Plus500 offers its Professional Customers most of the protections offered to Retail Customers at no additional cost.
Please be Aware: leverage amplifies investor losses and gains; High leverage magnifies the costs of investment in respect of spreads and financing charges; Higher volumes of trading will result in increasing trading costs.
| Instruments Category | Retail Account | Professional Account |
|---|---|---|
| Forex | 1:30 | 1:300 |
| Indices | 1:20 | 1:300 |
| Commodities | 1:20 | 1:150 |
| Shares | 1:5 | 1:20 |
| Options | 1:5 | 1:5 |
| ETFs | 1:5 | 1:100 |
| Crypto | 1:2 | 1:20 |
| Criteria | Retail Account | Professional Account |
|---|---|---|
| Client Money Protection | ||
| Negative Balance Protection | ||
| Best execution for orders | ||
| Clear and transparent information | ||
| Financial Services Compensation Scheme | ||
| Access to FOS | - |
When Selling €15K of EUR/USD CFD at a Sell rate of 1.1750:
Clients who meet at least 2 of the following 3 criteria are eligible:
You have performed an average of at least 10 transactions per quarter, of significant size, over the previous four quarters on the relevant market1 (with Plus500 and/or other providers).
You will not be required to deposit this amount.
The size of your financial instrument portfolio2 exceeds €500,000.
You work/have worked in the financial sector, for at least one year in a professional position which requires knowledge of the related transactions or services.
1 Relevant Market - OTC Derivatives such as Leveraged CFDs, Forex, Spread Betting.
2 Financial instruments portfolio includes shares, derivatives (only cash deposits made to fund/profits realised from investing in derivatives), debt instruments and cash deposits. It does not include property portfolios, direct commodity ownership or notional values of leveraged instruments.
