CFDS Made Simple : A Straightforward Guide to Contracts for Difference

by Temple, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781906659080
• ISBN10: 1906659087
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

CFDs or contracts for difference have experienced a surge in popularity with private investors and traders.

Author Biography

Peter Temple has been invoked in the City and its financial markets for nearly thirty-five years as a fund manager, an investment analyst and, for the last 17 years, as a freelance financial journalist. He is a regular contributor to a number of publications including the Financial Times, Investors Chronicle, and Interactive Investor, and has written more than a dozen investment books. He is also a Fellow of the Securities Institute.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Basic Concepts	p. 9
Underlying	p. 12
Contracts	p. 13
Cash settlement	p. 14
Gearing	p. 15
Hedging	p. 17
Indexes	p. 18
Margin	p. 21
Short Selling	p. 24
Comparison With Other Derivatives	p. 25
How CFDs Work	p. 27
CFD Basics	p. 30
CFD Mathematics	p. 35
7 CFD Rules of the Road	p. 39
A Final Word on Gearing and Risk	p. 45
Dealing	p. 47
Opening an Account	p. 51
Day-to-Day Trading	p. 53
Trading Strategies	p. 61
Long-Only or Short-Only Trades	p. 65
Long-Only or Short-Only Trades Using Stop-Losses	p. 68
Cash Extraction Trades	p. 73
Pairs Trading	p. 77
Relative Value Trades	p. 83
Hedging	p. 87
Using CFDs for Adjusting Asset Allocation	p. 91
Other Strategies-Exploiting Ex-dividend Anomalies	p. 94
Afterword	p. 96
Trading Disciplines	p. 97
Trading Rules	p. 100
Money Management	p. 104
Trading Tips for CFDs	p. 107
Developing Your Plan by Looking at Your Assets	p. 109
Timing Your Trades	p. 113
Resources for CFD Investors	p. 133
Web Resources Specific to CFDs	p. 136
Websites	p. 146
Index	p. 149
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