Open and monitor your trade
When you think you’re ready to start indices trading, it’s time to open your position. Log in to our trading platform, choose your way to trade – spread betting or CFD trading – and go to the market you want to take a position on.
Spread bets
Choose to spread bet on our cash, futures or options index markets. For cash and futures, select ‘buy’ if you’re going long or ‘sell’ if you’re going short, and set your spread bet amount per point. Then enter your stop-loss and limit levels, and open your position.
For options, select to buy or sell a call or put at your preferred strike price and expiry date, and set the amount you’d like to spread bet per point. Open your position.
CFDs
Choose between cash, futures and options CFDs. For cash and futures CFDs, pick your favoured contract amount – for example, £2 or £10 per point – and select ‘buy’ if you’re going long or ‘sell’ if you’re going short. Set the number of contracts you’d like to trade, enter a stop-loss and limit, and open your position.
For options CFDs, select to buy or sell a call or put at your preferred strike price and expiry date, and set the number of CFDs you’d like to trade. Open your position.
Monitor your position, and close your trade when you want to take a profit or cut a loss.
