http://cfdwiz.com CFD Trading related news comments analysis and anything finance and investment related Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/09/17/cfd-trading-in-us-portfolio-margin-paving-the-way/ City index CFD is offering 0% commission for CFD trades throughout June 2008. Conditions Apply. Visit their website for more details. http://www.cityindex.com.au/ http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/05/30/city-index-cfd/ 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. http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/03/28/cfd-emissions-trading/ 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 http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/02/12/cmc-markets-understanding-volatile-markets-free-education-seminar/ 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 http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/02/11/fp-markets-commission-free-trading/ 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 http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/01/31/fat-prophets-cfd-trading-report/ 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/ http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/01/27/the-trading-game/ 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 http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/01/21/asx-cfd-seminars/ 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 ... http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/01/16/cmc-markets-starter-pack/ 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/ http://wise-owl.com/Report-Info.asp?report_id=3 http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2008/01/13/cfd-trading-advice/