Shares trading
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Trading share CFDs with OANDA
With us, you trade share CFDs. When trading in stock CFDs, you can speculate on the price movements of stocks without taking physical ownership of the underlying share. If you expect a share price to rise, you can open a 'long' position and if you anticipate a share price will fall, you can open a 'short' position.
Trade US, UK and EU share CFDs
Trade the big names in the US including Amazon, Nike, Netflix and Coca-Cola, as well as UK and EU listed shares.
Powerful tools
Access a range of tools, including technical analysis to build a robust trading strategy. Take advantage of TradingView’s supercharged charting tools. MT5 comes with customisable layouts, a range of plug-ins and intuitive interface.
Trade share CFDs from your phone
With our user-friendly mobile app, you only need to log in once to see all your trading accounts. You can also trade share CFDs on MT5 desktop and tablet.
Benefits of trading share CFDs with OANDA
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Costs and fees of trading share CFDs
We like to be totally transparent about our fees. The table below gives you an overview of fees and other related costs. See the full list of charges and fees.
| Type of charge | Opening a position | Closing a position |
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| For the execution of CFDs on Belgian shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Danish shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Finnish shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on French shares | 0.06% of position notional | 0.06% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on German shares | 0.06% of position notional | 0.06% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Dutch shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Portuguese shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Spanish shares | 0.06% of position notional | 0.06% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on Swedish shares | 0.08% of position notional | 0.08% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on US shares | 0.06% of position notional | 0.06% of position notional |
| For the execution of CFDs on UK Shares | 0.06% of position notional | 0.06% of position notional |
Costs related to corporate actions
If you hold a long position on a share CFD, any dividend income you receive is subject to either a tax or tax equivalent charge.
The rate of tax or tax equivalent that you pay is dependent on the country of domicile of the company whose share CFDs you have purchased. This country information can be found in the instrument specification in the MT5 platform or instrument information section of the mobile application.
If you have purchased a share CFD of a United States domiciled company, then the tax that you pay is determined by your country of tax residence and tax treaty rate between your country and the US. If your country of tax residence does not have a tax treaty with the US, then the default rate as below is applied:
| Country | Tax rate |
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| Austria | 27.50% |
| Australia | 30.00% |
| Belgium | 30.00% |
| Bermuda | 0.00% |
| Canada | 25.00% |
| Switzerland | 35.00% |
| Cyprus | 0.00% |
| Germany | 26.375% |
| Denmark | 27.00% |
| Spain | 19.00% |
| Finland | 35.00% |
| France | 25.00% |
| Great Britain | 0.00% |
| Guernsey | 0.00% |
| Ireland | 25.00% |
| Israel | 25.00% |
| Isle of Man | 0.00% |
| Jersey | 0.00% |
| Japan | 15.315% |
| Cayman Islands | 0.00% |
| Luxembourg | 15.00% |
| Netherlands | 15.00% |
| Panama | 0.00% |
| Poland | 19.00% |
| Puerto Rico | 10.00% |
| Portugal | 25.00% |
| Sweden | 30.00% |
| Singapore | 0.00% |
| Taiwan | 21.00% |
| United States | 30.00% |
| British Virgin Islands | 0.00% |
Apply for an account today
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Frequently asked questions
When trading share CFDs, you are speculating on the price of the underlying asset, you are not taking ownership of it. Share CFDs allow you to trade using leverage, whereas the trading of physical shares requires payment of the full cost to be paid upfront. The leverage you get with share CFDs will amplify both profits and losses.
Differences between online stock CFD trading and online stock trading:
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Buy and sell stocks CFDs with the OANDA mobile app |
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T+2 trade settlement |
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T+0 trade settlement – immediate |
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If you’re still exploring different ways of trading share CFDs, check out our Learn pages where you’ll find plenty of resources to help get you started with topics such as fundamental analysis, technical analysis and how to use popular indicators.
Going long on a stock CFD trade means that you think the underlying asset price will increase over time. Going short on a stock CFD trade means that you think the underlying asset price will decrease over time. If you make the right assessment and correctly analyse the price movement of the share, either method can be used to earn a profit.
When trading stock CFDs you can use leverage to increase your exposure to the market. This means you can take a position beyond the limits of your capital.
However, leverage also increases your risk and could result in large losses if you don’t correctly assess an asset’s price movement.
You can also go long or short on CFDs, allowing you to make a profit from an increase or decrease in the underlying asset’s value.
You can trade share CFDs on the MetaTrader 5 platform, OANDA mobile app or in TradingView.
Once you have downloaded and installed our user-friendly mobile app, you can log into your account(s) using a single login. From there you can trade share CFDs. If you have more than one MT5 account, you can switch from one account to the next without having to log out and log in again.
Log in to TradingView and connect with OANDA (here's a guide how to do it) Once you log in, switch to OANDA One account and find a symbol you wish to trade.
Please note that in TradingView all symbols tradeable on your OANDA One account will have a .ONE suffix (only visible in Tradingview), e.g. EURUSD.ONE.
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