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CFD Trading on Australian Stocks
Australian stocks are traded at Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). This exchange as it is today appeared in 2006 after the merger of Australian Stock Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange. ASX is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIS) and is a part of the Asian and Oceanian Federation of Stock Exchanges. It is located in Sidney, New South Wales. Currently more than 2000 Australian stocks and 80 stocks of the foreign issuers are traded there. IFC Markets offers, at the first stage, 77 most traded stocks including BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, Rio Tinto, National Australia Bank and others.

- You can see the information on the current dividends payments and dates in the "Stock CFDs Dividend Dates" page.
- You may see commissions for stocks trading in Commissions table.
- You may see the dates of regular corporate earnings release in Corporate earnings calendar.
- Temporary changes in margin requirements for CFD on several stocks due to corporate events you may see in Stock margin changes table.
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- MetaTrader4 & MetaTrader5: 1:20 (margin 5%)
- On NetTradeX the leverage for Stock CFDs is equal to the trading account leverage (maximum 1:20).
- Commission for one stock - 0.1%
- The minimum commission (NetTradeX, MT4 accounts) - 1 AUD.
- The minimum commission (MT5 accounts) - 1 USD / 1 EUR / 100 JPY
- Holders of long (buy) positions in CFD receive a dividend adjustment equal to the dividend payment amount. When calculating a positive adjustment, a 15% tax is deducted from the amount of the adjustment. When calculating an adjustment, a commission is also possible.
- More details in "Stock CFDs Dividend Dates" page.
You can calculate the result of trading and the margin using the Profit/Loss Calculator and the Margin Calculator. You may see the dates of regular corporate earnings release in Corporate earnings calendar.