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CFD Trading: From the Trading Desk to the Mobile Phone
LONDON, June 25, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CFD trading has only been around since the early 1990s, but in a short
space of time it has become an invaluable method of speculating on financial
markets and hedging investments. CFD trading (
http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading/) was originally developed as a
simpler way for hedge funds to short sell in the London Stock Exchange.
It soon became available to individuals, and part of the attraction of
CFD trading was that it allowed a trader to benefit from leverage and avoid
stamp duty on any profits, neither of which were options afforded by
standard share dealing. However, the leverage also meant that traders could
lose more than their initial deposit.
CFD trading [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading ] also allowed - and
continues to allow - traders to speculate on markets without owning the
underlying shares. This meant CFD traders were able to sidestep the
time-consuming and expensive exercise of borrowing stock to trade on a
declining market.
Since the 1990s, CFD trading has become increasingly accessible. During
the dot com boom, online trading platforms came to the fore: by the turn of
the century CFDs were widely available in the UK. Most recently City Index
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk ], a provider of spread betting
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting ] and CFD trading, enhanced the
industry further with the launch of its multi award-winning mobile CFD
trading platform [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/trading-platform/mobile-trading-platform.aspx ]
- City Trading?.
CFD trading is now available on many more markets than just the London
Stock Exchange. To find out the range of markets offered by City Index,
visit: http://www.cityindex.co.uk/range-of-markets/
Spread betting [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting ] and CFD
trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your
initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.
About City Index:
Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of
derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index
trading platform.
As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in
over 50 countries. We provide access to a range of instruments including
margined foreign exchange, contracts for difference (CFDs)
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading/what-is-cfd-trading.aspx ] and, in
the UK, financial spread betting.
We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and
expand our range of services. The result is our customers benefit from
innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and
a high standard of customer support. For more, visit
http://www.cityindex.co.uk/
Source: City Index
Contact: Joshua Raymond, City Index, +44(0)20-7107-7002, joshua.raymond[at]cityindex.co.uk
CFD Trading: From the Trading Desk to the Mobile Phone
LONDON, June 25, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CFD trading has only been around since the early 1990s, but in a short
space of time it has become an invaluable method of speculating on financial
markets and hedging investments. CFD trading (
http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading/) was originally developed as a
simpler way for hedge funds to short sell in the London Stock Exchange.
It soon became available to individuals, and part of the attraction of
CFD trading was that it allowed a trader to benefit from leverage and avoid
stamp duty on any profits, neither of which were options afforded by
standard share dealing. However, the leverage also meant that traders could
lose more than their initial deposit.
CFD trading [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading ] also allowed - and
continues to allow - traders to speculate on markets without owning the
underlying shares. This meant CFD traders were able to sidestep the
time-consuming and expensive exercise of borrowing stock to trade on a
declining market.
Since the 1990s, CFD trading has become increasingly accessible. During
the dot com boom, online trading platforms came to the fore: by the turn of
the century CFDs were widely available in the UK. Most recently City Index
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk ], a provider of spread betting
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting ] and CFD trading, enhanced the
industry further with the launch of its multi award-winning mobile CFD
trading platform [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/trading-platform/mobile-trading-platform.aspx ]
- City Trading?.
CFD trading is now available on many more markets than just the London
Stock Exchange. To find out the range of markets offered by City Index,
visit: http://www.cityindex.co.uk/range-of-markets/
Spread betting [http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting ] and CFD
trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your
initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.
About City Index:
Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of
derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index
trading platform.
As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in
over 50 countries. We provide access to a range of instruments including
margined foreign exchange, contracts for difference (CFDs)
[http://www.cityindex.co.uk/cfd-trading/what-is-cfd-trading.aspx ] and, in
the UK, financial spread betting.
We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and
expand our range of services. The result is our customers benefit from
innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and
a high standard of customer support. For more, visit
http://www.cityindex.co.uk/
Source: City Index
Contact: Joshua Raymond, City Index, +44(0)20-7107-7002, joshua.raymond[at]cityindex.co.uk