CFD TRADING FOR PROFESSIONALS
A Unique Gateway to Global Energy Trading
Flux Markets moves beyond the traditional focus on Brent and WTI. It empowers you to express and monetise your market views to their fullest potential by opening access to an entirely new ecosystem of previously unavailable markets.
- Unrivalled depth of liquidity across the main global energy benchmarks
- Special rates for experienced traders
- Swift Electronic Execution capabilities on up six prompt tenors for Future and Swap contracts including outrights, geographical and cross-product differentials and time-spreads on crude oil, gasoline, fuel oil, distillates, naphtha and more key global energy benchmarks
- Execution services on the very deferred structure of the curve (up to 18 months) and addition of new contracts upon request
- Live pricing and live update of positions’ mark-to-market: transparency over P&L and margin requirements to allow for unmatched efficiency in risk and cashflow management
- Spread Trades margined as a single position for maximum margin requirement efficiency: we provide off the shelf contracts for the most common spread trades including crack spreads, time spreads, east/west differentials. These are priced and margined as a single contract opposite to traditional trading platforms which require trading into the individual legs
- Dedicated direct communication channel to the dealing desk for trade execution services on markets not available for electronic execution or more complex structured trades.
Get access to our lowest rates
In order to qualify as a professional trader and gain access to the associated benefits, opportunities, and trading advantages, it is necessary to fulfil at least two of the following specific criteria:
- Have you traded leverage derivatives in significant sizes over the last four quarters?
- Have you got a financial instrument portfolio worth over 500k Euros?
- Have you worked in the financial sector, in a professional position requiring knowledge of derivatives trading, for at least a year?
When you register on an account with us, we attempt to automatically identify professional traders. If you think we have misidentified you, please contact us.
Note: Professional traders are not entitled to certain protections offered to retail clients. For further information please refer to our Terms of Business.
Account Types
CFDs
CFD trading allows you to speculate on whether the price of a financial asset will go up or down. This allows you to potentially profit in both rising and falling markets, making a profit if you’re right or a loss if you’re wrong.
CFD trading is particularly attractive because it doesn’t require the same major financial outlay as actually buying the asset you’re speculating on. The price you pay depends on the margin, which is typically a fraction of the asset’s value.
Under UK tax law, CFDs are treated like an investment - meaning profits are subject to capital gains tax, and losses can be offset against profits.
Spread Bets
Spread betting also enables you to predict whether the price of financial instruments will increase or decrease without owning the underlying asset.
Instead of buying or selling the asset itself, you place a bet on the direction of its price movement. Your profit or loss is determined by how far the market moves in your favour or against you, measured in points.
Under UK tax law, profits from spread betting are not subject to capital gains tax, and losses cannot be offset against profits.