Platform guides

Stop-loss orders

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.

Guaranteed stop-loss orders (GSLOs)

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. Learn how to set GSLOs.

Trailing stop-loss orders

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.

Price ladder

Price ladder trading allows you to spread bet and trade CFDs in larger sizes with just a single transaction. Learn about price laddering on our platform.

One-click trading

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.

Limit orders

Learn about what a limit order is, along with the difference between buy and sell limit orders. Discover how to set limit orders on our trading platform.

Charting

CHARTING

Trading chart types

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

CHARTING

Different chart timeframes

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.

CHARTING

Module linking

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

Platform features

Trading forum

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 now.

Trade and price alerts

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

Watchlists

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.

Hot products

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

Technical tools

TECHNICAL TOOLS

Chart pattern screener

Our pattern recognition software helps you to spot trading patterns and potential opportunities within the financial markets. Learn more here about our chart pattern scanner.

TECHNICAL TOOLS

Client sentiment indicator

It is important to gauge market sentiment when trading financial instruments, such as shares or indices. Learn how to use our client sentiment tool, which gives an overview of what traders are investing in right now.

TECHNICAL TOOLS

Trendlines

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

Fundamental tools

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

Market calendar

Our live economic calendar is powered by Thomson Reuters, which displays a wide range of global economic data and upcoming events to watch before making a trading decision.

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

Morningstar reports

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

FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS

Reuters news

Discover daily news headlines and reports on the financial markets from international news agency, Reuters. Browse the general news or select your preferred industry or instrument to analyse.

Account

ACCOUNT

Two-factor authentication (2FA)

You can set up two-factor authentication security measures on your account, whether you are trading on a desktop, tablet or mobile device. Learn how to get started with 2FA.

ACCOUNT

Corporate actions

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

MT4

We also host the internationally-recognised trading platform, MetaTrader 4 (MT4). This platform allows for automated trading strategies with the help of Expert Advisors (EAs), where users can create, customise and download indicators.

Getting started with MT4

Learn how to download, install and log in to the MT4 platform. You can trade with a live or demo trading account on a wide range of financial markets.

MT4 indicators and add-ons

Enhance your trading experience on the MetaTrader 4 platform with key insights from a large range of free indicators and add-ons. These can be downloaded and installed here.

Next Generation vs MetaTrader 4

Compare our award-winning Next Generation platform features with the MetaTrader 4 platform. Tailor your preferred platform to suit your trading needs.