A simple trading example
Global markets present many opportunities for online investors and nowadays, anyone can invest in shares, commodities, indices, currencies, cryptos and ETFs in the form of CFDS. Taking your first steps as a trader might be a bit challenging, but remember that every successful investor was once a novice, and that with the free education resources and 1-on-1 training at forex. You too can learn how to trade CFDS online. Probably sooner than you imagine.
We want to help you get started. On this page, we will provide you with a quick and easy online trading example, for your convenience. Before we do, though, we have to introduce a few of basic terms:
Leveraged trading
One of the key elements of trading shares, commodities, indices, currencies, cryptos and ETFs in the form of CFDS, is an ingenious trading tool called ‘ https://www.iforex.com/landing_pages/br1/www/ForexBeginners_R_2.0_Trade/?content=ForexBeginners_R_2.0_Trade&dsp10=102f8a2ee13b009d751caef3f8ddc8,1689,6541,3906,aff&aff_sub=’. It enables you to open large deals with a relatively small investment. How large? Up to 400 times your initial investment. For example, with a $200 investment, you can open a deal of up to $80,000. Please remember that while leverage allows you to maximize your trading power, it needs to be used carefully, because it also increases risk to your investment.
Short and long positions
At forex, you can take advantage of any change in the price of a specific instrument – even if it’s falling. When you think the price of an instrument will fall, open a ‘Sell’ deal. This is called ‘short trading’ or simply ‘going short’. When you think the price of an instrument will rise, open a ‘Buy’ deal. This is called ‘long trading’ or ‘going long’.
CFD trading
When you invest online, you don’t need to actually buy a share or buy a gold bullion and then keep it in a safe. You invest in the price of an instrument, in the form of CFDS (Contract for Difference). When you invest in oil, a single CFD means one barrel of oil. When you invest in a share, a single CFD is one share, etc.
An example of a deal
Completing a CFD deal with forex is quick, simple and only takes four steps. Ready? Let’s get down to business.
- Choose an instrument,
CHOOSING isn’t always easy, but in this example we’ll choose for you. Let’s say you want to open a trade on a popular commodity: crude oil, and assume a single CFD (a barrel of oil, remember?) costs $50. - Choose your deal size,
The maximum leverage on oil is 200:1. So, with a $200 investment, you can open a deal of up to $40,000. Let’s look at the math:
$200 × 200 = $40,000
How many $50 contracts can we buy with $40,000?
$40,000 ÷ $50 = 800 - Choose a direction
Remember what we said about ‘short’ and ‘long’? In this case, we’ll go with a ‘long’ position, meaning we think that the price of oil is going to rise, and choose a ‘Buy’ deal
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