CFD Trading in US - Portfolio Margin paving the way?
Posted on September 17, 2008
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I never really understood why US residents cannot access CFDs. CFDs are just like any other derivatives, why someone can buy and write options which are arguably much more complex but not CFDs is puzzling. However, when I learnt that the conservative margin requirements for margin trading in the US are regulated and resulted from the stock market crash in 1929. However, in recent times a new form of margining has been approved referred to as Portfolio Margining which allows clients to trade on margins that are significantly lower than 50% intital margin as is regularly required. This gives another reason why it does not make sense that CFD trading is not available to US residents.
Will this pave the way for CFD to take hold of US as well?
City Index CFD
Posted on May 30, 2008
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City index CFD is offering 0% commission for CFD trades throughout June 2008.
Conditions Apply.
Visit their website for more details.
CFD - Emissions Trading
Posted on March 28, 2008
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With the amount discussions going on around emissions trading, will CFDs experience another level of growth as a result of the hedging demands from carbon emitters?
Will emissions become tradeable like other commodities?
Will follow up with another post once i do more research on this.
CMC Markets Understanding volatile markets - Free Education Seminar
Posted on February 12, 2008
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CMC as part of their series of education seminars is providing a free seminar on understanding volatile markets. People who register for the free seminar will receive a free copy of Real Traders II by Eva Diaz.
http://www.cmcmarkets.com.au/en/content/education/education_seminar.jsp
FP Markets Commission Free Trading
Posted on February 11, 2008
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FP Markets is offering commission free trading when you present a contract note from your broker between 11 Feb and 11 March 2008.
Go to their website for more information.
http://www.fpmarkets.com.au/comm_promo.html
Fat Prophets CFD Trading Report
Posted on January 31, 2008
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Fat prophets already run popular investment reports on Australian shares, mining shares, and UK shares.
They introduced a daily report in September 2007 which provides CFD trading advice on the equity, fixed interest, currencies and commodities markets.
Their website provides details of the performance of closed trades.
http://www.fatprophets.co.uk/cfd/content.aspx?page=Home
The Trading Game
Posted on January 27, 2008
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This is an interesting idea. This website runs a CFD trading game which mirrors the real market but lagged. This will allow traders to test their skills before they use real money. http://www.tradinggame.com.au/
ASX CFD Seminars
Posted on January 21, 2008
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ASX is running series of free seminars commencing in February 2008.
Don’t miss these seminars as they a valuable source of useful information if you are a beginner.
http://asx.com.au/investor/cfds/education/seminar.htm
CMC Markets Starter Pack
Posted on January 16, 2008
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Get a CMC markets starter pack worth $1999 when you open an account with CMC by end of February.
The start pack contain 6 CD ROM, a bonus $100 to use as rebate for commissions and financing cost. As part of the pack a 3 month free subscription to daily reports on market research.
Go to www.cmcmarkets.com.au
CFD Trading Advice
Posted on January 13, 2008
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I have come across some websites which provide CFD trading advice.Share Select provides a CFD select trading advice service which provided trading advice through SMS alerts.Wise-Owl provides a weekly derivatives report which contains a section for CFD trading strategies.Subscription to either of these packages is about $900 per annum respectively.
http://www.shareselect.com.au/