How Crypto CFD Contract Sizes Work
Crypto CFDs are sized in coins or fractions, so position value = coins × price. How contract and lot sizes work, with a worked bitcoin example.
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What Is a Crypto CFD?
A crypto CFD tracks a cryptocurrency's price without owning coins or a wallet. How it works, leverage limits, costs, regulation and why its risks are high.
How Cross Rates Are Calculated From Two Dollar Pairs
A cross rate is the price of two currencies derived from their US dollar prices. Formulas and worked examples for EUR/JPY and EUR/GBP, and why spreads widen.
What Is a Credit Spread?
A credit spread is the extra yield a corporate bond pays over a government bond. How it is calculated, what widening and narrowing signal and recent extremes.
How the Crack Spread Is Calculated
The 3-2-1 crack spread estimates refining margins: two barrels of gasoline plus one of diesel minus three of crude, divided by three. Example: $32 a barrel.
How Rights Issues, Mergers and Spin-Offs Affect Stock CFDs
Corporate actions change share prices and counts. How CFD providers typically adjust positions for rights issues, mergers, takeovers and spin-offs.
Commodity Trading Mistakes Around Contract Rolls
Six commodity roll mistakes analyzed like engineering failures, rated for severity and detection: unknown roll dates, misread jumps, stops, contango, expiry.
What Are Contango and Backwardation?
Contango is when later futures prices sit above near ones; backwardation is the reverse. What causes each, what they signal and how they affect positions.
What Is Company Guidance and Why Can It Outweigh Earnings?
Guidance is a company's own forecast for revenue or earnings. Why markets often react more to guidance than to the quarter just reported, with Meta's 2022 case.
Common Stock vs Preferred Stock
Common stock gives votes and full upside; preferred stock pays fixed dividends first and ranks ahead in liquidation, usually without votes. A comparison.
What Is a Commodity Supercycle?
A commodity supercycle is a decade-plus rise in prices driven by structural demand that supply takes years to meet. Past examples and the 2020s debate.
How to Read a Commodity Contract Specification
Check the underlying, contract size, tick value, trading hours, margin, expiry and roll dates and costs: a step-by-step guide to commodity contract specs.