There has never been a better time to open an account with the world leaders in Spread Betting. IG will be offering even tighter spreads on a number of Daily stock indices, commodities and interest rate futures. IG are also reducing the deposit factors on a number of popular stock indices and commodities, giving clients […]
But what affects the price of gold? Can the recent rally be sustained? And how can financial spread betting help you profit from fluctuations in the value of gold? Traditionally, gold has been seen as a safe haven during periods of economic turmoil. This is partly thanks to the perception that a physical commodity will […]
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After you finish this article, we would have put together the principles that we talked about in part 1 of this tutorial series such as leverage, transaction costs and position sizing all into practice. In part one of this tutorial, we went through the advantages of CFD trading and the costs in CFD trading. The […]
If, for example, the margin on a firm you’re interested in was 10%, establishing a position of £100,000 would only require a deposit of £10,000. Any running profits you make can be used as margin to establish new positions but any running losses would have to be made good by reducing your position or providing […]
Who can blame them? After all, fundamental analysis — based on past company earnings, rating agency projections and the like — proved to be of little value during the bust. There is a better way. Many investors who monitor investor sentiment readings, study Elliott wave patterns and employ other powerful technical indicators were — at […]
Because of the way the trailing stop order is set up, you, the investor, do not have to monitor on a daily basis how a stock playing out. Therefore, you are able to simply invest your money by purchasing stock in a company that you feel comfortable with, place a trailing stop order on it, […]
Do you trade CFDs like a gambler? The reality is you could trade CFDs like a gambler by trading at excessive levels of leverage. If you trade your account at more than 7 to 10 times your account size then I would suggest you are gambling. This means if you had a $10,000 account and […]
What is hedging? To quote the dictionary: “A hedge is an investment that has taken out specifically to reduce or cancel out the risk in another investment.” So for this example we will consider that trader X has 2250 BHP shares and would like to hedge their risks by using CFDs. Basically trader X will […]
As one of the fastest growing product sectors in the financial markets in recent years, the SFE will list a suite of Exchange Traded CFDs in the second quarter of 2007. By combining the attributes of exchange traded CFDs and the liquidity provided by a number of key Designated Price Makers, Australian traders and investors […]
The CFD brokers major source of income You may or may not know that CFD brokers have significant amounts of money under management and it would not be uncommon for a large CFD broker to have in excess of $100 million in client’s funds in the bank. These clients’ funds sitting in the bank represent […]
CFD trading helps you to gain cost effective, flexible and geared exposure to world shares. Today there are many firms that offer tight spreads and commission free trading on Index CFDs. If you buy a CFD then you don’t have to pay stamp duty because you don’t actually physically buy the underlying shares. In fact, […]
This indicator aims to signal the reversing of a trend, thus providing traders with a good tool for choosing trade exit points. The unique feature about the parabolic indicator is that it takes into account both the factors of time and changing prices. Most traders unfortunately focus mainly on prices and ignore the effects of […]
In 1987, applying his own system, Williams won the World Cup Championship of Futures Trading. He traded 10,000 dollars in real money, and jacks it up to more than 1,147,000 dollars in a period of 12 months of trading. Until now, this feat is still unmatched. Likewise, he also authored a book, How To Prosper […]
Two stochastic oscillator indicators are typically calculated to assess future variations in prices, a fast (%K) and slow (%D). Comparisons of these statistics are a good indicator of speed at which prices are changing or the Impulse of Price. The two Stochastics lines: %K Is the main line and is usually displayed as a […]
Normally, we use the 20-Day simple moving average and its standard deviations to create Bollinger Bands. Strategies some investors use include shorter- or longer-term Bollinger Bands depending on their needs. Shorter-term Bollinger Bands strategies (less than 20-Days) are more sensitive to price fluctuations, while longer-term Bollinger Bands (more than 20-Days) are more conservative. So how […]
Some traders use the RSI for objective buy and sell signals. They usually interpret a buy signal as occuring when the RSI crosses back above 30 after spending time in the oversold area. A sell signal is declared when the RSI moves back below 70 after spending a period of time in the overbought region. […]
The MACD charts are oscillating indicators, meaning that they move above and below a centerline or zero point. As with other oscillating and momentum indicators, a very high value indicates that the stock is overbought and will likely drop soon. Conversely, a consistently low value indicates that the stock is oversold and is likely to […]
The shorter the moving average, the more closely it will follow the price trend. When a stock begins an uptrend, short-term moving averages will begin rising far earlier than longer-term moving averages. For example, if a stock declines by equal amounts each day for 50 days, and then begins to rise by the same amount […]
1.What size wins compared to your losses are you after? 2.Always use three different time frames to trade safely 3.Share CFDs versus Forex or index CFDs. The Various time frames to consider What size wins compared to your losses are you after? One of the most critical and overlooked component to day trading success is […]
1.What size wins compared to your losses are you after? 2.Always use three different time frames to trade safely 3.Share CFDs versus Forex or index CFDs. The Various time frames to consider What size wins compared to your losses are you after? One of the most critical and overlooked component to day trading success is […]
1.What size wins compared to your losses are you after? 2.Always use three different time frames to trade safely 3.Share CFDs versus Forex or index CFDs. The Various time frames to consider What size wins compared to your losses are you after? One of the most critical and overlooked component to day trading success is […]
Here I’ll show you 3 key tips to keep you safe and give you some key areas to focus on when you do your next CFD trade. 1. CFD trading leverage. CFD trading is just a leveraged stock market opportunity that gives you access to greater funds than what you normally could access if you […]
Here I’ll show you 3 key tips to keep you safe and give you some key areas to focus on when you do your next CFD trade. 1. CFD trading leverage. CFD trading is just a leveraged stock market opportunity that gives you access to greater funds than what you normally could access if you […]
Here I’ll show you 3 key tips to keep you safe and give you some key areas to focus on when you do your next CFD trade. 1. CFD trading leverage. CFD trading is just a leveraged stock market opportunity that gives you access to greater funds than what you normally could access if you […]
Comparing Futures, Options & Contracts for Difference Most financial products that turnover billions every day on the worlds stock markets have been around for decades, if not hundreds of years. For example, futures markets have a history dating right back to 1710 when the Japanese traded rice on the worlds first official futures exchange. Since […]
Comparing Futures, Options & Contracts for Difference Most financial products that turnover billions every day on the worlds stock markets have been around for decades, if not hundreds of years. For example, futures markets have a history dating right back to 1710 when the Japanese traded rice on the worlds first official futures exchange. Since […]
Comparing Futures, Options & Contracts for Difference Most financial products that turnover billions every day on the worlds stock markets have been around for decades, if not hundreds of years. For example, futures markets have a history dating right back to 1710 when the Japanese traded rice on the worlds first official futures exchange. Since […]
Even with a trading strategy that yields a high success rate it is still possbile to lose money overall if the losing trades are large and outweigh the positive trades profits. The following pointers will help you maintain good trading discipline. Only Risk Money You Can AffordIt is vital to know how much money you […]
With spread betting, you do not need to do this. Instead you typically put up only a small portion of the underlying value. This is known as your deposit or inital margin. Taking up a position of equivilant size (a bet of £50 per penny movement in a share equates to purchasing 5000 shares in […]
