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CFD trading on ASX mining shares

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Trading CFDs over speculative mining shares can be very rewarding if you select your stocks carefully. When Trading CFDs over speculative shares should perform some research about the company. Before selecting your shares you must ensure that the company has great management and an excellent work. Needless to say, if the price of copper has moved and you happen to be looking for exposure to stocks in this sector you could choose a sensible CFD through a stock gold assets, this is the reason for selecting stocks under the relevant sector is also important. Always it is imperative to remember Trading CFDs is speculative stocks over risks, these kinds of stocks can go just as fast as prices may come.

So why trade CFD instead of buying the stock outright?

The answer to this question is simple and can be summarized in a few words, unrealised gains and losses. Unlike stocks CFDs are marked to market daily, meaning that any gains or losses are credited or removed from your account, and each trading day. Gains and losses from buying and selling of stocks are treated very differently to what you are made only after having sold the stock. Harnessing gains and losses every day means that you can use your unrealised gains to purchase new locations without having to deposit further your trading account, needless to say, the same applies for the loss that would have to deposit money into your account, if the market moves against you.

It is imperative that you Note the majority of speculative stocks will have a higher margin requirement than shares in the ASX top 300, the margin requirement can easily be as high as 100% but the bulk are offered for a margin of 75%. A critical factor to consider is whether or not the provider would charge funding for CFD full notional deserves the position, this course could be quite large if the location was on a margin of 100%, but there are some providers that will only finance CFD interest on the amount borrowed. It would be much more efficient to use CFD company that will charge you only on the amount borrowed, if the CFD is 100% margin will probably deliver a large cost savings.


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Open interest in shares

Saturday, December 11, 2010

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Open interest in options trading is the total number of option contracts that are still open. This means that no options have yet been exercised, nor have any been closed out by an offsetting transaction. Open interest is also known as the count of how many option contracts exist for the specific combination of underlying stock, expiration, and strike price.

Open interest differs from an options volume in that the volume refers to the number of options that are traded during a given period of time. Therefore, an options volume will reflect the number of options that have changed hands from a seller to a buyer, regardless of whether the option is a new or existing contract.

As a call option investor, more open interest is better. The reason for this is that there is more liquidity for the call option that you are trading. More liquidity essentially means that there are smaller spreads between the bid price and the ask price. This is a positive for you, as it will be beneficial should you need to close out your options position prior to the expiration date of the option.

Unlike shares of stock where there are a fixed number of units, there is no fixed number of option contracts. This means that there could be zero, or there could be several thousand, as new contracts are created all the time. In fact, there is really no limit to how many option contracts can be created and sold, as long as there are buyers Adviser for them.

The important thing to remember as a call options trader is that you should stick to selling options that have an open interest of at least 1,000. Staying with this rule of thumb can keep you invested in options that are fairly liquid and that should have reasonably tight spreads.


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Why 90% of All Day Traders fail under market shares?

Sunday, November 14, 2010

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One of the most common statistics financial experts report about the stock market is that 95% of all day Traders fail. The obvious question is why? Why do the backups fail with such a high rate. More importantly, because new traders register the stock market every day knowing that the odds are stacked against them.

Some of the common error that many day Traders are:

Many Traders Trading without a receipt Traders from PlanMany in extremely Traders RiskMany does not possess the necessary disciplineMany Traders is impatientMany Traders have too small an account (which leads to excessive risk taking) to customize your interruption or size location for the wrong reasons is not monitoring the net affectsOften confusion for the purposes of any

So how do we overcome these common mistakes. A key factor in the direction of the trader's success is the importance of developing that you as a trader. You know that you are at the core is the key to becoming a successful investor; Dr.Van Tharp trade in your Way to financial Freedom says that the Holy Grail is not a magical system Trading?Instead this is an internal struggle.The internal struggle every investor has to include the emotions associated with gains and losses.

Do you too will have a pair of winners; you're hesitant to pull the trigger after a loss; As you begin to see a commercial Installer, what voice control of internal dialogue all merchants have before entering a trade? this is pessimistic voice that never forget your past losing trades or is Optimist who believes that we must continue to bring real money to each impulse?

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