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A practical guide to becoming successful in the trade of CFDs

Contracts for difference (CFDs) trading is perhaps one of the most unique and innovative hallmarks in the financial industry. CFD trading provides the average investor the capacity to speculate in a wide range of financial assets with a minimal initial investment requirement. Before anything else, let us first define what [...]

FXCM spearheads new CFDs and Micro Spread Bets

FXM Incorporated (NYSE:FXCM) which is a principal provider of foreign exchange related services and trading bolstered its spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) offers by limiting the tradable size to as much as 1/10th of its present value. FXCM patrons will now be able to trade in much smaller [...]

Forex trades hastens through computer platforms

Forex trades hastens through computer platforms The allegations that foreign exchange traders have conspired in rigging a crucial currency benchmark has resulted in the top banking institutions in recent months to speed up the long decade-due onto the application of electronic platforms. Electronic trading is basically compliant in nature, the [...]

Safeguarding your portfolio from diminishing markets

To better provide a safeguard mechanism, investors can make us of some fail-safe strategies for traders' portfolio. Choosing a portfolio based on mere intuition will result in positive returns which can put protective measures raises the presumption of value of shares which can sometimes be unusual. Perhaps the best way [...]

Financial Spreads Secures Trading Markets for the Second Consecutive Year

Financial Spreads, Britain's multi-asset trading firm was able to fix their spread trading and spread betting markets for the second consecutive year. By utilising the Financial Spreads platform, investors can speculate on thousands of markets such as EUR/USD, crude oil, precious metals as well as whole stock market indices. The [...]

IG Group Expands Spread Betting

IG Group expands its spread bets Following last year's subdued first half coupled with by more volatile market conditions, spread betting firms such as IG Group (IGG) was able to deliver an adequate and robust half-year earnings growth. After the record profitability in the second half of last year, the [...]

Financial spread betting still viable

Financial Spread Betting caused quite a stir during its 20th year stint as an optional investment tool for non-conventional profit seeking investors. The product has been widely recognised as a well regulated, trusted and prominent asset class among many U.K. based investors, some of which are the most financial savvy [...]

Forex: Short-term trading techniques

Successful short term Forex trading is the ultimate goal of new traders who try their luck in the Forex market every year. It is very essential that they have a solid background and understanding the kind of trend on a small time frame as the only plausible retracement of the [...]

Forex Hedging

Hedging basically takes place in nearly all types of financial markets. Mostly it involves making several and multiple investments in order for potential losses from one investment van be safeguarded and insured by another investment. For instance, two companies that have largely different characteristics in terms of market presentation could [...]

Bitcoin and Quantitative Easing

Optional virtual currencies There has been several loud hype regarding Bitcoin with regards to its viability as a serious competitor in the battle of currency. There is without a doubt that Bitcoin is not based on any rare precious commodities but is considered to be a tough contender in the [...]

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