Trading tools

Find out more about our key trading features

Charting

Our charting capability is powered by TradingView¹. You can access 7 chart types with over 200 technical indicators and drawing tools, allowing you to model, compare and analyse your position anytime. 

View our quick charting video.

¹Advanced Charts are provided by TradingView, http://www.tradingview.com

Trading alerts

Sign up to receive unlimited alerts to keep you up to date with your trading activity, with no additional costs. You can set your order notification preferences to receive either email updates, or push notifications to your mobile via the Directshares mobile app.

ESG Risk Ratings

Within the Directshares platform, you will have access to ESG Risk Ratings³ to help you make more informed and responsible investment decisions.

³ESG Risk Ratings are provided by Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics is a subsidiary of Morningstar Inc. https://www.morningstar.com.au/

Still not sure where to start?

Find more information and answers to your questions in the additional sections below.

Important information

Share trading with Directshares is a service provided through CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited, ABN 69 081 002 851, AFSL 246381 (‘CMC Markets Stockbroking’), a member of the CMC Markets group of companies (‘CMC Markets Group’). CMC Markets Stockbroking is a Participant of the ASX Group (‘ASX’), Sydney Stock Exchange (“SSX”) and Cboe Australia Pty Ltd (“Cboe”), a Clearing Participant of ASX Clear Pty Limited and a Settlement Participant of ASX Settlement Pty Limited. The Directshares service is made available to customers of St.George Bank (‘St.George’) - A Division of Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141, AFSL and Australian credit licence 233714. Neither St. George, Directshares nor CMC Markets Stockbroking are representatives of each other. Directshares is not a related party of CMC Markets Stockbroking, the ASX, SSX or Cboe

Disclosure documents relating to the Directshares service, including Terms and Conditions, Product Disclosure Documents and/or Financial Services Guide (“FSG”), are available on https://trading.directshares.com.au/forms or by calling us on 1300 133 500.

This website may contain material provided directly by third parties. This information is given in good faith and has been derived from sources believed to be accurate at its issue date. While such material is published with necessary permission, no company in the Westpac Group nor any of their related entities, employees or directors (together, “Westpac”), nor CMC Markets Stockbroking, accepts responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of, or endorses any such material. This website may also contain links to external websites. Westpac does not accept responsibility for, or endorse the content of, such external websites. Except where contrary to law, Westpac intends by this notice to exclude liability for material provided directly by third parties and the content of external websites.

Neither Westpac nor any other company in the Westpac Group nor any of their directors, employees and associates, guarantees the security of this website, gives any warranty of reliability or accuracy nor accepts any responsibility arising in any other way including by reason of negligence for, errors in, or omissions from, the information on this website and does not accept any liability for any loss or damage, however caused, as a result of any person relying on any information on the website or being unable to access this website. This disclaimer is subject to any applicable contrary provisions of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act and Competition and Consumer Act.

If a Product Disclosure Statement is available in relation to a particular financial product, you should obtain and consider that Product Disclosure Statement before making any decisions about whether to acquire the financial product.

Opto Markets Limited (“Opto”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMC Markets Holdings Ventures Limited. CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited and Opto Markets Holdings Ventures Limited are members of the CMC Markets group of companies (‘CMC Markets Group’). St.George Directshares, CMC Markets Stockbroking and Opto are not representatives of each other.

ESG Ratings are provided by Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics is a subsidiary of Morningstar Inc. Morningstar investment research and recommendations are provided by Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd (ABN 95 090 665 544, AFSL: 240892) and/or Morningstar Research Ltd, subsidiaries of Morningstar, Inc. St.George Directshares is not a related party of Morningstar Australasia Pty Ltd.

International securities trading is through CMC Markets Stockbroking. When trading with CMC Markets Stockbroking, your international securities are held in a custody arrangement between CMC Markets Stockbroking and BNP Paribas SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group RCS 662 042 449.

Exchange Traded Options (ETOs) trading is a service provided by CMC Markets Stockbroking, the Issuer of ETO products. Your trading in ETOs is directly with CMC Markets Stockbroking.

For full details, please download and refer to the ETO Product Disclosure Statement (PDF 254KB) (‘PDS’) and the Target Market Determination (‘TMD’). Alternatively, you can request us to email one to you, by calling our Client Services Team on 1300 133 500 between 8am and 8pm (AEST), Monday to Friday.

Trading Exchange Traded Options (i.e., ETOs, Options) can involve considerable risks. You should only trade Options if you understand the nature of the product (especially your rights and obligations) and the extent of the risks you are exposed to. Before trading in ETO’s, you should carefully assess your experience, investment objectives, financial resources, and other relevant issues and carefully consider the ETO Product Disclosure Statement (PDF 254KB) and the relevant educational booklets regarding Options from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) at https://www.asx.com.au

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The information on this website does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. For this reason, before acting on the information you should consider whether it is appropriate to you, having regards to your objectives, financial situation and needs and, if necessary, seek appropriate financial advice.

© St.George Bank – is a division of Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141, AFSL and Australian credit licence 233714 (‘Westpac’) and part of the Westpac Group. A financial product acquired through Directshares is not a deposit with, or any liability of Westpac or any other company in the Westpac Group. Investment in a financial product is subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment or loss of income and principal invested. Neither Westpac nor any of its related entities stands behind or otherwise guarantees the capital value or investment performance of any financial product acquired through Directshares.