Shares CFDs

Yes, there are no minimum holding periods for share CFDs, meaning you can buy and sell them on the same day. So if you’re interested in day trading share CFDs, all you’ll need is a trading account with a regulated provider such as FOREX.com.

By day trading share CFDs, you’ll avoid having to pay overnight financing, a charge incurred for holding a position overnight.

To try out both without risking any capital, open your demo trading account.

The terms share CFD trading and physical stock investing describe two different approaches to the stock markets. Share CFD trading is short-term speculation using leveraged products, physical stock investing is longer-term investing.

When you trade share CFDs, you typically use leveraged products, i.e. CFDs to take a view on share prices without taking ownership of the underlying stocks themselves. So you don’t build a portfolio, but instead aim to profit from short-term price movements – which could be up or down.

Physical stock investing, on the other hand, is the traditional method of buying stocks outright and adding them to your portfolio. This gives you direct ownership and a much longer-term view, and is usually only used to take advantage of upward price movement.

Find out more about the difference between CFD trading and physical stock investing.

Just like any other financial market, you’ll make a profit by closing trades at a more favourable level than when you opened them. If a trade moves against you, on the other hand, you’ll make a loss.

To make consistent profits from share CFD trading you’ll need a solid strategy and plan. We’d always recommend that beginner traders head over to the FOREX.com Academy to learn how the markets work, then try a risk-free FOREX.com demo to test your performance with virtual capital.

Magnificent 7 CFD markets - Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla - will be tradeable 24/5 and will stay open continuously from Monday 8pm to Saturday 9am AEDT.

Market names will include ‘24 Hours’ to reflect this change e.g. “Apple Inc 24 Hours”. 

The Magnificent 7, or commonly known as Mag7, is comprised of seven of the largest tech companies globally. Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Tesla make up the Magnificent 7.