Costs and Associated Charges
This page of our website provides information about the costs and associated charges applicable when trading CFDs with TSG brokers. The description of each cost, the methodology used for the calculation of the fees and scenario-based examples can be found in the following sections of this page in order to understand how the fees apply to your account in practice.
*This section is applicable to Retail and Professional Clients. There is no discrimination in the fee calculation methodology between client categorisation.
NOTE: Total trading costs increase proportionally to the volume of the transaction; the higher the trading volume, the higher the cost.
1. Costs and associated charges for the provision of Investment and Ancillary Services
Spread | 'Spread' is the difference between the Sell ("Bid") and Buy ("Ask") price of a particular instrument. The spread that the Company charges you reflects, in part, the spread of the underlying exchange where the underlying asset is traded on, plus a mark-up depending on the trading account type and product. Our spreads are variable and subject to charge upon market conditions. |
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Commission | 'Commission' is the amount charged when Client enters a CFD transaction and is based on the account type and the notional value of the trade. The total commission fee is charged at the opening of the transaction for both sides at once (opening and closing). |
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Overnight Financing Fee (Swaps)
'Overnight Financing Fee (Swaps)' is the fee charged for all positions held open overnight at the end of the daily trading session (22:00GMT and 21:00GMT during DST) and may be subject to credit or debit depending on the prevailing market. The Company applies a 3-day rollover strategy on Wednesday for all positions held open on FX and Metals, a 3-day rollover strategy on Friday for all positions held open on Cryptos, Energies, Indices and Equities. Tripled Swap Explanation: This is an industry standard and is due to the T+2 settlement date of financial instruments to cover the charges incurred by the interbank market over the weekend. Please refer to our website for more information on the swap values.
The swap values are received from the Company's Execution Venues.
Currency Conversion'Currency Conversion for trading' is the exchange rate necessary for converting any realised profits/losses and/or other trading fees when the Client's account currency is different from the quoted currency of the underlying asset being traded. The Company does not apply additional fees for this type of cost. The amounts are converted automatically at the prevailing market prices. 'Currency Conversion for internal transfer' This conversion fee applies only when Clients are transferring funds between accounts with different base currency. Transferring of funds between accounts with different base currency, is subject to exchange rate conversion. The conversion rate used is the ECB reference rate at the date of the transfer.
N/A
Up to 1.5% charge on top of the ECB reference rate
Inactivity Fee: Inactivity fee of €/$ 25 applies only to accounts that remain inactive for a period of 3 months (90 calendar days).
Following that date, the Company reserves the right to charge an inactive/dormant fee of €50 for every month of inactivity for every customer’s account. No fees apply when the free balance equals to zero.
2. Account Types
€ 100 Minimum Deposit
*Your capital is at risk
€ 1000 Minimum Deposit
€ 5,000 Minimum Deposit
€ 25,000 Minimum Deposit
€ 15,000 Minimum Deposit
€ 50,000 Minimum Deposit
3. Calculation Methodology
Spread= (Bid Price – Ask Price) × Volume × Contract Size |
Swap Fee= Swap Long/short Points × Volume × Contract Size × Point Size* × Days |
*The point size depends on the decimal digits of each CFD Instrument. |
Point Size for 5 decimal digits = 0.00001 |
Point Size for 3 decimal digits = 0.001 |
Point Size for 2 decimal digits = 0.01 |
Point Size for 1 decimal digits = 0.1 |
Convesrion fee= market exchange rate + fee |
4. Scenario Based Examples
Forex Trade Cost Summary: EUR/USD
Account Currency: EUR
Account Type: Standard
BID/ASK Price: 1.20352 / 1.20355
Trade Size (Volume x Contract Size): 100,000
Swap (Buy/Long) :-2.34 points
Cost and Associated Charges:
Spread: (1.20355 - 1.20352) × 100,000 = - USD 3.00
Conversion to EUR (3 ÷ 1.20485)= - EUR 2.49
Swap (1st Day): 2.34 × 1 × 100,000 × 0.00001 × 1 =- USD 2.34 = - EUR 1.94
Swap (2st Day): Same as Day 1 =-USD 2.34 = -EUR 1.94
Swap (3rd Day triple swap day): -2.34 × 3 = - USD 7.02
= - EUR 5.82
Total Swap Fee = (-1.94) + (-1.94) + (-5.82) = - EUR 9.7
Total Cost of the transaction = (-2.49) + (-9.7) = -EUR 12.9
Important Notes:
- The spread and commission is one-off cost and charged upon opening of the transaction at once for both operations (open and close).
- The results shown in the calculation been converted from USD to EUR which is the denominated currency of the trading account.
- For the purpose of this example, we assume that the end of day exchange rate is the same for all days.
