Trading Crypto CFDs — the Contract FxPro UAE
A crypto CFD is an agreement to exchange the price difference of a digital asset. Nothing is delivered and nothing is stored on your side.
Open FxPro Account →Crypto CFDs at FxPro
FxPro’s live MetaTrader 5 server carries 37 crypto CFDs — Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major coins traded as contracts for difference. A crypto CFD tracks the coin’s price, so you can go long or short with leverage on the same MT5, MT4, cTrader and FxPro Edge platforms you use for forex. You hold price exposure only — never the coin itself.
- Trade both directions — go long as prices rise or short as they fall.
- Leveraged: a smaller margin controls a larger position — it magnifies losses as well as gains.
- No coin to hold, move or take delivery of — the CFD is cash-settled on the price.
- Traded alongside forex, indices, metals and shares from one account.
What it costs and what to check
Your cost on a crypto CFD is the spread plus any overnight swap if you hold past the rollover. Crypto is highly volatile, so spreads widen faster than on the majors and price gaps are common — size positions and stops with that in mind. For the exact live spread and margin on a specific coin, check it in your platform; the measured tables on this site currently cover the FX majors and gold.
Open FxPro Account →Before you trade crypto CFDs
- Leverage on crypto is usually lower than on FX majors — confirm the margin in your platform.
- Crypto trades around the clock, so a position can move sharply while you are away; use stops.
- High volatility can hit your stop-out fast — keep a margin buffer.
- A CFD carries no coin ownership, staking or voting — it is price exposure only.
Risk warning
How a crypto CFD differs from a currency pair
| Currency pair | Crypto CFD | |
|---|---|---|
| Settlement | Cash difference | Cash difference |
| Typical daily range | Smaller | Considerably larger |
| Margin required | Lower | Higher for the same nominal |
| Session limits | Follows currency sessions | Quoted outside them |
| Costs | Spread, commission, swap | Spread, commission, swap |