Trading

Charges & Fees

• What is the spread and how does it affect your P&L?
• How swaps are calculated on your MT4 account
• How can I get an account statement?
• What is the overnight funding fee?
• Do you charge an inactivity fee?
• Do I need to pay tax on my profits? Should I pay taxes? / How does trading impact my taxes?

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Dividends

• What is a W-8BEN form?
• How do you calculate dividend payouts on equities and indices?
• What are dividend adjustments?
• How are Guaranteed Stops impacted by Dividends?
• On what markets do you pay dividends?
• When do you pay dividends?

Leverage & margin

• What is a margin call?
• Understanding margin calls at 1:1 leverage
• Are the margin close out levels guaranteed?
• What is the maximum leverage available?
• What is leverage (margin) trading?
• Can I lose more than I've invested?

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Markets

• Can we limit your trading on assets?
• Understanding world stock market trading hours
• How our markets are priced
• Does the price on the Capital.com platform differ to other brokers?
• Do you provide real-time prices?
• How can I suggest adding a new market instrument?

Terminology & common questions

• How long can I keep my trade open?
• What is CFD?
• Why is my available balance going down?
• What is a futures contract?
• Why is there a loss when I open a trade?
• What is a market spike?

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Trade orders

• How do I close a position?
• What is price depth?
• What is a market order?
• What is a pending order?
• What is a take-profit order?
• What is a limit order to open?

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