Share trading is the process of speculating on the price movements of company stock CFDs without taking physical ownership. Unlike traditional investing where you might buy shares and hold them, CFD trading focuses on short- or medium-term opportunities in the market, and involve speculating on price movements without owning the asset.

When you’re buying shares online through a broker, the focus is typically on long-term ownership. Trading, however, means reacting to market volatility — entering and exiting positions quickly using CFDs. While platforms may still ask where to buy shares, traders are more concerned with execution speed, charts, and risk management.

Yes. Many platforms let you trade CFD contracts that mirror share prices rather than physically buying shares or selling shares. This gives you flexibility to go long or short, so you can potentially benefit whether the market rises or falls.

Penny shares are low-priced stocks that can be highly volatile. Traders often use them for short-term CFD opportunities rather than long-term investing. While risky, they can be considered attractive to those looking for rapid price movements.

If you want to invest in shares, that means physically holding them for the long term rather than short-term trading. You’d typically buy shares online through a broker and hold them for years. Trading, by contrast, focuses on capitalising on short-term price action and speculating on the price of the asset, without owning it, using derivatives like CFDs.

CFD trading gives you tools and flexibility beyond simply buying shares and later selling shares. You can use leverage (which amplifies both profits and losses), hedge risk, trade market downturns, and diversify more actively — making CFD trading appealing to those who want more control than passive investors.

We provide:

• Transparent pricings for CFD traders
   
• A broad range of markets, including large-cap stocks and penny shares
   
• Tools for both short-term trading and longer-term strategies
   
• Potential for those who want to buy shares online as well as sell them via CFDs