No. Trading 212 publishes no UK spread betting product and no route to open a spread betting account, checked on 22 Sep 2026. The UK firm behind the brand is Trading 212 UK Ltd (FRN 609146), and its site lists Invest, ISA, SIPP, CFDs and Card, with the card issued by Paynetics UK Ltd.
UK firm behind the brand: Trading 212 UK Ltd (FRN 609146)
Our spread bet content is supported by broker partners, who pay us on a retainer basis rather than per referral.
What Trading 212 Offers Instead
Trading 212 is an authorised UK firm and a real broker.
The nearest thing it runs is contracts for difference. A CFD is leveraged, priced in a spread, and settled in cash against the movement of an underlying market, which makes it the closest cousin spread betting has.
How Spread Betting And CFDs Differ
Both are leveraged derivatives, both are priced in a spread, and neither gives you the underlying asset.
How spread betting and CFDs, including at Trading 212, differ on Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty and ownership of the underlying.
Spread betting
CFDs, including at Trading 212
Capital Gains Tax
Outside the scope of CGT for most UK retail traders
Within the scope of CGT for a UK individual
Stamp Duty
None
None
Ownership of the underlying
None
None
Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and can change, so you should seek professional tax advice if you are unsure. Our page on spread betting and tax covers the conditions under which the exemption stops applying, and spread betting versus CFD trading compares the two products in full.
What Other Review Sites Say About Trading 212
These are Trading 212’s ratings on the platforms below, each read on the date shown and stated in that platform’s own scale.
Trading 212 rated on each third-party platform, with the rating scale, the volume of ratings and the date we read it.
Trading 212’s Trustpilot profile, captured 1 Oct 2026. We re-read these ratings every month, so the figure in the table is the one the platform displayed on that capture date.Trading 212’s Apple App Store listing, captured 1 Oct 2026. We re-read these ratings every month, so the figure in the table is the one the platform displayed on that capture date.Trading 212’s Google Play listing, captured 1 Oct 2026. We re-read these ratings every month, so the figure in the table is the one the platform displayed on that capture date.
Where To Spread Bet Instead Of Trading 212
These are the three highest-scoring accounts in our ranking that you can open today, in score order. The order is the ranking’s own and does not change from page to page. Our scores are set on the criteria we publish and are never influenced by what a broker pays us. The list below is therefore the same list you will find on our spread betting platforms ranked by score.
65% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider.
Your capital is at risk. This page is not financial or tax advice.
How We Picked Those Three
They are the top three of the fourteen accounts in our ranking, in score order, with nothing else applied. The same three appear on every page of ours that asks this question.
Each carries the spreads we read from the broker’s own site, re-read each month, where it publishes a figure for spread betting. Our directory of UK spread betting reviews has the full list, including the brands that no longer offer the product. Our comparison page carries the ranked spread betting platforms, set against each other on cost and platform.
Between 60.7% and 76.6% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with the providers we compare.
Spread betting is leveraged and losses can exceed the amount you set out to risk on a bet. This page is not financial or tax advice.
Your Experience With Trading 212
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Reviews are never paid for and never edited for a broker.
Trading 212 Spread Betting FAQs
Did Trading 212 Ever Offer Spread Betting?
No record we have read shows a Trading 212 spread betting product, and its site shows none today. In its community forum, a member replied to a 2020 request with "CFD only, no spread betting."; that member was not Trading 212 staff.
Why Does Trading 212 Not Offer Spread Betting?
Trading 212 gives no reason on its homepage, in its learn article on spread betting or in its community forum thread on the subject. Several FCA-authorised brokers in our ranking run both spread betting and CFDs, while Trading 212 runs CFDs and no spread betting.
Is CFD Trading Taxed Differently From Spread Betting In The UK?
Yes, and the difference is Capital Gains Tax. Profits on contracts for difference are within the scope of CGT for a UK individual, while spread betting profits fall outside it for most retail traders. Neither product attracts Stamp Duty, because neither transfers ownership of the underlying share. Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and can change, so you should seek professional tax advice if you are unsure.
Justin Grossbard co-founded Spread-Bet.co.uk with Noam Korbl in 2024, and co-founded the broker comparison network CompareForexBrokers with him in 2014. He has written for Kiplinger, Entrepreneur, Finance Magnates and MoneyShow since 2022, with articles on forex and trading at MoneyShow, Finance Magnates and Kiplinger.
Updated . Updated on 14 Oct 2026: The 72.9% retail-loss figure we previously showed for Pepperstone among the alternatives is now 73.6%, following our 14 Oct 2026 read of its UK site. The range now starts at 60.7% at Spread Co, from 61% at Spreadex, with 76.6% at OANDA unchanged as the high end.
