TRADING CRYPTOCURRENCY CFDS WITH IQ OPTION
Overview:
- Available Cryptocurrencies: +/- 16
- Minimum Deposit: $10
- Minimum Deal: $1
- Max. Crypto Leverage: Up to 1:10
- Special Cryptocurrencies with Fixed Leverage up to x100
- Demo Account: Yes, Unlimited
Cryptocurrencies - A Volatile and Interesting Asset Class
Cryptocurrencies have taken the financial world by storm! This interesting asset class has emerged from basically nowhere to occupy a market capitalization of billions of dollars. And this happened in a really short period of time. In 2009, bitcoin emerged as the grand ‘leader’ of the crypto era, and today, numerous cryptocurrencies are being mined, traded, transferred, etc.
Cryptocurrencies are not all the same; but numerous crypto networks are built on blockchain technology which prevents double-spending by time-stamping transactions and grouping them together in a chain of transaction blocks which means that transactions and the sequence of transactions cannot be altered retroactively without changing the subsequent blocks. Changes can also not be made to blockchains without the consensus of the network.
Looking past the technical aspects of cryptocurrencies, we can say that many of them can be used to do almost instant global payments, they can be speculated with, some cryptos can be mined, many cryptos can be directly purchased with fiat currencies, and, of course, all cryptocurrencies are digital.
Now that we’ve briefly covered some crypto basics, let’s see which cryptos you can trade with IQ Option, and how to access the crypto market with cryptocurrency CFDs (contracts for difference).
Trading Cryptos With IQ Option - A Wide Range Available!
IQ Option offers a good range of cryptocurrencies, which includes most of the big names, like bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, dash, and about 12 others. The number of cryptos offered by IQ Option differs from time to time, but users can expect to see more cryptos added to the list as time goes by.
SOME OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCIES YOU CAN TRADE WITH IQ OPTION.
Different Cryptocurrency Instruments
You may have noticed in the screenshot above that there are two bitcoin instruments - Bitcoin x100 and Bitcoin. The Bitcoin x100 instrument is offered in addition to the standard Bitcoin CFD and can be traded with one leverage setting only: 1:100. This instrument expires every day at a certain time and typically has a much narrower spread than IQ Option’s standard Bitcoin instrument. Because trades on Bitcoin x100 cannot be held overnight, clients do not incur overnight fees when trading it.
IQ Option’s standard Bitcoin CFD can be traded with leverage of up to 1:10, with the other leverage settings being 1:1 (no leverage), 1:3, and 1:5. When trading this instrument with leverage, overnight fees are charged.
Just like the special Bitcoin x100 trading instrument, IQ Option also has special instruments available in stellar (Stellar x20), iota (Iota x20), and neo (Neo x20). These can only be traded with 1:20 leverage and also expire on a daily basis. When Stellar x20, Iota x20, Neo x20, and Bitcoin x100 are traded, any open positions will automatically be closed at the end of the trading day because of their daily expiration. IQ Option’s standard cryptocurrency CFDs don’t expire at all and can be kept open for as long as necessary.
Different Crypto Leverage Settings Available With IQ Option
The standard cryptocurrency CFDs offered by IQ Option don’t all come with the same leverage settings. For example, bitcoin can be traded with the following leverage settings: 1:1 (no leverage), 1:3, 1:5, and 1:10. Some of the less significant cryptos like monero and iota have no leverage available. The range of leverage settings available on the standard crypto CFDs range from 1:1 up to 1:10. Please note that this may change at any time at IQ Option’s discretion.
The special crypto CFDs like Stellar x20, Iota x20, Neo x20, and Bitcoin x100, have 1:20, 1:20, 1:20, and 1:100 leverage, respectively. These leverage settings are fixed.
Clients typically have access to the leverage settings mentioned above, that is, up to 1:10 on standard crypto CFDs and up to 1:100 on special crypto CFDs.
Executing Crypto Trades on IQ Option’s Platform
IQ Option makes trade execution straight-forward. Let’s see how it can be done:
1. Click on the plus button to open the crypto chart of your choice:
2. Choose your investment amount, leverage, stop loss, take profit, and entry price:
Crypto traders who prefer to set stop loss and take profit orders before opening trades, can use the ‘Auto Closing’ function which is displayed in the screenshot above. By using this function, traders can exit a position when the profit or loss reaches a certain percentage, value in money, or price of the asset which is traded:
In this same window, traders can also activate a trailing stop loss as well as a function that enables a drawn down position to be maintained by the trader’s account balance:
To place pending orders at specific prices, traders can click on the ‘Purchase At’ tab at the bottom right of the trading platform:
3. Click ‘Buy’ (green button) for a long position and ‘Sell’ (red button) for a short position.
Other Platform / Crypto Features
Crypt Digest - Staying On Top of Crypto News
Crypto traders will enjoy IQ Option’s Crypto Digest, which is made up off short cryptocurrency news videos. This excellent feature can be accessed directly from IQ Option’s trading platform by doing the following:
• From the list of options on the left of the platform, click ‘More’:
• Then choose ‘Video Tutorials’:
• And then choose ‘Crypto Digest’
Other Traders’ Deals
Have you been curious to know what other people are trading? With forex, CFDs, and cryptocurrency CFDs, you can see ‘Other Traders’ Deals’ right on the chart you’re looking at! To use this feature, simply do the following:
- Open the indicators tab at the bottom left of the platform
- Select ‘Widgets’
- Select ‘Other Traders’ Deals - 3d
- Activate the feature on the assets you prefer (CFDs, forex, Cryptocurrencies)
This is how other traders’ deals are displayed on a crypto chart:
To see more information of each trader’s performance, hover your cursor over the tag on the chart:
Enjoy your trading!