CFD trading — get access to major stock markets online

Access to high liquidity market 24/5

Appreciate the absence of depositary costs

Diversify your portfolio quickly and easily

Use familiar mechanics — make speculative margin transactions

Potential profit with stocks of major companies that you use every day

Imagine yourself being a shareholder of Facebook or Gazprom. Each day of holding a CFD brings you tangible earnings from asset growth; moreover, with CFDs on US stocks you can earn dividends! There are no costs arising from acquisition and ownership of the assets. You can hold your assets for many years without any fees and with no need to perform any additional transactions. When the market is highly liquid, you can sell the assets and withdraw the accumulated earnings.

You can earn income on the difference between the share prices of major international companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft. You also have the opportunity to benefit from CFDs for shares of VTB, Gazprom, Lukoil, Sberbank, and many other core companies of the Russian economy with high growth potential. In addition, CFDs on commodity market products, including oil, gold, silver, copper and major stock indices, such as Dow Jones, DAX, NASDAQ, S&P, as well as other dynamic instruments are at your disposal. Contracts for Difference (CFD) provide an investment opportunity for amounts starting at $100 by using leverage of 1:20 from Alfa-Forex.

Select the appropriate CFD instrument

Shares of global companies Shares of Russian companies Commodity market Stock indices

Expand your opportunities with access to global markets

CFDs on shares of international companies provide a unique opportunity to benefit from access to global stock markets without having large amounts to trade. Today, US and European stock markets are the leaders in terms of capitalization and liquidity of securities. No economy in the world has so many companies conducting IPOs each year as the United States.

How to get the maximum return from your investments in major stock markets?

As for the European stock markets, they are characterised by their stability and lower volatility, which allows you to make long-term investment forecasts. At Alfa-Forex, the terms of CFDs stand out favorably with their low margin requirements and possibility to indefinitely hold a contract without paying any fees.

The main argument for trading on the Russian stock market today is its high growth potential in the coming years. Such issuers as Alfa-Bank, VTB, Gazprom, Lukoil, Sberbank, and many other core issuers of the Russian economy have tremendous growth potential as they are currently undervalued. In contrast to established markets, the capitalization of the Russian market will in the long-term become higher by an order of magnitude.

Alfa-Forex offers you access to trading in the most liquid and fast-growing Russian issuers. The list of instruments available for trading is constantly growing, and trading terms are becoming increasingly flexible.

Trade in natural resources and precious metals online.

Oil, gold, silver, copper, and even fuel oil! Make profits with minimal risk by using the leverage from Alfa-Forex in transactions on commodity markets.

Today, any operations on commodity markets are as easy as transactions with currency pairs or stocks. CFD transactions on commodity markets provide the same return on investment as direct purchases, while you have access to all the benefits of trading Contracts for Difference. The most important among these benefits is the low entry threshold for investment as a result of low requirements for collateral and the amount of transaction. This provides an easy opportunity to invest in exchange-traded commodities.

In Alfa-Forex, the terms of CFDs stand out favorably with their low margin requirements and allow to trade in the most liquid natural resources and precious metals. The list of instruments available for trading is constantly growing, and trading terms are becoming increasingly flexible.FF

Just imagine a number of functions in a versatile instrument, such as a good Swiss Army knife. Now think about how you can get a similarly versatile instrument for trading. Today, this is very simple as CFDs on futures and stock indices provide you with such a versatile instrument. It combines all the advantages of CFDs, including the leverage and low costs, with convenience of trading. You can add futures contracts to this with delivery on a future date. As a result, you have at your disposal an instrument to obtain profit both on rising and falling markets of major stock exchanges.

Today, the dynamics of indices in the largest countries of the world creates serious investment opportunities for a trader. How not to miss any opportunities on the market?

By using CFDs on stock indices or futures, you can trade at current prices in real time. At your disposal are the most dynamic stock indices of the world, including US SPX representing 500 largest NSE companies, and NASDAQ which represents 75% of the capitalization of the US stock market, or LSE, the British index of 100 top companies trading on the London Stock Exchange, as well as the indices of largest European countries, Asia, Far East, and even Australia. The indices of all the countries playing an important role in the global economy are available to you.

