Professionals

What are retail clients?

Retail clients are normal people who want to speculate on the markets and have a good understanding of the risks involved and how leveraged trading works. The regulators ensure that normal people have their margin capped (so they cannot inadvertently get too much exposure to the market) and also have negative balance protection in place, which means you cannot lose more than the money in your account.

What are professional clients?

For clients that are more experienced, some brokers offer the option to apply for a “professional account”. Professional trading accounts offer greater leverage (so you can trade more with less), and in some cases, discounted fees. However, there are disadvantages to them as some do not come with negative balance protection. To qualify to trade with professional trading accounts, you will have to prove that you can answer yes to two of these questions:

  1. 1. Has your trading averaged 10 significantly-sized leverage transactions per quarter over the last 4 quarters?
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  3. 2. Do you have a financial instrument portfolio, including cash deposits, exceeding €500,000?
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  5. 3. Have you worked in the financial sector in a professional position, requiring knowledge of derivatives trading, for at least a year?

Are you eligible for Professional Account?

Professional Account is suitable for experienced investors with in-depth knowledge of the risks involved in trading CFDs. To be eligible you must meet at least two of the following three criteria:

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Trading volume

You must have carried out significantly large transactions, in the relevant market, on average 10 per quarter over the previous four quarters.
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Professional experience

You have worked in the financial sector for at least a year in a professional position which requires knowledge of the transactions envisaged.
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Financial portfolio

The size of your financial instrument portfolio, including cash deposits and financial assets, must exceed €500,000.