Building an Optimal CFD Portfolio During a Crisis
A lot of financial and economic uncertainty lies ahead and as CFD traders, we must find solutions on how to optimize our trading regime. It’s almost certain that we’ll have…
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How to Exploit Volatility with CFDs in 2020?
So far 2020 had been a historic year, with the fastest drop in the stock markets ever recorded. As CFD traders we should adjust the way we interact with the…
US Stock Markets Tank 30% – Will the Meltdown Continue?
The risk of a sudden stop in global economic activity, due to the coronavirus outbreak and the recent oil shock, had prompted massive selling in the US stock markets, with…
Gold and Bonds Outperform – Will It Last the Entire 2020?
There had been a massive inflow into bonds and gold for the past three weeks, mainly because financial companies and retail investors had started to price in a worse global…
Trading CFDs When Markets Are Dominated by Fear
Navigating the markets in the current uncertain environment is a great challenge even for the most experienced traders. The coronavirus outbreak seems to have sparked doubts about the 2020 global…
How Can You Choose the Best CFD Broker?
Choosing a CFD broker looks a simple task at a first glance, but in reality, most of the retail traders work with 2 or more companies throughout their trading career….
The “Growth Trend” and CFD Trading
If you are relatively new to the world of trading, the “growth trend” represents the massive outperformance of the US technology sector since the 2008 financial crisis. The Nasdaq100 had…
Keeping Risk Under Control with CFDs
One of the main reasons why most retail traders fail to make money trading CFDs is their lack of understanding when it comes to risk management. They still view the…
Using Leverage Professionally in CFD Trading
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are popular, especially in Europe, mainly due to leverage – the ability to deposit a small amount as collateral and borrow money from the broker in…
Risk Diversification for Retail CFD Traders
As traders, we generally look at popular investors who managed to generate consistent returns over a long period of time. Even though the information they provide is surely appropriate for…
Profiting from Short Squeeze When Trading CFDs
A short squeeze is a risk associated mainly with short selling on stock or indices and means that short sellers are forced to get out of the market (thus closing…
Skills vs. Strategy in CFD Trading
Even though most of the educational material out there is focused on trading strategies, in reality, skills are the ones generating results while trading CFDs. This could seem confusing for…
The DAO – GoldmanOptions Scam Exposed
Over the years there had been many binary options scams exposed and that’s one of the main reasons why the European regulator ESMA decided to prohibit these instruments for retail…
Binary Options Jargon for Beginners
Like any other industry, there is a certain specific terminology when it comes to binary options. We’ve covered the basic terminology in a previous material as well, but this time…
Trading Reversals with Binary Options
“The trend is your friend” until it doesn’t. Nothing lasts forever and that is true for binary options prices as well. There will be times when the prices will change…