Posted on: 2021-07-28 08:26:14

CFDs rise or shrink in value as the stock in which they’re based climb or drop in value. For instance, if you obtain a CFD of Apple stock, and the value of stock shares rises, then the value of your CFD will increase. On the contrary, if the value of Apple stock shares drops, your CFD’s value will also drop. Therefore, CFDs don’t impact share prices; they only respond to the changes in price.

Posted on: 2021-07-28 08:25:24

There are many misunderstandings when it comes to how long you can hold onto a CFD and when they expire. CFDs do not expire, meaning you can hold onto both long and short positions for as long as you have the necessary funds in your account to keep your position open. If you open a long position, for instance, your CFD contract can start to get quite costly once it hits the 6-week mark. This is because they attract levy financing charges, and you are essentially paying to keep your position open.  For this reason, CFDs are mainly seen as methods of short-term investments. At the end of each trading day, if you hold a CFD you will incur a holding fee from your brokerage. So investors that use CFDs tend to only hold them short term.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:46:57

Retail traders also often referred to as individual traders buy or sell securities for their personal accounts. Retail traders usually invest in futures, stocks, and bonds with no to very little access to IPOs. While they have the option to trade any number of shares they wish, retail traders tend to trade in round lots (100 shares). Individual traders are also more willing to invest in small-cap stocks that tend to have lower price points that allow them also to have a diversified portfolio.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:44:17

Institutional traders buy and sell securities on behalf of another group or institution. Institutional trading includes pension funds, exchange-traded funds, mutual fund family, and insurance companies. This type of trader has several advantages that retail traders don’t. For example, they have access to forwards, IPOs and swaps, they can negotiate trading fees, and are guaranteed the prices and execution. Finally, unlike retail traders, they trade in large volumes (blocks of 10 000).

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:41:44

Knowing which days to trade is important because there are certain days where the markets have more movement than others. This tends to be the middle of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Trading during these days means more opportunities for traders as the markets are more volatile. Especially if you are trading during an overlap of two sessions or during the European session which is the busiest session. Friday evenings, Sundays, and during holidays are the worst times to trade as there is minimal movement.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:39:00

The best time to trade is during the London-New York overlap. During this time (roughly between 10 am-3 pm New York time) is when traders from the two largest financial capitals in the world are trading against each other.   Therefore this overlap creates a  peak time-frame for trading with large price movements that are a reflection of the news coming from U.S and Canada and of late news and trends coming from Europe.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:33:13

This market opens at 8:00 am EST, and it includes all trading activity from the U.S., the South American countries, Canada and Mexico. However, this session centres on one financial centre- New York city hence why it is often referred to as the New York Session. New York's timezone allows it to overlap with the London session (roughly between 10 am -3 pm GMT) but not with the Asian markets which close much earlier. Which means that liquidity and volatility will decrease once the European markets close.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 14:17:09

Even though there are many financial centres in Europe, this session revolves around London, whose strategic location allows it to overlap with both the Asian and North America market hours. Typically, European hours run from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. GMT. Because of the overlap with two other sessions, the London session enjoys the largest chunk of forex transactions, high liquidity, and potentially lower transaction costs. However, this also means that it is the most volatile session.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 13:48:23

The Asian session (also referred to as the Tokyo session) is led by the opening of the markets in Tokyo at 12:00 a.m. GMT (full market hours are 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. GMT).  The Asian session includes Australia, New Zealand, and Russia and two other Asian major financial centres Singapore and Hong Kong, which now have higher trading volumes (forex) than Japan. The main Tokyo market participants are central banks and commercial companies who deal in exports.

Posted on: 2020-11-11 13:47:14

Although the Forex Market is open 24 hours a day, it isn’t active the entire day. Therefore, instead of trading 24hrs a day, traders choose to trade during peak trading sessions which are the European, North American, and Asian sessions. Which are also commonly called the London, New York and Tokyo sessions or the “forex 3-session system.” The actual open and close times will vary in each geographical area as they are based on local business hours.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:38:36

In the currency markets, indicators can be important to enhance the clarity of the clues that could potentially be identified from the charts. Very basically, indicators help traders predict the direction of an underlying asset by measuring features such as momentum, patterns, trends and other factors. Some of the most commonly used indicators include the following Stochastic, Parabolic Stop and Reversal, Relative Strength Index, Moving Averages, Moving Average Convergence Divergence, Bollinger Bands.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:37:15

Support and Resistance lines are used by Technical Analysts to determine which direction the price of an asset will take and to trade accordingly. A support line is the level on which a falling trend is more likely to bounce back up while a resistance line is the level on which a rising trend is more likely to bounce back down. If a support or a resistance line breaks, the price is expected to keep moving until it meets another support or resistance line.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:36:08

Swing trading is another form of trading strategy like scalping. This technique focuses on trends- swing traders will use technical analysis and charts to identify market trends that they use to inform them how to continue. For example, if a stock is following an uptrend, they go long, and they go short if the trend is on a decline. This typically happens over a period of few days, weeks, or months as they require the historical data to proceed.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:31:36

Scalping is a trading strategy that is defined by the high volume of trades made over short periods of time, such as a few seconds or minutes. Scalpers specifically employ limited exposure to the market to minimize risk as this prevents financial news from affecting prices. However, the downside to this is that the gains/profits of each trade will also be minimal. That is why scalpers will make up to hundreds of trades per day as it allows them to build profit.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:29:07

Intraday is a term used within the financial world, which essentially means "within the day." More specifically, this term is used to describe the trading of securities during regular market hours. Intraday securities include exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and stocks. Intraday price movements are the most important for day traders who make numerous trades over the trading season by taking advantage of short-term price movements. Especially since these traders close all their positions at market closing.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:26:39

Delivery based trading is when traders buy shares but keep them for long periods of time (up to a few months) instead of selling them on the same trading day as Intraday traders do. With delivery stocks, there is no limit to how long the shares can stay in your Demat account (they get stored here after the purchase). This style of trading is advantageous for traders because it gives them the ability to wait until the market conditions are perfect before selling.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:25:40

When businesses want to raise capital, they will often sell shares which shareowners can later resell for profit if they wish too. The stock exchange provides a place for them to do that by creating a secondary market and removing the need for shareholders to find buyers themselves. The stock exchange mimics an auction where traders place bids depending on how well they think a company will perform. When they think a company will do poorly, they will bid down and vice versa.

Posted on: 2020-10-09 12:24:00

Stockbrokers (also known as investment advisors) are professional traders who sell and buy shares from the stock market (ex. New York Stock Exchange) on behalf of their clients. Stockbrokers typically work for brokerage firms, and they are responsible for handling numerous transactions for several institutional and individual clients. In exchange for their services, stockbrokers will typically get paid by charging a commission on every trade, but this usually changes according to the employer