FxPro Crypto CFDs — Trade the Price, Not the Coin
36 crypto CFDs counted on FxPro’s own MetaTrader 5 server — go long or short, with leverage, last read 2026-07-31. You trade the price; you never own or custody the coins.
Open FxPro Account →FxPro offers cryptocurrency as CFDs — you trade the price movement of coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum without holding the coin itself, and can go long or short. Crypto CFDs trade on the same FxPro Direct account and the same platforms as forex, with no separate wallet. Crypto is not accepted as a funding method.
Crypto CFDs at FxPro
FxPro’s live MetaTrader 5 server carries 36 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
Trading crypto as a CFD rather than owning it
A crypto CFD tracks the price of a coin without you ever holding it. There is no wallet, no private key and no exchange account to secure — the position lives in the same trading account as your forex and index positions.
That also means a position can be opened in either direction. Where owning a coin only pays off if the price rises, a CFD can be sold short, which is the main reason traders use the instrument in falling markets.
The trade-off is that you own nothing. A CFD cannot be moved to a wallet, spent or held long term the way a coin can, and holding one overnight incurs a swap charge.
What crypto volatility does to position size
Crypto moves further in a day than most currency pairs do in a week. The same lot size that is routine on EUR/USD can produce a far larger swing on a crypto CFD, so position size has to be set from the instrument's own range rather than by habit.
Leverage on crypto is normally lower than on major forex pairs for exactly this reason, and spreads are wider. Both are worth checking on the platform before the first trade rather than after it.
Crypto markets also trade through weekends when forex does not, so a position left open on Friday is exposed to moves that happen while other markets are shut.
What crypto position sizing looks like in money
Crypto CFDs are priced the same way as every other instrument on the account — a spread, and on Raw+ and cTrader a $3.50 per lot per side commission — but the volatility behind them is not comparable to a major currency pair. A EUR/USD lot moves in fractions of a pip against a measured 0.2-pip median spread; a crypto CFD can travel several per cent in a session.
That changes what leverage means in practice. Leverage of up to 1:200 is available depending on the instrument, but the constraint that matters is not the maximum on offer — it is the size at which a normal adverse move stays survivable. A position sized as if it were a currency pair is the usual way a crypto CFD account is lost.
One thing worth being explicit about: crypto here is a market you trade, not a way to pay. Accounts are funded with cards, bank wire or e-wallets such as Skrill, Neteller and PayPal from the $100 minimum, and withdrawals return by the same route the money arrived on.
Crypto CFDs at FxPro — the practical facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| What you hold | A CFD on the coin's price — never the coin itself |
| Direction | Long or short, both available |
| Wallet needed | No — the position sits in the trading account |
| Crypto as a funding method | Not accepted; deposits use conventional payment methods |
| Overnight cost | A swap charge applies to positions held overnight |
| Trading hours | Crypto markets run through the weekend, unlike forex |
| Leverage | Lower than on major forex pairs; spreads are wider |
| Minimum deposit | $100 |