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Anyone here making a living trading CFDs?

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aferguson15

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Like the topic says basically,

Just wondering who here makes a living day trading CFD's and also what types of indicators people use, like pivot points, stochastics, inverted head n sholders etc etc etc
 
Re: Anyone here making a living trading CFD's

aferguson15 said:
Like the topic says basically,

Just wondering who here makes a living day trading CFD's and also what types of indicators people use, like pivot points, stochastics, inverted head n sholders etc etc etc
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Only the brokers
 
Re: Anyone here making a living trading CFD's

hahaha yeah thats what im thinking more and more
 
I would say most traders making a living from the markets probably don't use CFD's for the bulk of their trading as they tend to be a bit expensive.
 
It can be done. I don't. But thats because i don't have a large enough capital base. If i got the same percentage returns on a larger capital base then i could do it. I wouldnt live like the sultan of brunei though.

Its not as simple as trading off a stockhastic, or head and shoulders. You will need many years testing strategies and finding out what can create a profit for you.
 
Its not as simple as trading off a stockhastic, or head and shoulders. You will need many years testing strategies and finding out what can create a profit for you.
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yes i do understand that.
It is frustrating tho, as i have the capital behind me and plenty of share market experiance but the more i look at things the more they look like the wild west
 
aferguson15 said:
yes i do understand that.
It is frustrating tho, as i have the capital behind me and plenty of share market experiance but the more i look at things the more they look like the wild west
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Its probably all the indicators your throwing at the charts!

If you want to see how to do it simply, im not professing that i a am a trading god, but look at this thread and there are some examples of how i trade. It may or may not help you

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=522197#post522197
 
Yes you can make money from trading CFDs, and as an Advisor I have clients who are successful at it. Just like any financial instrument it comes down to the individual and their trading style.

An advantage of CFDs is choosing a level of leverage suited to you, unlike futures where one contract may not be suitable to a Trader's risk profile but they choose to trade it anyway and are overleveraged.

I use market profile and capital flow analysis and have found it very useful in the short term trading framework, but haven't used it in a longer term framework. I look for distribution (vertical price movement), price acceptance, then development (horizontal price movement) in a market. How you use this information then depends on your trading style.

Cheers.
 
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