Account Currency | USD |
BID/ASK Price | USD 1459.72 / 1459.86 (Spread 1.4 pips) |
Trade Size (Volume x Contract Size) | 100 ounces (1 Lot x 100 oz) |
Swap SELL/SHORT | -3.82 points |
Cost and Associated Charges:
Spread: (1459.72– 1459.89) x 100 = -USD 14
Swap (1st Day): -3.82 x 1 x 100 x 0.01 x 1 = -USD 3.82
Swap (2st Day): -3.82 x 1 x 100 x 0.01 x 1 = -USD 3.82
Swap (3rd Day – triple swap day): -3.82 x 1 x 100 x 0.01 x 3 = -USD 11.46
Total Swap Fee = (-3.82) + (-3.82) + (-11.46) = -USD 19.1
Total Cost of the transaction = (-14) + (-19.1) = -USD 33.1
Important Notes:
- The spread and commission is one-off cost and charged upon opening of the transaction at once for both operations (open and close).
- The results shown in the calculation been converted from USD to EUR which is the denominated currency of the trading account.
- For the purpose of this example, we assume that the end of day exchange rate is the same for all days.
Account Currency | EUR |
BID/ASK Price | USD 30,103.8 / 30,105.9 (Spread 2.1 pips) |
Trade Size (Volume x Contract Size) | 1 Index (1 Lot x 1 Indices) |
Swap SELL/SHORT | -65 points |
End of Day Exchange Rate of EUR/USD | 1.20485 |
EURUSD Spot | 1.20385 |
Cost and Associated Charges:
Spread: (30,103.8 – 30,105.9) x 1 (1lot * 1 contract size) = -USD 2.1 => -EUR 1.74 (2.1/(current spot EURUSD) 1.20385
Swap (1st Day): -65 x 1 x 1 x 0.001 x 1 = -USD 0.065 => -EUR 0.053 (-USD 0.065 /1.20485)
Swap (2nd Day): -65 x 1 x 1 x 0.001 x 1 = -USD 0.065 => -EUR 0.053 (-USD 0.065 /1.20485)
Swap (3rd Day – triple swap day): --65 x 1 x 1 x 0.001 x 3 = -USD 0.195 => -EUR 0.161 (-USD 0.195/1.20485)
Total Swap Fee = (-0.053) + (-0.053) + (-0.161) = -EUR
Total Cost of the transaction = (-1.74) + (-0.88) + (-0.12) = -EUR 2.74
Important Notes:
- The spread and commission is one-off cost and charged upon opening of the transaction at once for both operations (open and close).
The results shown in the calculation been converted from USD to EUR which is the denominated currency of the trading account.
For the purpose of this example, we assume that the end of day exchange rate is the same for all days.
Account Currency: USD
BID/ASK Price: USD 110263.84 / 110271.83 (Spread 79.9pips)
Trade Size (Volume x Contract Size): 0.1 Bitcoin (0.1 Lot x 1 Bitcoin)
Swap SELL/SHORT : -20%
Commision : -0.25% per side
Cost and Associated Charges:
Spread: (110263.84 – 110271.83) x 0.1 = -USD 0.79
Swap (1st Day): 0.1 x 110271.92 x 1 x -20% /360 = -USD 6.13
Commision: 0.1 x 110271.92 x 0.25% = USD -27.57
Total Cost of the transaction = (-0.79) + (-6.13)+ (-27.57) = -USD 34.49
Important Notes:
The spread and commission are one-off cost and charged upon opening of the transaction at once for both operations (open and close).
The results shown in the calculation been converted from USD to EUR which is the denominated currency of the trading account.
For the purpose of this example, we assume that the end of day exchange rate is the same for all days
For the calculation of swap charges when are in Percentage terms we are using the End of day rate of the instrument to calculate the swap fee per day.
Account Currency: EUR
Account Type: Expert
BID/ASK Price: EUR 487.19 / 487.31 (Spread 1.2pips)
Trade Size (Volume x Contract Size): 1 LVMH (1 Lot x 1 LVMH)
Swap Long/Buy : -20%
Commission: - 0.12% or 1 EUR minimum per side
Cost and Associated Charges:
Spread: (487.31 – 487.19) x 1 = -EUR 0.12
Swap (1st Day): 1 x 487.31 x 1 x -20% /360 = -EUR 0.27
Commission: 1 x 487.31 x 0.12% = -EUR=0.59
In this case since the commission is less than the minimum of 1 EUR then the commission of 1 EUR will be applied.
Total Cost of the transaction = (-0.12) + (-0.27)+ (-1) = -EUR 1.39
Important Notes:
The spread and commission is one-off cost and charged upon opening of the transaction at once for both operations (open and close).
The results shown in the calculation been converted from USD to EUR which is the denominated currency of the trading account.
For the purpose of this example, we assume that the end of day exchange rate is the same for all days
For the calculation of swap charges when are in Percentage terms, we are using the End of day rate of the instrument to calculate the swap fee per day.