A contract for differences (CFD) is a financial instrument traders use to speculate on prices without owning the underlying asset. When entering into a CFD, an investor and broker agree to exchange ...

The example below will show you. Suppose you opened a £10,000 CFD buy position on Company XYZ shares when they were selling for £50 per share. That amount got you 200 contracts or CFDs. After 15 days, ...

For a standard CFD, you would be liable to pay that rate on the whole consideration of £150,000, even though you have stumped up £15,000 as a down-payment. As we know from the standard CFD example, ...

Market volatility can significantly affect how contracts for difference (CFDs) perform. Let’s look at how volatile markets ...