How to Get Started With CFD Trading

Once your MT5 CFD account has been created and funded, you are ready to get started with CFD trading. This article covers the key steps to trading CFDs on Bybit, from reviewing contract specifications to placing trades and viewing your trading history.

How to Check Each Contract’s Specifications
How to Place an Order or Open a Position
How to View Positions & Orders

How to Check Each Contract’s Specifications

On the Bybit App homepage, go to TradFi → CFD and select the contract of your choice. On the Contract page, tap Overview to see all of the necessary information for that specific trading pair.

The description of the contract can be found just below the contract name and will include the fiat currency used for this trading pair. Here are more details on the rest of the information available:

Specification	Notes
Bid/Ask price Spread	The bid and ask prices shown are the last trading prices for the contract. The Spread will show the difference between the bid and the ask prices.
Contract size	The contract size will show the amount of assets included in one contract.
Min lot size Max lot size	The minimum and maximum amount that can be traded in one order for the contract.
Max leverage	The maximum leverage that can be applied when trading the contract.
Step lot size	The step lot size determines the quantity increment that can be used when trading the contract.
Tick size	The tick size determines the price increment that can be used when trading the contract.
Swap type	This will show the category of fees applied when holding long or short positions overnight or longer in financial instruments such as stocks, currencies or commodities.
Swap long/Swap short	The interest paid or received when holding a long (buy) or a short (sell) position overnight. A negative number means that you will pay a Swap fee while a positive number means that you will receive a Swap fee for your position.
3-day swap	Date on which a triple swap is applied to account for the weekend rollover, as markets are closed on Saturdays and/or Sundays.
Margin Requirements	The exposure, expressed in USD, and margin requirements will vary based on the contract. Please note that US Stock CFDs contracts do not have margin requirements.
Local time/GMT+2	You will find the contract’s updated opening and closing times for the week. The information will be shown both in your local time as well as the GMT+2 time. Note: - The GMT+2 time zone will be changed to GMT+3 when Daylight saving starts on the Second Sunday in March at 02:00 AM UTC and will go back to GMT+2 at the end of Daylight saving on the First Sunday in November at 02:00 AM UTC. - Trading availability may also be affected by weekly server maintenance and monthly market holidays. Please refer to here for more information.

Note: A maximum trading exposure limit of 100 million USD is applied to all MT5 CFD accounts and additional trading exposure limits are applied on the following contracts:

Type of Contract	Trading Pair	Trading Limit
Indices	IND50, CHINAH, NETH25,SWI30	1 million USD exposure each
US Stock CFDs	CRCL, BMNR, PSIX, CLS, DAVE, STRL, VRT, FIG, BLSH, TME	400,000 USD exposure

These limits are intended to help protect client accounts from potential market volatility and irregular spread conditions during this period.

How to Place an Order or Open a Position

On the Bybit App CFD trading page, you can open a position in two ways.

Quick Trading

The Quick Trading mode allows you to quickly place market or trigger orders without leaving the Chart tab. In the Settings page, you can select either the Standard mode (for both market and trigger orders) or One-Click Trading mode (for market order only).

By default, the trade bar is set to the Standard mode, and it can be found at the bottom of the trading chart.

To enable the One-Click Trading feature on the Bybit App, go to TradFi → CFD. Under the Chart tab, tap the Settings icon → Order mode, then select One-Click Trading. The trade bar for One-Click Trading is located above the trading chart.

To place an order, tap the Quick Trade bar and configure your order parameters accordingly.

Quick Trading (Standard Mode)

One-Click Trading

Order Zone

You can place both Market and Trigger orders in the order zone, where you can customize each order based on your trading strategy.

You can select your order type to proceed with your trade:

Market order

A market order is an instruction to buy or sell a security immediately at the current market (bid/ask) price.

Buy Market Order: Executes a buy trade at the current ask price.
Sell Market Order: Executes a sell trade at the current bid price.

Traders can choose to input either the Value or the Quantity. The other field will be filled automatically. When entering a Value, the system will automatically calculate the Lots size based on the value amount and minimum lot size requirement.

Trigger Order

Trigger orders are pending order instructions to buy or sell a security at a specified price in the future.

Sell Trigger Order with Price higher than the current bid price will be treated as a Sell Limit Order.
Sell Trigger Order with Price lower than the current bid price will be treated as a Sell Stop Order.
Buy Trigger Order with Price lower than the current ask price will be treated as a Buy Limit Order.
Buy Trigger Order with a Price higher than the current ask price will be treated as a Buy Stop Order.

Traders need to input both the Trigger Price and either the Value or the Quantity in order to place the order. The order will be executed once the market price reaches the trigger price.

The Estimated Margin section, located below the Lots field, displays the estimated margin required for the trade. After entering the Value or Quantity, click Calculate to view the estimated margin requirement. To understand the Margin Calculation for CFD Trading, please refer to the article Margin Calculations on CFD Trading.

Notes:

— Regardless of the order type, slippage may occur due to market volatility or changing liquidity conditions, resulting in an execution price that differs from the displayed or expected price. For more information, please refer to Slippage in CFD Trading.

— The indicative liquidity displayed for each CFD instrument is for reference only and may change based on market conditions. It does not guarantee the volume available for execution at a specific price. For more information, please refer to CFD Indicative Liquidity.

After an order is placed and a position is opened, traders can view their order details and position information at the bottom of the trading page.

How to View Positions & Orders

Below the Order Placement section, you can switch between the Positions and Orders tabs. The Orders tab displays your pending trigger orders, allowing you to review your recent trading activity.

For a complete trading record, tap All Orders in the upper-right corner of this section. On the CFD All Orders page, you can view additional details, including your complete Order History (both completed and canceled orders) and Funding Log, which records all asset transfers into and out of your MT5 CFD account.