Stock trading platform: calculate your trade before you click

Apple reports its results on Thursday evening, Tesla the following week: that is often when people look for a stock trading platform. Not to buy shares and hold them for ten years, but to take a position, up or down, around an announcement, with a cost known in advance. RaiseFX, a broker regulated by the FSCA, gives access to 180 stock CFDs on the MetaTrader 5 platform, with no commission and with 1:10 leverage.

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Risk warning: CFDs are complex instruments. Leverage can amplify your losses as well as your gains, and an unfavorable move in the price can lead to the rapid loss of your stake. This information does not constitute investment advice.

1:500

Leverage

500+

Assets

25+

Years of experience

100€

Minimum deposit

Calculate your stock trade before opening the order

Rather than yet another ranking of the "best platforms", this page has you calculate your trade before you click: the margin blocked, the entry cost, the swap for each night and what a 5% move in the price does to your capital.
Enter the stock price, the number of shares and the planned holding period. The calculator applies the RaiseFX terms on stock CFDs: 1:10 leverage, 0 commission, fixed swap per night. The spread and the swap can be read in MetaTrader 5, "Market Watch" window, right-click on the stock then "Specifications".

Calculator · RaiseFX stock CFDs

Your trade, priced before the order

read it in MT5 · Market Watch

MT5 · Specifications · swap long / short

Position value

$2,000.00

Margin required (leverage 1:10)

$200.00

Commission

$0.00

Entry cost (spread)

to fill in

Swaps over the period

to fill in

Gross result if the price moves 5%

$100.00

Estimated net result

$100.00

That is, relative to your margin

50.0%

Indicative simulation, excluding EUR/USD exchange-rate changes. Losses can exceed the margin if leverage works against you.

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The last line is the most important: with 1:10 leverage, a 5% move in the price represents 50% of the margin committed. This is the figure to look at before validating an order, not the hoped-for gain.

Available stocks: choose your stock

The catalog includes 180 stocks, listed mainly on Wall Street and on the major European exchanges. Each stock has its own page: price to follow, earnings dates, trading conditions and the risks specific to the stock.

US Tech

Automotive

Media & entertainment

Healthcare

Telecoms

China

Other available markets

Trading a stock as a CFD: what you are really buying

A CFD (contract for difference) on a stock is a contract made with your broker: you exchange the difference between the opening price and the closing price of your position, multiplied by the number of shares. You do not become a shareholder: no voting right, no share registered in a securities account.
In return, the CFD allows two things that a conventional purchase of stocks does not: taking a short position as easily as a long one, and tying up only a margin, 10% of the position value at RaiseFX, instead of the full amount.

Stock trading conditions at RaiseFX

At RaiseFX, there is only one type of account, the same for all clients: no "premium" offer reserved for large deposits. The cost of a stock trade is made up of the spread, with no commission at all, and a fixed swap if the position stays open overnight.
Leverage on stock CFDs is 1:10, versus 1:500 on Forex: this is deliberate, as stocks move more than a major currency pair. The account can be opened from a 100 € deposit.

Stock CFD or buying stocks in a securities account?

The two do not meet the same need. To invest over several years, receive dividends and vote at the general meeting, you buy the stock in a securities account or a PEA. To take a position over a few days around an event (earnings, product announcement, rate decision), the CFD is more flexible.
Stock CFD (RaiseFX)Stock in a securities account
What you holdA contract on the price differenceThe stock itself
Short positionYes, with one sell orderNo (except specific products)
Capital committed10% of the position (1:10 leverage)100% of the position
CostsSpread + fixed swap per night, 0 commissionBrokerage fees + possible custody fees
Dividends · voting rightNo dividend paid; possible adjustment on the ex-dividend date · no voteDividend paid · voting right
Suitable horizonA few hours to a few weeksSeveral months to several years
Maximum riskCan exceed the margin committed if leverage works against youLimited to the amount invested

How to choose a stock trading platform: 6 criteria to check

Comparison sites rank platforms; they do not trade for you. Here are the six points to check yourself with any broker, and where to find them at RaiseFX.
CriterionTo check with any brokerAt RaiseFX
RegulationLicense number verifiable on the regulator's registerFSCA license FSP 50506, FSCA-regulated broker
Total costSpread + commission + swap, not just "0 € in fees"0 commission, spread displayed live, spreads and commissions
Overnight costSwap calculable before the orderFixed swaps, not tied to rates, table of fixed swaps
LeverageLeverage suited to the volatility of stocks1:10 on stock CFDs, leverage by asset
PlatformStop Loss / Take Profit orders, charts, mobileMetaTrader 5: 60+ indicators, 9 timeframes, MetaTrader 5
WithdrawalsPayment methods and processing times publishedCard, bank transfer, crypto, deposits and withdrawals

Trading a stock around its quarterly earnings

Earnings releases are among the most turbulent sessions of the year for a stock. For large US stocks, they often take place after the Wall Street close (22:00, Paris time): the price may then open the next day with a "gap", far above or below the previous day's close.
Practical consequence: a Stop Loss order is only executed at the first available price, sometimes far from the level set. Reducing the position size before the announcement, or waiting for the market's reaction at the open, are two ways of keeping the risk within what you calculated above.

The risks of stock CFD trading

Leverage multiplies losses as much as gains: at 1:10, a 10% fall in the price wipes out the entire margin of a long position. A stock can also open with a gap after an announcement and skip over your Stop Loss. Swaps add up every night the position stays open.
Only commit amounts whose loss would not endanger your situation, and read the legal documents before your first order.
Risk warning: CFDs are complex instruments. Leverage can amplify your losses as well as your gains, and an unfavorable move in the price can lead to the rapid loss of your stake. This information does not constitute investment advice.

Open your account and place your first order in 3 steps

01

Create your RaiseFX account online.

02

Verify your identity

the procedure takes about two minutes and is a condition for your future withdrawals.

03

Fund your account

(deposits and withdrawals by card, bank transfer or crypto), install MetaTrader 5 on Windows, Mac, iOS or Android and look for the stock's symbol in "Market Watch".

Frequently asked questions about stock trading

The one whose regulation you can verify and whose total cost you can calculate before the order. At RaiseFX, the FSCA license FSP 50506 can be verified on the regulator's register, and the calculator on this page works out margin, spread and swap for your position.

Reliability can be verified: regulation, segregation of client funds, identification procedure and published withdrawals. RaiseFX is regulated by the FSCA, segregates its clients' funds from its own funds and verifies identity before any withdrawal. Details on the About page.

Yes, the minimum deposit is 100 €. With 1:10 leverage, 100 € of margin opens a position of about 1,000 € on a stock, and a 10% move in the price can use up the entire margin.

Yes. With CFDs, opening a short position is done like a purchase, in a single order: you win if the price falls and you lose if it rises.

No commission: the cost is built into the spread. A fixed swap is added for each night the position stays open; it is displayed in the instrument specifications on MetaTrader 5.

No, the CFD does not pay a dividend. An adjustment may be applied to open positions on the ex-dividend date, according to the stock's specifications in MetaTrader 5.

During the opening hours of their market: from 15:30 to 22:00, Paris time, for Wall Street. The exact hours for each stock are shown in MetaTrader 5.

Yes, gains made must be declared according to the tax rules of your country of residence. Contact a tax advisor: RaiseFX does not provide tax advice.
Do the math, then decide.

A stock trading platform is judged on three figures you can verify before opening the order: the margin blocked, the entry cost and the cost of each night. At RaiseFX, they fit on a single line (1:10 leverage, 0 commission, fixed swap) across 180 US and European stocks.

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