http://cfdwiz.com CFD Trading related news comments analysis and anything finance and investment related Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:03:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CMC Markets is currently running an interesting promotion where they will absorb any losses the trader make for 5 days if they trade the TIQ AUSSIE200 index. YOu must sing up before April 30 with $1000 minimum deposit. http://www.cmcmarkets.com.au/pages/trading-week http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2010/04/22/cmc-markets-trading-week-5-days-to-profit-promotion/ CFD trading is still not available in the US due to the strict regulations that prevents marketing of derivative trading to retail investors. Howver , IG group has launched a exchange in the US called the NADEX which allows retail traders to access instruments similar to CFDs which provide leverage and ... http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2010/03/27/cfd-trading-in-us-ig-launches-nadex/ GFT is running a trading challenge with real cash prizes of up to 50,000 up for grabs. This is a good way to score extra money while you trade. http://www.gft.com.au/trading-challenge/index.asp http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2010/02/11/gft-trading-challenge/ The key differences between cfd and spread betting are > CFD trade on price per share while spread betting trades on dollars per point > CFDs can be traded with no spreads while spread betting markets are run by market makers who palces spreads between the buy and sell price > no expiry ... http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2010/01/19/cfd-trading-vs-spread-betting-differences/ CFD trading in some ways achieves the same things as a margin loans. It allows to gear into shares to supercharge your profits or losses. While CFD trading tend to be short term in anture margin loans are used for buy and hold investments. One interesting difference between the two is the interest ... http://cfdwiz.com/index.php/2010/01/18/cfd-or-margin-loans/ 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/