How to buy ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) from Europe & the UK

So, can European or UK investors invest in ARKK ETF?

Yes. Since April 2024, European and UK investors have been able to invest directly in a UCITS version of the ARK Innovation ETF, without needing to access the US-listed version or rely on CFDs.

Following ARK Invest’s acquisition of Rize ETF in 2023 (now rebranded as ARK Invest Europe), the firm launched a range of actively managed UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) ETFs listed on the London Stock Exchange, Xetra, CBOE Amsterdam, Borsa Italiana, and SIX. The flagship is the ARK Innovation UCITS ETF (ticker ARKK, ISIN IE000GA3D489), which mirrors the strategy of the US-listed ARKK. It launched on 12 April 2024 and is classified as Article 8 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

Key points before investing:

• Availability: it trades on the London Stock Exchange (ARKK in USD, ARCK in GBP), Xetra (ARXK), Borsa Italiana (ARKK), CBOE Amsterdam (ARKKx) and SIX (ARKK), so you can buy it at brokers with access to these exchanges, such as Trading 212 and Interactive Brokers. Search for the ISIN to find it.
• Assets under management (AUM): about $339 million as of 7 October 2026. Smaller ETFs can be more vulnerable to closure, though ARK Invest Europe is actively building out its UCITS range.
• Total expense ratio (TER): 0.75%, high for an ETF, but in line with other actively managed thematic funds.

Other ETFs to consider from ARK Invest:

Another option is to get indirect exposure to the “original” US-listed ARKK through contracts for difference (CFDs), explained below. US-listed ETFs (with an ISIN starting with “US”, such as US00214Q1040 for ARKK) are not UCITS funds and do not publish the documents EU rules require, so EU brokers cannot sell them to retail investors.

So if you search for the US-listed ARKK on a European broker, you will only find it as a CFD. The UCITS version above is the alternative if you want to own the ETF.

What is a CFD?

A CFD allows you to achieve the same returns (positive or negative) as you would by investing directly in the asset by replicating it. It can also provide leverage to potentially increase your returns. Therefore, a CFD can give you the same exposure to the ARKK ETF by mimicking its daily movements (1-to-1 or even in a leveraged format). This is called indirect exposure since you do not actually own the asset.

How accurate is the CFD replication?

At eToro, a Nasdaq-listed broker (ticker ETOR, since May 2025) with more than 4 million funded accounts, you can trade a CFD on the US-listed ARKK. As previously stated, in practice, owning the ARKK ETF or a non-levered CFD of ARKK ETF should give you a very similar performance, as shown here (performance from 21/11/2024 to 21/11/2025):

• ARK Innovation ETF:

• CFD on ARK Innovation ETF:

As you can notice, the “real” ARK Innovation ETF had a one-year performance of +31%. On the other hand, the CFD on ARK Innovation ETF had a one-year performance of +30.91% for the same period.

In eToro, you will not incur any overnight or weekend fees for using a CFD to trade ARKK ETF when using an “X1 leverage” factor. In other words, a 1% move in the ETF will dictate a 1% move in the CFD.

Still, if you want to get more aggressive, you can leverage your exposure up to 5 times, and overnight fees then apply. The main cost of the non-leveraged CFD is the spread between the buy and sell price.

eToro is a multi-asset investment platform. The value of your investments may go up or down. Your capital is at risk.

This is what it looks like before giving a buy/sell order:

For more information on the platform, check our eToro review.

Pros and cons of using a CFD in eToro to invest in ARKK ETF

Other European brokers that give exposure to ARKK

Trading 212 lets you buy the ARK Innovation UCITS ETF directly, with no commission (other fees may apply, see terms and fees). As you can see in the image, it is available in three currencies (EUR, USD and GBP), and a 0.15% FX fee applies when converting funds. Other fees may apply.

The ETF itself has an annual cost (TER) of 0.75%, charged by ARK Invest Europe inside the fund. Choosing the listing in your own currency avoids the FX fee.

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XTB offers exposure to the ARK Innovation theme. In several European countries (including Portugal) XTB now lists real ETFs in addition to CFDs, so it is worth checking the ARKK UCITS availability directly in the XTB search bar before defaulting to the CFD route.

Where only the CFD is available, XTB historically applies a 5x leverage factor by default, meaning €100 invested gives you €500 of notional exposure (€100 yours plus €400 borrowed), with overnight financing fees and other charges applying.

For more details, check our XTB review.

Bottom Line

All in all, European and UK investors now have multiple ways to get exposure to Cathie Wood’s flagship strategy:

1. The ARK Innovation UCITS ETF (ticker ARKK, ISIN IE000GA3D489), the most direct option, available at brokers with access to the exchanges where it is listed, such as Trading 212 and Interactive Brokers.
2. A CFD on ARKK, available on eToro, XTB and similar platforms, useful if you want short or leveraged exposure, with the trade-off that you don’t own the underlying asset and pay spread costs on every transaction.
3. Buying the US-listed ARKK directly via Interactive Brokers, only if you qualify as a professional client or live outside the European Economic Area (EEA), since EEA retail investors cannot buy US ETFs.

Nobody knows how “disruptive technology” will behave in the next market cycle. ARK’s funds are concentrated, actively managed bets on themes such as robotics, artificial intelligence, energy storage, multiomic sequencing and blockchain, and they have been very volatile in the past.