Deposit Rates
We offer a flexible margining policy which allows you to substantially reduce deposit requirements by the use of Stop Losses.
How to reduce your deposits
Our published deposit requirements, as they appear in the Dealing Handbook, can be substantially reduced by adding a Stop to your position. The closer you place the Stop, the more the deposit is reduced. A Guaranteed Stop will reduce the deposit more than a non-guaranteed Stop.
For example, a £10/point bet on Daily FTSE without a Stop would require a deposit of £800. However, the same bet with a Guaranteed Stop close to the opening level would require a deposit of just £100.
We don't generally publish our minimum deposit requirements as they are dependent on how and where you place your Stops. But the table below shows the deposit requirements that can be achieved for some of our more popular markets:
Minimum Deposit Requirements
| Market | Deposit required (multiple of bet size) |
|---|---|
| Daily FTSE | 10 |
| FTSE futures | 30 |
| Daily Wall Street | 20 |
| Wall Street futures | 40 |
| Daily Germany 30 | 10 |
| Germany 30 futures | 30 |
| Daily US SPX500 | 3.5 |
| US SPX500 futures | 5 |
| Daily US Tech 100 futures | 10 |
| US Tech 100 futures | 20 |
| Spot E/$ | 10 |
| Spot £/$ | 15 |
| Daily Spot Gold | 2.5 |
The table shows initial deposit required per unit bet size, so a £5/point bet on Daily Wall Street, for example, can be placed with as little as £100 deposit. These deposits are based on placing a Guaranteed Stop at the minimum distance from the current market level.
Please contact us if you have any questions about how to lower your deposits and we will be pleased to help.
We also offer the facility to deal on credit, subject to status, so you can open your positions without the hassle of sending any funds in advance.