The terms of trading stock index CFDs offered by Alfa-Forex compare favorably in terms of their low margin requirements as a result of 1÷20 leverage. Increase your returns with the opportunity to use the leverage!

Example of CFD deal for BRENT oil

Oil prices are extremely sensitive to the news: data on reserves in the U.S., statistics of world consumption, geopolitics in the middle East and OPEC actions always cause high volatility.

Consider the profit potential for Brent oil: on March 22, the oil reserves in the U.S. were significantly higher than analysts had expected. Increasing the reserves means a decrease in demand and the price of oil logically reacted with a decrease to the level at 49.67 – at least for the last few months. But then the tensions in Syria and the fear of supply restriction began to push the market up and, by April 12, the price reached $ 56.61 per barrel.

Potential profit of 135% for less than a month

Let us assume that you bought 2 lots of Brent oil for $9 934 when the oil price dropped to $49.67 (1 lot is equal to 100 barrels). When the asset price rose to $56.61 per barrel, your lots were worth $11 322. If you had closed the position, you could have received $1 388 from that deal. However, if the prices dropped below $49.67, the deal could have resulted in losses.

Deposit 1000 $

Leverage 1:10

Max. position 10 000 $

Lot price 22.03 49.67 $

Position 9 934 $

Lot price 12.04 56.61 $

Position 11 322 $

Income 1 388 $

Benefits of Contracts for Difference (CFD)
at Alfa-Forex

More than 100 CFD instruments for effective earnings, including shares of major Russian and international companies, metals, natural resources, and energy

Leverage of up to 1:20 — you have the chance to increase the potential return on your transactions by trading under the effect of leverage

Dividend payment — quarterly dividends are paid to owners of the US shares

How to become a client

Open
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account in a convenient way

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Start trading
in the Forex market

Open an account

Your capital is at risk. Please trade wisely.

Trading Terms on CFD

Contract Specifications Margin Requirements Dividends on Equities

Instrument	Symbol	Spread	Contract size	Limit&Stop levels, points	Long swap****	Short swap****	Expiration
Stock Indices
US Wall Street 30 index	DJI	500	1 stock index contract	3	-120	-120	n/a
UK 100 Index	FTS	300	1 stock index contract	3	-50	-50	n/a
Commodities
Brent Crude Oil Futures	LCO	0,05	100 barrels	3	0	0	01.10.2018
Equities RU
ВТБ	VTB	0,00021	100 000 shares	3	-1.6	-1.6	n/a
Газпром	GZP	0,31	100 shares	3	-3.5	-3.5	n/a
Сбербанк	SBR	0,21	100 shares	3	-5.3	-5.3	n/a
Новатэк	NVT	1,01	10 shares	3	-17.9	-17.9	n/a
Ростелеком	RTK	0,21	100 shares	3	-1.9	-1.9	n/a
Лукойл	LKO	4,1	5 stock	3	-8.6	-8.6	n/a
Роснефть	RSN	0,51	50 shares	3	-8.8	-8.8	n/a
ГМК Норникель	GMK	3	1 shares	3	-3	-3	n/a
Северсталь	SVR	0,2	10 shares	3	-2.5	-2.5	n/a
Магнит	MGN	3	1 shares	3	-20.8	-20.8	n/a
Сургутнефтегаз	SGT	0,205	500 shares	3	-8.2	-8.2	n/a
МТС	MTS	0,25	50 shares	3	-7.9	-7.9	n/a
РусГидро	RGD	0,0021	10 000 shares	3	-2.2	-2.2	n/a
НЛМК	NLM	0,2	100 shares	3	-3.7	-3.7	n/a
Транснефть	TRN	50	1 shares	3	-50.5	-50.5	n/a
Уралкалий	URK	0,25	100 shares	3	-3.6	-3.6	n/a
Татнефть	TNF	0,25	50 shares	3	-12.1	-12.1	n/a
АЛРОСА	ALR	1,36	100 shares	3	-2.2	-2.2	n/a
Мегафон	MFN	21	10 shares	3	-0.2	-0.2	n/a
Магнитогорский Металлургический Комбинат	MMK	0,328	1 000 shares	3	-12.1	-12.1	n/a
Сбербанк а.п.	SBP	0,21	100 shares	3	-4.4	-4.4	n/a
МосБиржа	MOX	1,03	100 shares	3	-3.2	-3.2	n/a
Сургутнефтегаз а.п.	SGP	0,905	500 shares	3	-8.2	-8.2	n/a
Аэрофлот	AFL	0.25	100 shares	3	-4.5	-4.5	n/a
ФСК ЕЭС	FSK	0,20	100 000 shares	3	-4.4	-4.4	n/a
Equities UK
Anglo American	AAL	0,042	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Barclays	BRC	0,042	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
BHP Biliton	BLT	0,087	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Glencore Intl.	GLN	0,087	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
HSBC Holdings	HSB	0,043	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Rio Tinto	RIO	0,087	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Royal Bank of Scotland	RBS	0,042	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Standard Charted	STN	0,087	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a
Vedanta Resources	VED	0,042	100 shares	3	0	0	n/a

