Professional trading account
Trade CFDs with higher leverage ratios with a professional account. We also offer volume based rebates and margin relief when you place a guaranteed stop-loss order (GSLO), stop-loss order or trailing stop loss on your indices CFDs, forex CFDs, gold CFDs, silver CFDs and crude oil CFD trades.
Professional account benefits
Get access to higher leverage on CFDs on major indices, FX pairs and other instruments.
Receive rebates each month depending on your trading volume.
Earn an extra cash bonus when you open a Professional account. Terms apply.
To help you with your trading goals.
Enjoy sport and lifestyle premium events.
A trial of a TradingView premium subscription.
Know the risks as a professional trading account holder
Earn a Welcome Bonus
As a new professional trading account holder, you could qualify for a Welcome Bonus of up to AU$10,000*. All you have to do is deposit funds into your account within the first 30 days and meet the below minimum trading requirements within 90 days.
| Tiers | Deposit account (AUD) | Minimum notional trade volume | Welcome bonus (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | $5,000 to $29,999.99 | $20,000,000 | $2,000 |
| #2 | $30,000 to $49,999.99 | $50,000,000 | $5,000 |
| #3 | $50,000 plus | $100,000,000 | $10,000 |
*Terms apply. See the full terms and conditions of this offer.
Refer a friend and earn up to AU$1,000 each
Know a professional trader who doesn’t have an OANDA account yet? Refer them today and you both could earn up to AU$1,000* when they meet the minimum trading requirements within 90 days.
*Terms apply. See full terms and conditions.
Compare our trading accounts
These are our retail and professional trading account offers as of 6 May 2025.
| Features | Retail | Professional | Professional Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Available leverage | Up to 30:1 | Up to 200:1 | Up to 300:1 |
| Volume based rebates | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cash Bonus offers | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sports & lifestyle premium events | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Premium trading tools subscriptions | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Margin relief on SLOs/GSLOs | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client funds segregation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hedging Account | x | ✓ | ✓ |
| Margin closeout level | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Negative balance protection | ✓ | x | x |
| Access to FSG | ✓ | x | x |
| Access to PDS | ✓ | x | x |
| Compensation and dispute resolution | ✓ | At AFCA's discretion | At AFCA's discretion |
Qualifying for our professional trading account
To trade using a professional trading account, you must qualify as either a wholesale client or sophisticated investor based on the specific criteria listed below.
We cannot guarantee you’ll meet the qualifying standards to be a wholesale client or sophisticated investor. If you do qualify, we’ll upgrade you to our professional trading account.
We won’t be able to assess you as a wholesale client or sophisticated investor if you:
To qualify as a wholesale client:
To qualify as a sophisticated investor:
To learn more about our professional trading account or how you might qualify as a wholesale client or sophisticated investor, please contact David or Christopher.
See our margin rates for professional accounts.
See our margin rates for professional plus accounts.
See our margin rates for OANDA One professional accounts.