Share Trading

    Go long or short on Australia’s most popular shares with Focus Markets.

    • Access 200+ share CFDs via the award-winning MT5 platform.
    • Take advantage of market volatility when trading share CFDs.
    • Trade with a trusted and regulated broker.
    • Receive 24/5 expert support.
    • Auto open and close when executing trades.
    • Open a trading account in less than three minutes and start trading shares.
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    Trade Share CFDs

    Focus Markets offers access to over 200 Share CFDs, a range of international indices and multiple account options to choose from, via the award-winning MT5 platform. Trade long (BUY) or short on (SELL) some of the most popular stocks and exchanges from across the globe with leverage options up to 20:1, for when you are looking for a more comprehensive Share trading experience.

    • Access +10,000 financial instruments
    • Auto open & close positions
    • News & economic calendar
    • Technical indicator & charts
    • Higher volatility
    • Many more tools included

    Share CFDs are (Contracts For Difference) on individual shares. A contract for difference, or CFD, is a type of derivative that allows a trader to gain long or short exposure to a trading instruments price. While the trader does not own the underlying asset, they ‘own’ any movement in the price of that asset while they hold a position. This is the principal difference between CFD trading and share trading, you are still able to benefit from price movements without having to own the physical asset. Share CFD trading has been popular within the hedge fund sector due to profitability. 

    CFDs are a leveraged product which means that traders will have to deposit a percentage of the full value of the asset you want to trade in order to open a position. Share trading, on the other hand, means you purchase the shares for the full amount owed.

    Trade Share CFDs Now

    In Australia, the stock market has pre-open and pre-close phases where buying and selling orders are allowed to overlap. A computer algorithm then matches these orders and determines the opening and closing price where the most amount of stocks trade through. Focus Markets provides access to both these market phases and all the associated extra liquidity.

    Live Share Prices

    Gain access to the most popular shares from the largest companies with Focus Markets. Start trading shares with tight spreads via Focus Markets’ MT5 trading platform.

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    Bank Stocks

    Short sell stocks like ANZ, CBA, NAB and WBC against your existing holders in order to hedge against adverse market moves, long and short term.

    Mining Stocks

    Buy (Long) / Sell (Short) BHP, RIO, FMG, S32 and NST. When global commodity supply and demand levels move, so do these stocks.

    Consumer Stocks

    Trade MYR, HVN, CWN, FPH and JBH. Here, the markets and consumer sentiment move up and down.

    Australian Property Stocks

    Trade the consumer financial markets with APT (AfterPay) MQG, NWL, PTM and QBE. Within the ASX200 is LLC, REA, CHC, DHG, MGR and VCX, all are overexposure to property listings, property development and commercial property trusts.

    Shares Products

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    Financials

    Trade the consumer financial markets with APT (AfterPay) MQG, NWL, PTM and QBE.

    FinTech Stocks

    Trade the latest players taking over the banks, such as APT, HUB, IRE, WTC, XRO. There are amazing changes occurring as financial technology evolves.

    ASX200 CFDs

    Focus Markets also offers ASX200 CFDs with exposure to retail shops, airlines, farming, supermarkets and oil producers.

    200+ Shares CFDs

    Focus Markets clients can trade over 200 of the most popular shares from the ASX with competitive spreads on either the Standard or Premium account. Trade wherever you are on mobile or desktop with as little as $100.

    Share CFDs Products

    Bank stocks

    Short sell stocks like ANZ, CBA, NAB and WBC against your existing holders in order to hedge against adverse market moves, long and short term.

    Mining stocks

    Buy (Long) / Sell (Short) BHP, RIO, FMG, S32 and NST. When global commodity supply and demand levels move, so do these stocks.

    Consumer stocks

    Trade MYR, HVN, CWN, FPH and JBH. Here, the markets and consumer sentiment move up and down.

    Australian property stocks

    Trade the consumer financial markets with APT (AfterPay) MQG, NWL, PTM and QBE. Within the ASX200 is LLC, REA, CHC, DHG, MGR and VCX, all are overexposure to property listings, property development and commercial property trusts.

    Financials

    Trade the consumer financial markets with APT (AfterPay) MQG, NWL, PTM and QBE.

    FinTech stocks

    Trade the latest players taking over the banks, such as APT, HUB, IRE, WTC, XRO. There are amazing changes occurring as financial technology evolves.

    ASX200 CFDs

    Focus Markets also offers ASX200 CFDs with exposure to retail shops, airlines, farming, supermarkets and oil producers.

    200+ Shares CFDs

    Focus Markets clients can trade over 200 of the most popular shares from the ASX with competitive spreads on either the Standard or Premium account. Trade wherever you are on mobile or desktop with as little as $100.

    Focus Markets clients can trade 8 of the most popular indices in the world, allowing them to profit from activity in equity markets around the globe. With equity markets on 4 continents represented, traders can trade nearly 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.

    Globally-regulated

    Multi Jurisdiction Regulation

    Increase your ability to profit in all market conditions
    Leverage options up to 5:1

    Speed-execution

    Lightening speed Execution

    Real-time, transparent share prices
    Control, Functionality and deep liquidity
    Full Market depth

    Advanced-platforms

    Advanced
    Platforms & Technology

    , MT5 with a superior
    client portal

    Customer-support

    24/5 Multilingual Customer Support

    Support & personal account managers

    Global-exposure

    Global Exposure

    Low margins and commission +10,000 products on global stocks across 4 continents

    Earn-dividends

    Earn Dividends

    On long positions
    No ownership of physical shares necessary

    Advantages of Trading Shares CFDs

    The advantage of trading shares is that price movement are those of individual shares which can be more volatile, especially during news announcements, providing the trader with market opportunity. Traders can start trading share CFDs to try and profit from rising and falling share prices.

    How to Start Trading with Focus Markets

    Open an account in less than 3 minutes

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