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Options Trading Risks
All investments carry risk. Although the risks are somewhat low in this example, the rewards are likewise comparative. What sorts of risks are associated with options trading?

How to Choose the Best CFD Provider for You
No doubt you want the best rates, the most reliable providers, trustworthiness, and a wide range of options on CFD’s. Learn how to choose the best CFD provider for you.

Options Trading Examples
We will now walk through an actual example of trading a call option and a put option. Going through will give us exposure to how a trade really works, and the profit versus risk of each

Understanding Option Pricing Fundamentals
Learn the fundamentals of options pricing. It is important that we clearly understand what factors go into an options premium or value. What is intrinsic value or time value?

CFD Types: Direct Market Access (DMA) VS Market Maker (MM) - The Pros & Cons
Two major types of CFD models exist. One is called Direct Market Access (DMA), and the other is termed Market Maker (MM). They each have their own advantageous and disadvantageous. Here are the pros and cons of each

CFD Trading: Calculating Overnight Interest Payments (Financing fees) with example
Learn how to calculate overnight CFD interest (financing fees) for a long position. If we trade our CFD intra-day, we do not pay financing fees.

Options Trading: Why Trade Options?
With so many different products on the market, why choose options? Here are a few compelling reasons: leverage, passive Income, risk management, diversification, small capital outlay

CFD Trading: CFD real life examples with calculations (Long & short)
Here are some real life CFD trading examples. First we will examine a long CFD and then finish with a short example where we anticipate a drop in the market.

What are CFD's? Why Trade them?
What are CFD's? Why Trade them? the leverage can be 20 times or greater that of the asset holder. With so many advantages attached with a Contract For Difference, they are definitely worth further investigation.

CFD Trading Example - Flight Centre (FLT)
Here is a recent example of a CFD trade where I made 150% profit in 9 days. The company is Flight Centre (FLT).

Options Trading Strategies
Learn options trading strategies; covered call strategy to earn income, hedge to protect shares and use it to leverage

Components of an Option
Learn about the components of an option. What are Underlying Asset, size of contract, expiration date, exercise price

CFD Trading - Top 5 Trading Mistakes
These 5 mistakes are some of the most common ones that many CFD traders make. Avoid these and place yourself in the 10 or 20 percent of traders that are successful.

The Covered Call Strategy
The Covered Call Strategy is a simple and effective way to make money in the stock market that reduces current risk to share holders. It is straight-forward and lucrative for anyone who trades shares.

CFD Margin Requirements - Initial and Variation Margin.
Buying a Contract For Difference uses margin to create massive leverage. The two types of margin that exist are initial margin and variation margin.

CFD Tax Treatment
How do I tax my CFDs? It is gambling and therefore not taxed? Is it a regular business or is it a capital gains investment? What is the ATO Australia Tax Office ruling?

Options Trading: Put Options Explained
Put options are purchased when you feel the market is going to cool off. Let us go back to our real estate example that we started in part 1 to explain how a Put options contract works.

The Pros & Cons of Trading CFDs
There are many reasons for an investor to trade CFD’s, and a couple of reason why they may choose not to use them. Here are a list of examples. A prudent investor will weigh out the pros and cons of this investment vehicle.

Trading Options Seminars: What You Will Learn in a Teaser Seminar
Some may choose to buy a book and others prefer the person to person contact that can be had at an options trading seminar. What really takes place behind the closed doors of these elite training sessions?

Options Trading: Call Options Explained
Call Options Explained with example. Call gives you the right to buy a stock, but you are not obligated to do so. The contract is worth a certain amount of money which we will call extrinsic value.

CFD Trading Risks: Learn the risks associated with trading CFDs
Contracts For Difference have some unique risks associated with them, as well as some general dangers common to many investment types. Here are the top 7 risks associated with trading CFDs.

Learn How To Trade CFDs: Developing a system that should make us money
Trading CFDs profitably require a careful risk management plan. Learn how to systematically look at CFD’s in bite-sized portions to develop system that should make us money.