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Testing a trend following CFD strategy
Trend following seeks to participate in sustained movement while accepting that many entries fail. A CFD adds costs that must be tested alongside the signal.
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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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Trading Strategies
Evaluate trend, breakout, range and relative value approaches without assuming an edge.
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Breakout trades and false signals
A breakout is a hypothesis that trading outside a range will attract continuation. Many breaks reverse, so the definition of failure matters as much as the...
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Range trading and the cost of being wrong
Range trading assumes a price relationship will continue to contain movement. The largest risk often arrives when that assumption stops being true.
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Pairs trading and residual market exposure
A long position in one company and a short position in another can reduce some shared exposure. It does not automatically create a market neutral or...
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