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In this video, Simon Brown explains why it matters that you opt for a registered CFD provider that has a proven track record and always trades the underlying asset when you place a trade. He explains why international and regional compliance regulations matter and how to ensure your CFD provider adheres to all of them.
Unlike ordinary share investments, you can lose more money than you start out with when you trade CFDs. In this video, Simon Brown helps you understand the risks involved in CFD trading. He also discusses counter-party risk and how that should affect your CFD trading choices.
CFDs can be used to bring stability to a long-term portfolio by way of hedging. They can also help you leverage your long-term portfolio to get more price exposure to the shares you love by implementing a controlled gearing strategy. In this video, Simon Brown explains how useful CFDs can be in a long-term portfolio.
Usually, we invest in shares because we expect the price to go up. Derivative products like CFDs allow investors to make money from falling share prices. In this video, Simon explains the difference between “long” and “short” positions and how they can be used in a CFD portfolio.
In this video, Simon Brown explains how CFDs can be used to gear a portfolio. He explains the relationship between exposure and margin and the risks involved in taking a geared position. He talks about how changes in liquidity, volatility, position size or share price can lead to margin changes.
CFDs are a way to gain exposure to the price movement of an asset without buying the asset. This allows you to trade CFDs with less capital, but it’s important to understand what your exposure is and how margins work with CFDs. In this video, Simon explains the relationship between exposure and margin.
In this video, Simon Brown explains how CFDs can be used in a trading portfolio. While ordinary shares require time to be profitable, CFDs can be used as short-term trading instruments or held for longer periods, depending on your strategy. They allow you to increase your exposure without needing a vast amount of additional capital.
Contracts for difference (CFDs) are trading instruments that allow you to trade the share price instead of a share. In this video, Simon Brown explains what CFDs are and how you can use them.
