One difference is that trading share CFDs won’t give you ownership of the shares in question, while share dealing will. But share CFDs do enable you to speculate on share prices rising by going long, as well as falling by going short. This isn’t available when investing in shares, but you can profit from upwards movements in a share’s price.
For this reason, CFDs are also more complex financial products, which can be higher risk than investing. This is because, with CFDs, your profits and losses can far outweigh your initial outlay. Remember, we don’t offer investing on our platform.