Questions tagged [cfd]
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In a forex statement summary, what does "posted at statement period of time" mean?
My question probably is the result of my lack of knowledge of the English language. I am located in Germany and have an account with FXCM, a company that enables private people to participate at forex ...
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Why someone would prefer CFDs rather than stocks?
From Investopedia:
Essentially, CFDs are used by investors to make price bets as to
whether the price of the underlying asset or security will rise or
fall.
That's the same with stocks, right?
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Who pays a CFD profit [closed]
I try to find out who pays the profit of a lucky CFD transaction.
When mrX buys a long CFD with underlying value of 10.000€.
Now as I understand the CFD is not covered by actual shares, so mrX doesn't ...
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CFD broker spread as indicator for stock market
Retail trader on stock market has very limited ability to accomodate huge amount of information, it leds me to idea of using behavioir of more informed players - CFD brokers - spread of their CFD ...
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CFD Broker that only charges for earnings
I've created a small piece of software that allows me to invest into CFDs and gain some small profits. However, most brokers I've found require high opening/closing fees that are in most cases a way ...
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How to trade the FTSE index long and short
I built a trading model to predict the FTSE index. However, apparently one cannot trade the FTSE directly, but only different underlying products.
My model trains on the FTSE index, however tradeable ...
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Triangular Arbitrage with CFD
I cannot understand how the triangular arbitrage fits with CFD.
Assuming there is an arbitrage opportunity: EUR/USD < USD/GBP * GBP/EUR
If I do this strategy:
1 Long on EUR/USD at Ask price
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CFD - how does it work?
I'm trying to understand how CFD works. I have question about market maker.
Who is market maker for CFD? Is it a company which provide a trading platform or any stock exchange?
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Why do CFDs track the underlying?
My understanding of CFDs is that the profit you make on a CFD is the difference between the price at which you bought the CFD and the price at which you sold your CFD minus various charges/commission.
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