UK and Europe · Market pack
Build an AI trading bot for the UK and Europe with your own coding agent.
Super Algo Kit helps you build an AI trading bot for UK and European markets inside your own coding agent. Its UK and Europe pack covers the LSE, Xetra, Euronext, SIX and Eurex, plus retail CFDs and spread bets. It has cards for IG and Saxo OpenAPI. It models stamp duty, transaction taxes and leverage caps, and every bot runs on paper first.
market facts
UK and Europe market pack
- Venues and products
- LSE, Xetra and Frankfurt, Euronext, SIX, Nasdaq Nordic and Eurex: equities, ETFs, futures, retail CFDs and spread bets.
- Broker cards
- IG REST and streaming API, and Saxo Bank OpenAPI.
- Key rule
- Retail CFD leverage is capped from 30:1 on major currency pairs to 2:1 on crypto, with negative balance protection.
- Costs the kit models
- UK stamp duty reserve tax, French, Italian, Spanish and Belgian transaction taxes, and Swiss stamp duty (reported).
- Sessions
- LSE 08:00 to 16:30 London time; Xetra and Euronext cash 09:00 to 17:30 CET (reported).
- Calendar
- Euronext 2026 holidays and half days, read from Euronext's own notice on 30 September 2026.
- Settlement
- T+2 today; the EU, the UK and Switzerland move to T+1 on 11 October 2027 (reported).
From the kit's UK and Europe card, checked 2026-09-30. Not investment advice.
Paper first
Build for this market, paper first.
Super Algo Kit runs inside the coding agent you already use. It interviews you, writes the spec with pass marks set first, then builds, backtests and paper-tests. Real money starts only when you type the authorize command.
The plan, step by step
Tick them off as you go.
What can you build for UK and European markets?
You can build bots, scanners and risk tools for shares, ETFs, Eurex futures, CFDs and UK spread bets. Order work starts from the IG and Saxo OpenAPI cards.
The kit guards against the 100-fold error of pence versus pounds on UK shares. It also builds a separate calendar for each venue, because holidays differ.
Which UK and EU rules matter for a retail trading bot?
This summary uses ESMA, FCA and MiFID II sources read on 29 and 30 September 2026. It is not legal advice, so confirm with your broker or a qualified professional.
In the kit's reading, a retail individual trading through a broker's API is an ordinary client of that broker. Co-location, direct electronic access or high-frequency techniques can require investment-firm authorisation.
- Retail CFD leverage: 30:1 major pairs, 20:1 non-major pairs, gold and major indices, 10:1 other commodities, 5:1 shares, 2:1 crypto.
- Providers must close out at 50 percent of required margin and give negative balance protection.
- ESMA said on 24 February 2026 that perpetual futures sold to EU retail are likely CFDs.
- UK retail customers cannot trade crypto derivatives (banned since 6 January 2021, reported).
- Signal services and running bots for others can need FCA or MiFID authorisation.
Which costs, taxes and sessions does the pack model?
Backtests read dated tax and levy tables. They include UK stamp duty reserve tax of 0.5 percent on UK share purchases and France's 0.4 percent tax on large French companies, both reported. Income and capital gains tax stay outside the kit.
The UK and EU change clocks on different dates from the US, so the overlap shifts by an hour for a few weeks each year. Settlement moves from T+2 to T+1 on 11 October 2027 (reported).
How do you paper trade in the UK and Europe?
IG has a demo environment with its own accounts and keys, and its limits can change without notice. Saxo OpenAPI has a simulation environment with its own token.
Every paper report names its environment and fill model. Live trading starts only when you type the authorize command.
Before you rely on it
Rules and risks to respect.
- ESMA analyses published in 2018 found 74 to 89 percent of retail CFD accounts lose money (reported).
- Prices in pence, not pounds, cause 100-fold errors on UK shares.
- The same EA behaves differently at a capped UK or EU broker and an offshore one.
- Transaction-tax lists for France, Italy and Spain change every year.
- Saxo allows 1 order per second per session, and the kit's default cap matches it.
FAQ
UK and Europe: questions.
Can I build an AI trading bot in the UK?
Yes. Super Algo Kit runs inside your own coding agent and builds code you own. In the kit's reading, a retail individual trading through a broker's API is an ordinary client of that broker. This is not legal advice.
What leverage can a UK or EU retail trading bot use?
Retail CFD leverage is capped at 30:1 for major currency pairs, down to 5:1 for shares and 2:1 for crypto. Super Algo Kit offers these caps as presets, and your own stricter limit always wins.
Which UK and EU brokers does Super Algo Kit work with?
The pack has cards for IG and Saxo Bank OpenAPI. It also notes Interactive Brokers, Trading 212 and eToro routes without cards. Names are used only to say the kit works with them.
Can I paper trade with IG or Saxo first?
Yes. IG has a demo environment with separate accounts and keys, and Saxo OpenAPI has a simulation environment. Super Algo Kit requires a paper run before any live step.
Does Super Algo Kit work out my UK tax?
No. The kit models trading costs such as stamp duty and transaction taxes in backtests. It does not compute income or capital gains tax, so confirm your tax with a qualified professional.
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Super Algo Kit is development software. It is not investment advice, a signal service or a promise of performance. Trading involves substantial risk, including the loss of all capital you trade with.