CFD basics
What is CFD trading? How online CFDs work, in plain English
A CFD tracks a market's price without owning the underlying. How the contract works, what leverage does to it, what it costs, and the risks that define the product.
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Leverage
What it changes, what it does not, and why it is not the same as risk.
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Position sizing
Leverage, margin and why position sizing comes first
Leverage decides how much margin a trade ties up. Position size decides whether a losing streak ends your account. They are not the same lever, and only one of them is yours to set on every trade.
7 min read
Margin
Margin calls and stop-outs, explained before you meet one
Margin level is the number the platform watches. What it measures, InnoMP's 30% weekday and 100% weekend liquidation thresholds, and the sizing habits that keep both permanently out of reach.
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