Alfa-Forex reserves the right to adjust the spread value depending on the market situation—that is, in periods of increased volatility and/or limited liquidity on the market.
These specifications apply both to MetaTrader5 and MetaTrader4 trading platforms.
During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, swap is charged in a triple amount.

* Spread has a floating value, the table indicates the minimum spread for the instrument.
**** The swap value may vary depending on traded currencies central bank rates, interbank offer rates and competitors' swap costs.

Instrument	Symbol	Leverage**** / Stop Out Level
Instrument	Symbol	«Equity***» below $50 000	«Equity***» from $50 000 to $2 000 000	«Equity***» from $200 000 to $2 000 000	«Equity***» above $2 000 000
Stock Indices
US Wall Street 30 index	DJI	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
UK 100 Index	FTS	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
Commodities
Brent Crude Oil Futures	LCO	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
Equities RU
VTB	VTB	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Gazprom	GZP	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Sberbank	SBR	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Novatek	NVT	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Rostelecom	RTK	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Lukoil	LKO	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Rosneft	RSN	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
GMK Nornikel	GMK	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Severstal	SVR	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Magnit	MGN	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Surgutneftegaz	SGT	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
MTS	MTS	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
RusHydro	RGD	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
NLMK	NLM	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
TransNeft	TRN	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Moscow Exchange	MOX	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Uralkali	URK	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Tatneft	TNF	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
ALROSA	ALR	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Megafon	MFN	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine	MMK	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Sberbank preferred share	SBP	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Surgutneftegaz preferred share	SGP	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Aeroflot	AFL	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
FSK	FSK	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 20%
Equities UK
Anglo American	AAL	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
Barclays	BRC	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 30%	1:1 / 40%
BHP Biliton	BLT	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 30%	1:1 / 40%
Glencore Intl.	GLN	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
HSBC Holdings	HSB	1:20 / 20%	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 30%	1:3 / 40%
Rio Tinto	RIO	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 30%	1:1 / 40%
Royal Bank of Scotland RBS	RBS	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 30%	1:1 / 40%
Standard Charted	STN	1:10 / 20%	1:5 / 20%	1:2 / 30%	1:1 / 40%
Vedanta Resources	VED	1:2 / 20%	1:1 / 20%	1:1 / 30%	1:1 / 40%

These specifications apply both to MetaTrader5 and MetaTrader4 trading platforms.
Stop Out level is activated at the first market price when the margin is below the specified level.

* With these parameters, the leverage can be changed at any time convenient for Alfa-Forex.
** These specifications apply only to MetaTrader5 trading platform.
*** Is calculated according to the total Equity of all trading accounts in a Personal area.
**** According to the requirements of Cyprus Securities and Exchange commissions (CySEC), the following trading conditions are effective for the clients that passed the regulators questionnaire. You may pass the questionnaire inside client''s Personal area.

