Intermediate
Building a trade thesis before opening a CFD
A trade thesis is a claim that can be tested and rejected. Write it before looking at the maximum size available on the order ticket.
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CFDs Trading Guide
Understand CFDs, interpret quotes and measure the effects of leverage, costs and execution. Follow ten stages from contract basics to strategy testing, portfolio hedging and a disciplined trading process.
Start with What a CFD gives you and what it does not, then follow the next lesson links. Explore 40 lessons with worked examples, exercises and further reading.
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Analysis and Trade Preparation
Connect market context, price structure and scheduled events with a testable trade idea.
Intermediate
Trend structure support and resistance
Price structure helps describe what the market has done. It becomes useful for trading only when its definitions and failure conditions are explicit.
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Intermediate
Economic releases earnings and event risk
A scheduled announcement changes the distribution of possible prices. Planning for the event is more useful than assuming a good headline guarantees a good trade.
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Intermediate
Volatility liquidity and choosing a session
Volatility measures movement while liquidity describes the ability to transact. They interact, but neither can replace the other in a CFD execution plan.
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