CFDs are complex financial products and come with a high risk of losing money.
73.8% of retail client accounts lose money trading CFDs with this provider.
You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Spreads and margins

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Margin reflective of 30:1 maximum leverage

Our retail margin and maximum leverage are governed by ASIC who set the margin rates and leverage parameters for different asset classes.

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Events impacting spreads

At certain times and in certain market conditions, our spreads could be wider than usual. This includes:

Opening and closing of markets
Major international or geopolitical events
Out of hours*

*Specifically indices CFDs which operate on an in hours and out of hours model in parallel with local trading hours for example in/out hours for US indices will be different to Australian indices.

Features

Margin

You can trade with leverage from your OANDA account. This means that you can enter into trades larger than your account balance and trade without depositing the full value of the trade you wish to open. One of the benefits of trading with leverage is that you could potentially generate large profits relative to the amount invested. On the other hand, trading with leverage could also result in significant, rapid losses to your capital.

The margin needed to open each trade is derived from the leverage limit associated with both your account type and the instrument you wish to trade.

Retail clients

As a retail client, your margin and maximum leverage is governed by ASIC who set the margin rates and leverage parameters for different underlying asset classes. See our OANDA Australia margin rates page for information about margin rates for Retail Clients.

Professional clients

As a Professional client you can take advantage of higher leverage for the majority of instruments. Maximum leverage and margin rates vary between different underlying asset classes. For more information, see our OANDA Australia Professional clients margin rates page.

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FAQs

Smart answers to common questions

How do market events and weekends impact margin?

Price volatility and changes in global market liquidity can result in large spread increases around market openings and closings, following news announcements, and during times of uncertainty. At such times, our spreads usually widen to reflect market conditions. However, there may be occasions during which we opt to implement a fixed spread rather than allowing a spread to continue to widen.

If you leave trades open during the weekend or before markets close, or in the event that a particular market is suspended, you cannot close them until the markets reopen. Note that prices may change significantly or "gap" when trading resumes. If prices move against you, a margin closeout may be triggered when trading resumes if you have insufficient funds on your account to support your trading.

Spreads (the difference between the bid price and the ask price) typically widen just prior to closure of the markets and when they open, to reflect decreased liquidity in the global markets. These widened spreads could trigger stop-loss orders or margin closeouts when a position is open at this time.