Australia's largest broker, IC Markets, yesterday announced the launch of its Stock and Bond CFD trading facility on the Metatrader5 (MT5) platform. The provision of this Stock CFD trading facility further completes the list of financial assets that can be traded by traders on the IC Markets MT5 platform, after previously adding Cryptocurrency CFDs (CryptoCurrency) in addition to regular Forex trading.

Which Stock CFDs Can Be Traded on IC Markets? 

Broker IC Markets has selected the largest and most popular shares on the ASX, NYSE, and NASDAQ stock exchanges, and plans to bring in more shares from other exchanges around the world. Among the stocks currently available are Apple (AAPL.NAS), Amazon.com (AMZN.NAS), Facebook (FB.NAS), Boeing Co (BA.NYSE), Chevron (CVX.NYSE), and many more Again.

Price quotations and order execution on the Stock CFD trading facility at IC Markets are designed to enable traders around the world to profit from the stock market, without the need to purchase the actual asset, and are supported by features such as margin trading. This is ideal for day traders who want to trade at low costs, as well as looking for profit opportunities both when prices increase and decrease.

According to the Director of IC Markets, Angus Walker, in the Press Release regarding the launch of Stock CFDs, the addition of these assets is a step forward for IC Markets to become a multi-asset broker. This is also in line with the company's vision to bridge the gap between retail traders and institutional traders.

What About Bond CFDs?

Shares are sought after by market players when interest rates are low or risk appetite is high. On the other hand, if interest rates are high or risk appetite is low, market players will look for bonds.

IC Markets broker also provides Bond CFDs (Bonds CFD), selected from the most prestigious government bonds around the world, including the United States (10-Year Treasury, 5-Year Treasury, T-Bond), Japan (10-Year JGB), and Europe (Eurobond, Italian Bond). In contrast to ordinary bond trading which requires large capital and only profits if the price increases; To trade Bond CFDs on IC Markets, traders can use flexible lots starting at $1 per point, and profit from both increases and decreases.

Do you also want to take part in targeting profit opportunities from trading CFD Stocks and Bonds? Immediately register with the IC Markets broker.

IC Markets is one of the best and largest brokers in the Australian region that has obtained permission from ASIC. Since its founding in 2007, IC Markets broker continues to provide True ECN trading services for active traders in various types of assets, including Forex, Stock Indices, Commodity CFDs, and Bitcoin. IC Markets' advanced trading tools offer low-latency market connections and superior liquidity, which was previously only available to large investors.