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CFDs Trading Rates and Conditions


Tricom CFD spreads

CFD Currency/
Exchange
Spread Markup Ticket Fee Threshold Ticket Fee*
Helsinki (HSE) +/-0.1% 10,000 10
AUD +/-0.1% 10,000 10
CHF +/-0.1% 15,000 18
DKK +/-0.1% 100,000 65
EUR +/-0.1% 10,000 12
GBP +/-0.1% 8,000 8
JPY +/-0.15% 1,000,000 1,000
NOK +/-0.1% 100,000 65
NZD +/-0.1% 10,000 10
SEK +/-0.1% 100,000 65
SGD +/-0.2% 17,000 17
USD +/-0.1% 10,000 20
AT +/-0.6% 10,000 12

* For CFD trades below the Ticket Fee Threshold, a small ticket fee is added to the trade to cover administration costs as follows:

CFD Margins

Stock CFDs are offered under a number of margin groups with margin requirements that depend on the Market Capitalisation, liquidity and volatility of the stock.

Margin Group Category Minimum margin
Group 1 Indices 5%
Group 2 Low risk stocks 10%
Group 3 Medium risk stocks 15%
Group 4 High risk stocks 25%
Group 5 Very High risk stocks 50%
Group 6 Extreme risk stocks 100%

Refer to CFD Margin Groups for which margin group a particular stock is currently traded under.

You must maintain funds in your account to cover your CFD exposure at all times.

CFD interest and accrual rates

As CFDs are a margined product, you finance the trade value and a financing fee or accrual for every day you hold the CFD after the stock market closes will be charged.

When you buy a CFD, you are subject to a financing charge at the Inter-Bank Offer Rate for the currency in which the share is traded (e.g. LIBOR plus 3%).

When you short sell a CFD, you receive an interest accrual at the Inter-Bank Bid Rate for the currency in which the share is traded (e.g. LIBID minus 2.5%).

If you open and close a CFD position within one trading day, you are not subject to these charges or accruals.

Stock Exchanges for CFDs

Tricom currently offers CFDs on the following exchanges:

Exchange name Country Trading Hours (GMT)
American Stock Exchange (AMEX) * United States of America 13:30 - 20:00
Euronext Amsterdam (AMS) Netherlands 07:00 - 15:25
Australian Stock Exchange Ltd. (ASX) Australia 00:00 - 06:00
Athens Stock Exchange (AT) Greece 08:30 - 13:30
Euronext Brussels (BRU) Belgium 07:00 - 15:25
Copenhagen Stock Exchange (CSE) Denmark 07:00 - 14:50
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) Germany 07:00 - 15:30
Helsinki Stock Exchange (HSE) Finland 07:00 - 15:20
Euronext Lisbon (LISB) Portugal 07:00 - 15:25
London Stock Exchange (LSE) United Kingdom 07:00 - 15:30
London Stock Exchange SETS Market (LSE_SETS) United Kingdom 07:00 - 15:30
Milano Stock Exchange (MIL) Italy 07:05 - 15:25
Nasdaq Global Market (NASDAQ NM) United States of America 13:30 - 20:00
Nasdaq Capital Market (NASDAQ SC) United States of America 13:30 - 20:00
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) United States of America 13:30 - 20:00
Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) Norway 07:00 - 14:20
Euronext Paris (PAR) France 07:00 - 15:25
Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) Singapore 01:00 - 09:00
Sistema De Interconexion Bursatil Espanol (SIBE) Spain 07:00 - 15:30
Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE) Sweden 07:00 - 15:20
Swiss Exchange (SWX) Switzerland 07:00 - 15:30
Tokyo Stock Exchange (TYO) Japan 00:00 - 06:00
Wiener Börse (Vienna) Stock Exchange (VIE) Austria 07:21 - 15:30
Virt-X (VX) Switzerland 07:00 - 15:20

* Due to limited liquidity in the exchange order book, market orders are not supported on this exchange as the fill price can vary considerably from the indicated market price. Use Limit Orders instead to guarantee the minimum price for your order.

Short Selling CFDs

When short selling a CFD directly on an exchange (that we do not market-make), you will be affected by the rules for the stock market in that country. For example:

  • For US CFDs, an up-tick rule applies where you can only short sell on an up-tick.
  • For Australian CFDs, you may experience limitations on the amount of CFDs you can short trade in a single day due to limited borrowing availability in the underlying market.

When short selling CFDs, you can experience forced closure of a position if your CFDs get recalled. The risk is particularly high if the stock becomes hard to borrow due to take overs, dividends, rights offerings (and other merger and acquisition activities) or increased hedge fund selling of the stock.

Partial Fills

Partial fills may occur on limit orders and the remaining amount stays in the market as a limit order and may be filled within the order duration.

Market orders can be filled at numerous levels, the price paid will be the volume weighted average price of all the fills.

The commission and margin rates referred to above may vary from time to time especially for very active or inactive customers. Tricom reserves the right to amend the commission rates, brokerage fees, margin rates and interest rates referred to according to the General Business Terms or Trading Agreement covering the client relationship between Tricom and the Client.

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