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Bid ask spreads and the real entry price
A chart price is not necessarily a price you can trade. Bid and ask quotes explain why a new CFD position can begin with a small...
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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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Quotes Costs and Cash Flows · All lessons
Quotes Costs and Cash Flows
Read executable prices and account for commissions, funding and corporate actions.
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Commissions conversion fees and total trade cost
The advertised spread is only one line in a trading budget. Reconcile every cash entry to understand what a successful price move actually earned.
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Overnight funding and the cost of holding
A cash CFD can become expensive even when its market price barely moves. Funding links the holding period to the full economic exposure.
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Dividends splits and cash adjustments
Corporate actions can change a CFD price and its cash ledger at the same time. Read both entries before deciding whether value was created or lost.
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