Account types, leverage, and Buy / Sell
Trading forex, precious metals, commodities and CFDs carries a significant risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Funded account programs evaluate performance on simulated or firm capital under the rules published in each program's terms. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Nothing on this site constitutes financial advice.
| Account type | Asset class | Leverage |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Forex | 1:100 |
| Standard | Indices | 1:200 |
| Standard | Metals | 1:200 |
| Standard | Energies | 1:200 |
| Standard | Stocks | 1:200 |
| Standard | Crypto | 1:200 |
Long and short follow the same path.
Whether you expect the price to rise or fall, the order ticket walks through the same checks before anything is sent — instrument, size, margin, leverage and risk controls.
A buy opens a long position when you expect the quoted price to rise. The ticket walks the same checks before anything is sent.
6 steps · same ticket
- 01
Select the instrument
Choose the market you want to trade from the product list or your platform Market Watch.
- 02
Set volume
Enter lot size in the increments allowed for that instrument. Smaller size means lower exposure.
- 03
Review estimated margin
Check the margin required at the published leverage before you send the order.
- 04
Confirm leverage & risk controls
Verify the leverage applied, then set stop-loss and take-profit levels if you use them.
- 05
Confirm the buy order
Submit a market or pending buy. The fill reflects the current ask and available liquidity.
- 06
Monitor and close
Track floating P/L, margin level and exposure, then close when your plan says to exit.
The fill is the product.
A tight advertised spread means nothing if the fill arrives somewhere else. These four commitments are what actually determine what a strategy earns.
Tier-1 liquidity, aggregated
Pricing is aggregated from a panel of tier-1 banks and non-bank market makers. The best available bid and offer is what reaches your terminal, on a Standard account and a VIP account alike.
No dealing-desk intervention
There is no manual desk sitting between your order and the aggregated book. Nobody reprices a fill after the fact, and there is no plug that widens quotes for a profitable account.
No widening mandate around news
Spreads move when the underlying book moves and not because a release is on the calendar. We do not apply a scheduled-news markup, do not raise margin ahead of an event, and do not close positions into one.
Symmetric slippage
In a fast market you may fill away from your requested price. When that movement is in your favour it is passed through to you in full, exactly as it is when it is against you.
Market execution
Every order fills at the best available price in the aggregated book. There are no requotes, because there is nothing to requote against.
No stop distance
Stops and limits can be placed at any distance from the current price, including inside the spread. Nothing is rejected for being too close.
Partial fills honoured
Large orders fill across price levels rather than waiting for a single venue to show the full size, which is what depth of market on cTrader is showing you.
Overnight costs, stated plainly.
Holding a position past the daily rollover incurs a financing charge or credit. It is a genuine cost of carry, not a hidden fee, and it is the same on every live trading account.
- How the charge is derived
- Overnight financing on a currency pair reflects the interest-rate differential between the two currencies, adjusted for the cost of carrying the position through the bank market. On indices, commodities and share CFDs it is the relevant benchmark rate plus or minus a spread applied to the notional value of the position.
- When it is applied
- Rollover runs at 21:00 UTC. A position open at that moment is charged or credited for one day; a position closed before it is not charged at all, no matter how long it was open during the session.
- The triple-swap days
- Forex and metals are charged three days of financing on Wednesday to cover the weekend value date. Indices, energy and share CFDs are charged triple on Friday. Crypto is charged a single day every day, weekends included.
- Where to check it
- The live rate for every instrument is published in the platform contract specification and in the client portal, and it is the same rate on every live trading account.
Swap-sensitive strategies
Carry trades and long-dated positions are permitted without restriction. If financing is central to your edge, check the current rate in the contract specification before you size the position — rates move with the underlying benchmarks.
Open an account and trade every published market from one login.
Leverage, spreads and payment options are stated up front — including the Standard matrix on this page.
Trading forex, precious metals, commodities and CFDs carries a significant risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Funded account programs evaluate performance on simulated or firm capital under the rules published in each program's terms. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Nothing on this site constitutes financial advice.