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Shares Trading

Trade over 1000 CFDs on company shares from around the world with no stamp duty, custody or account management fees.

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Invest With Any Capital

Trade fractional shares

Transparent Pricing

No mark-ups, no hidden fees

Go Long or Short

Receive dividend payments on long positions

Fund's Protection

Additional insurance to protect your capital

Award-Winning Support

Customer satisfaction rate over 95%

Best-in-class execution

Over 93.6% of orders filled at requested price or better

Why Trade Shares With Us

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Transparent Pricing

Trade shares easily and affordably with no hidden fees or markups.

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New Investor Profile

No Trading Fees with 1:1 Leverage

Choose the New Investor profile for zero commission and no swaps on shares, or trade leveraged shares with standard fees.

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Corporate Actions

Dividends are paid on long positions, while the equivalent is charged on short positions.

Dividend Information
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Tobin Tax

CFDs on the Italian index and all Italian shares are subject to the Tobin Tax.

Tobin Tax Information

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Shares & Trading

Understanding how shares work and the trading process

Market Gaps

Why price charts show gaps in stock trading

Stock Analysis

How traders analyze stocks vs. FX analysis

What are shares, and how does trading shares work?

When a company wants to raise capital, usually to take its operations to the next level, its directors may opt to "go public," which is also known as holding an IPO, or initial public offering. This involves selling shares of the company to public investors. Once these shares are floated on public stock markets, they are available for all registered traders to buy and sell.

A stock, or a share, is essentially just a small fraction of a company. So, if a company only issues 100 shares and you purchase ten of them, then you own 10% of the company. This is a simplified example.

Depending on the stock, holding shares can entitle holders to dividend payments, as well as a vote in board meetings (proportional to the amount of stock owned). Most traders, however, are more interested in trading the price swings rather than holding for long periods.

The stock market is enormously important to the countries' economies all around the world and has been massively influential in the development of trading itself. Contrary to popular belief, much of technical analysis, which is the study of chart patterns and how market cycles and trader sentiment are reflected in chart price action, was pioneered by stock traders.

Why are there big gaps in my price chart when viewing stocks?

Unlike FX, stocks don't trade around the clock during the working week. They usually trade throughout the business day of the region they're listed in. This is because there aren't usually markets in other countries offering the same stocks throughout the day as in the case of Forex (Asian/European/North American sessions).

This means that there are long periods in each day, and also over the weekend, where no trading activity is taking place. Now, even though the stock market may be closed, this doesn't mean there's no new information coming out that will change investors' beliefs or appetites for risk. These changes in outlook and sentiment are the main reasons for market gaps.

A market gap will occur when the stock reopens for trading and the market is struggling to price-in the developments that have taken place since the last time that market was live.

How do traders perform analysis on stocks? Is it different from FX analysis?

Broadly speaking, there are two main types of market analysis, technical and fundamental.

Technical Analysis
Technical analysis is simply the study of price action on the chart. Technical analysts do not concern themselves with geopolitical news, economic data, or anything else other than what the chart itself says.

Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental analysis does differ between asset classes because you're dealing with the fundamentals of supply and demand, as well as the economic inputs and broader conditions that influence a specific asset's value. For FX this may be interest rates and other economic data, for crude oil it tends to be inventories and new wells. In the case of shares, traders pore over the financial statements of the companies they are trading, which those companies are obliged to provide.