Trading with CFDs: Leverage, Risk and the Rules That Keep You in the Game

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Palesa Moyaba | Simon Brown | Bonolo Modise

Palesa Moyaba | Simon Brown | Bonolo Modise

CFDs let you trade the JSE and global markets with leverage, which cuts both ways.

In this Power Hour, Simon Brown explains how contracts for difference (CFDs) actually work, what margin and leverage really mean for your account, and why risk management is the difference between traders who last and traders who blow up.

He will walk through position sizing, stop losses, the real cost of holding a trade, and how to use CFDs without taking on more than you can handle. Aimed at investors curious about trading and newer traders wanting to sharpen their process, not a get-rich-quick pitch.

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