to use the tool here.

Trendlines in technical analysis help to define uptrends and downtrends on a price chart. Learn about trendline analysis with examples from our platform.

Learn how to use our market calendar, which displays global economic data releases, potential market impact, countdowns and economic alerts.

Morningstar quantitative equity research reports are available across most of our global CFD share products. Access them directly from our platform.

Our Thomson Reuters news feed displays real-time information about the financial markets, from stocks to forex and commodities to indices.

Looking for a secure trading account? Learn how to set up the 2FA security measure on your account, to prevent anyone else from using your account.

Corporate actions are events that have an effect on stocks and their shareholders. Learn how corporate actions can impact your spread bet and CFD positions.