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Helping traders understand how to trade a stock index like the S&P 500.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index is a measure of 500 companies chosen by the Index Committee of the Standard & Poor rating agency on the basis of market size, position and liquidity, to serve as a b... More >>
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The history of CFDs looks at the motives for the creation of these fashionable risk management instruments.
The history of contracts for difference (CFDs) started in the early 1980s after the Financial Services Act or ‘big bang’ as it was commonly called was passed in Parliament.... More >>
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CFD trading is ideal for retail traders as they don’t have to outlay much capital to gain a potentially large return.
Trading in CFDs offers ideal investment opportunities because the investor only needs to outlay a fraction of the cost of his investment to obtain the same return as an ... More >>
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The difference between share dealing and CFD trading is that with share dealing there is a physical exchange of an asset whereas with CFD trading there’s not.
The difference between dealing in shares and dealing in CFDs (contracts for difference) is that an investor buys or sells shares... More >>
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An article that talks about the restrictions imposed on CFD trading in some countries such as the US, and the rationale behind it.
A contract-for-difference (CFD) is a contract between two entities (usually a buyer and a seller) that stipulates that at the end of the expiration of that contra... More >>
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Helping traders understand and identify long trade setups for CFDs.
Contract-for-Difference or CFDs are tradable instruments that allow traders to take advantage of advancing prices (usually for long positions) or retreating prices (for short positions) on underlying financial ... More >>
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Helping traders understand how to place stop loss orders on their CFD trades.
A stop loss order is an instruction given by a trader to a broker to close out all positions exposed to the market if the price moves in a direction contrary to the trader’s
Stop losses are meant to be use... More >>
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Why should traders properly leverage their CFD trades? The article explains.
CFDs are usually traded with leverage. It is the opportunity to trade contracts whose amounts are much larger than the trading capital is the one big attraction of the use of leverage in trading contracts-for-differe... More >>
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Helping traders understand the concept of margin and margin requirements for CFD trading.
Margin is a common term used in the financial markets. It refers to the amount of money that a broker requires a trader to commit upfront as a guarantee that the trader can fulfill his contractual obliga... More >>
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Global stock indices are specifically created to enable investors to track certain segments of the global stock market universe.
Global stock indices trading are indices which comprise corporations from all around the world. All the major global stock indices which are spin offs from the majo... More >>
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