Learn to trade with City Index

For those new to CFD trading, we offer a comprehensive educational program through our series of guides, seminars and our Trading Academy.

Trading Guides

Our Trading Platform Guide (PDF) explains how to make the most of our trading platform. In these downloadable guides you can read about:

placing trades
placing orders - stop losses, limit orders, contingent orders, and more
monitoring and managing your account, and
accessing information through the trading platform

Seminars

We offer a series of free trading seminars to our clients that cover specific areas of trading. Find out more about our seminars, and how you can sign up to attend.

Demo account

Test your trading skills with a demo account. When you sign up, you will receive $10,000 of virtual cash to practice your trading with. It's a great way to familiarise yourself with our trading platform, and to get used to working with live markets.

Learn more about our demo account here.

Introductory trading period: learn to trade with our Trading Academy

We offer an eight-week training program for new traders, with the aim of gently introducing novices to the intricacies of CFD trading. For eight weeks after first funding your account you will receive the following trading benefits:

No commission on CFD trades for trades under $1000 face value.
Minimum trade sizes of 1.
Access the full market range enjoyed in the Standard Account.
Free eight week educational course - downloadable as course notes from the trading platform.

City Index Limited (ABN 33 072 653 468) holds the Australian Financial Services Licence number 336957.
You should read and consider our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) before making any decision to deal in City Index products, which are derivatives. Derivatives can be highly leveraged; they can carry a high level of risk, and are not suitable for all investors.