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Education & Market News

At Trading Platform, we believe knowledge is an investor's best asset. That's why we provide a full range of educational resources - from market news and timely articles, to webcasts and fully-immersive curriculums, to guide you on your path to becoming an even smarter investor. These are available directly on the platform and you will be able to see live updates as you trade. Open an account and gain access to more content, and get a personalized experience curated just for you. Find out what's happening in the markets and delve deeper into the headlines with insights on economic indicators, earnings, trends, and much more. Plan and evaluate your strategy with our suite of investment research tools. This allows you to analyze investment performance and market conditions to see if your next idea can help you gain higher returns

What Are CFDs?

CFD or Contract for Difference is an agreement between a broker and a client to pay the difference between a security's opening and closing price. At first glance, CFD trades can seem more confusing than traditional trades - so here are some examples to guide you through opening and closing positions.

Example: Buying A Share CFD

BHP has a sell price of $27.59, and a buy price of $27.60. BHP's next earnings announcement is fast approaching, and you expect it to be good news. You think the company's share price will go up, so you buy 2000 share CFDs at $27.60. This is the equivalent of buying 2000 BHP shares. Because CFD trading is a leveraged product, you don't need to put up the full value of these shares. Instead, you only need to cover the margin, which is calculated by multiplying your exposure with the margin factor for the market you are trading. So if BHP has a margin factor of 5%, then your margin would be 5% of the total exposure of your trade (2000 share CFDs x $27.6 = $55,200), which is $2760.

What Is Risk Management?

Risk management, also known as money management, refers to a number of trading techniques employed to lessen risk exposure. Being affected by various factors, Cryptocurrencies can be highly volatile at times, therefore protecting your account against adverse price fluctuations is an essential part of a trading strategy. For example, when you risk 100 USD on position to potentially gain 300 USD, the risk to reward ratio is 13. Ratio of 1:2 is considered the minimum one should aim for as only a third of positions would need to be profitable to remain break even. Potential profit and loss can be defined through Stop Loss and Take Profit levels. Stop Loss and Take Profit are orders to close the position when price reaches a certain predefined level. Stop loss or Take Profit level can be identified with various technical Support and resistance for a short position stop loss is usually placed just above resistance level, while a long position often has stop loss set a little below support level. Trend lines and channels stop loss price is commonly placed outside the channel, above or below the trend line.

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Spot trends and potential opportunities that may fit your investment strategy with our customizable charts. Simply select the security or index and set your specific parameters for charts that have the information you may need to make your decision.