Recent content by akardar1

Sure, understood, there is some value in these minis thats for sure, sizes will depends on position sizing, but for something like oil and spx, sizes would be minimal, larger sizes on wheat for instance, i understand that spreads on cfds are wider, and am beginning to wonder how they affect the...

Sure understood, but CFDs do offer the ability to "scale down". Alot of these mechanical systems are capital intensive and one may just not have enough funds to take the signals.. and oil trade for instance with a stop at 1 or 2 time ATR would require big dough... CFDs, are more expensive ok...

Hello, Do we have any members who have backtested strategies for the CFD market? i.e - lets assume an individual wanted to to gain exposure to mid/long term trendfollowing across a basket of diversified products: indices, metals, agri, interest rates and FX. He cant enter the futures market...

Hello all. I am looking for clarity with regards to CFD's. I would like to eventually trade a system I have been working on. It would involve long/short across CFD's (commodity/financial instruments and FX). No equities. I have come to understand that spreadbetting bid/offers can be skewed...