Company issuer	Ticker	Dividend ExDate*	The amount of dividend**
Glencore Intl.	GLN	06.09.2018	0.1
НЛМК	NLM	19.06.2018	2.9232
MMK	MMK	11.06.2018	0.70122
Microsoft Corp.	MSF	16.05.2018	0.42
МосБиржа	MOX	14.05.2018	4.7589
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	WMT	10.05.2018	0.52
Intel	INT	04.05.2018	0.3
Antofagasta	ANT	26.04.2018	0.406
Verizon Communications	VZN	09.04.2018	0.59
MasterCard	MAC	06.04.2018	0.25
American Express Group	AXS	05.04.2018	0.35
Cisco Systems	CSO	04.04.2018	0.33
Philip Morris International	PHM	21.03.2018	1.07
Anglo American	AAL	15.03.2018	0.54
American International Group	AIG	14.03.2018	0.32
Merck & Co	MRK	14.03.2018	0.48
Coca Cola Co.	CCE	14.03.2018	0.39
Viacom	VIA	14.03.2018	0.2
Hewlett-Packard	HPQ	13.03.2018	0.1393
FedEx	FDX	09.03.2018	0.5
Standard Charted	STN	08.03.2018	0.11
General Motors	GMC	08.03.2018	0.38
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	08.03.2018	0.75
The Travelers Companies	TRV	08.03.2018	0.72
BHP Biliton	BLT	08.03.2018	0.55
Home Depot	HDN	07.03.2018	1.03
Nike Inc.	NKE	02.03.2018	0.2
Bank of America	BAC	01.03.2018	0.12
Rio Tinto	RIO	01.03.2018	1.2943
Barclays	BRC	01.03.2018	0.02
McDonalds’s Corp.	MCD	28.02.2018	1.01
Goldman Sachs Group	GSG	28.02.2018	0.75
DuPont	DUP	27.02.2018	0.38
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	26.02.2018	0.84
General Electric Co.	GEC	23.02.2018	0.12
HSBC Holdings	HSB	22.02.2018	0.07641
VISA	VIS	15.02.2018	0.21
United Technologies	UTX	15.02.2018	0.7
3M Co	MMM	15.02.2018	1.36
Chevron	CVX	15.02.2018	1.12
Exxon Mobil Corp.	XOM	09.02.2018	0.77
Apple Computer Inc.	APL	09.02.2018	0.63
IBM	IBM	08.02.2018	1.5
Boeing Co.	BOE	08.02.2018	1.71
Starbucks	SBX	07.02.2018	0.3
Citigroup	CIT	02.02.2018	0.32
Pfizer	PFE	01.02.2018	0.34
Wells Fargo	WFC	01.02.2018	0.39
Morgan Stanley	MST	30.01.2018	0.25
Ford	FRD	29.01.2018	0.15
Caterpillar	CAT	19.01.2018	0.78
Procter & Gamble	PNG	18.01.2018	0.6896
eBay	EBA	11.01.2018	0.375
Oracle	ORL	09.01.2018	0.19
Time Warner	TWX	09.01.2018	0.4025
AT&T	ATT	09.01.2018	0.5
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	04.01.2018	0.56
Татнефть	TNF	21.12.2017	27.78
Лукойл	LKO	21.12.2017	85
Walt Disney	DIS	08.12.2017	0.84
АФК Система	AFK	07.12.2017	0.68
Северсталь	SVR	04.12.2017	35.61
PepsiCo	PEP	30.11.2017	0.805
Vedanta Resources	VED	24.11.2017	0.24

* In order to receive dividends must take a position not later than the day preceding the date of fixing the registry.

** If there is an open position "Buy" on the day of registry fixing the amount of dividends accrued on the trading account. If there is an open position "Sell" - the amount of the dividend is deducted from your account. In accordance with US law, amount of dividend paid CFD for US stocks, 30% as income tax.

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