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Data you can cite

CFD Loss-Rate Series

Each CFD provider's own figure for the share of its retail accounts that lose money, from its regulator-mandated risk warning. Quarterly history comes from archived copies of its website.

Dataset page

/brokers/cfd-loss-rates/ Headline, chart, full table, cite box

Version

1.0.0 Provisional release, data as of 6 October 2026Not every figure has been confirmed by a second read yet (what that means)

Providers

31

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)Free to use, share and adapt, including commercially. Credit TradingLookup and link to the dataset page.

Method

How the series is built, and its limits

Downloads

• cfd-loss-rates.csvCSV. One row per provider: figure, verbatim warning, entity, page, date read.
• cfd-loss-rates-history.csvCSV. One archived figure per provider per quarter, with its Wayback Machine link.
• cfd-loss-rates-summary.jsonJSON. Count, median, range and change since the earliest archived figure.
• cfd-loss-rates.datapackage.jsonJSON. Field definitions, licence and sources.

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CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Each figure is the firm's own statement about its retail clients. Data, not advice.

How to cite

Suggested citation (add the date you accessed it)

TradingLookup (2026). CFD loss-rate series, v1.0.0 (provisional: not every figure confirmed on a second read), data as of 6 October 2026. https://tradinglookup.com/brokers/cfd-loss-rates/. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Accessed [day month year].

• In text"according to TradingLookup's CFD Loss-Rate Series", with a link to the dataset page.
• Charts"Source: TradingLookup, CC BY 4.0".
• Quoting a figureTake it from the dataset page on the day you write, and give its date. Firms refresh these figures every quarter.

Method, corrections and independence

• CFD series methodHow the series is built, and its limits.
• How we check our dataSources, checks and dates, site-wide.
• CorrectionsEvery fix we make, in public.
• Right of replyHow firms can reply.
• How we make moneyData pages carry no affiliate links, and nobody can pay to change a figure.
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