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CFD is acronym for Contract for Difference

CFD is traded as a derivative product and you gain profit from change in prices of shares and stocks. For example, if you purchase a CFD on stock that is traded at $5.00 and the price of the stock rises to $5.50 then you gain profit from that rise in price, which is $0.50 per stock. Therefore, if you have purchased 1000 CFDs of that particular stock then your total profit is $0.50 x 1000. You also have the option of short selling CFDs and register profit in falling markets.

Despite the nature of business involving CFDs, there is no volatility premium or time value. CFDs can be tailor made such as equity swap and you don’t need to pay the exchange fees. Selling a CFD can be a difficult task if you are unable to find a seller for your CFD.

The advantage offered by CFD is the leveraged method used in trading stocks and different indexes. The method is beneficial because you have control over individual stocks without purchasing the physical stock.

You can plan long-term investment and wait for the prices to rise. You can also short sell if you think the stock prices will go down. In majority of the situations, the stock traders are not able to reap the benefits when market plunges. An investor can earn quick profits by emulating a short position when the market is moving downwards. Hence, short selling is a major attraction of CFD’s. CFD Stock trading is getting popular as the trade is carried out on margin and you can start trading by investing little money. You can earn significant profits in CFD business through brokerages, through trades and various financing charges. You can earn additional profits by diversifying the product offerings and earning exchange fees for each trade.

As mentioned before CFD is all about earning margins. There are two kinds of margins in CFD Stock trading; initial margin and variable margin. For example, consider you buy 100 shares of a particular company using CFDs at price of at S$100. The price drops down to S$90, then your broker would decrease your account by S$1000 in variable margin (100 shares x S$10). If the price moves up to S$110 then the trader will credit your CFD account by S$1000 in positive variable margin.

On other hand, the initial margin is debited from client account up front and then credited back once the trade is flattened. If you consider above example of CFD Stock trading, you as a buyer have to only put up 5% of S$100 x 100 or S$500 and borrow the balance of S$9500. Thus, brokerage community earns good profit through such borrowings and is happy to finance CFD deals as they earn good commissions.