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One of the main advantages of CFD Trading is the ability to apply leverage. The most important part of trading with CFDs is to understand how they work and how the leverage can act like a double edged sword. A trivial topic to discuss but an important lesson to reiterate. CFDs can be traded long or short, as such you can lose out either way if the market goes against you. What is leverage?

An important skill to learn is how to execute a trade with confidence with a trading checklist. One of the most common exercises of a retail day trader is to “pull the trigger” or entering a trade. You look at the days news, fundamentals and technicals and when you decide to open a position you simply call your broker or execute the trade online using your software or browser. Simple isn’t it? But have you has times when you got stuck between the decision making stage and the actual exercising your decision? Have you ever missed a trade because you hesitated, got cold feet or were simply indecisive at the time you needed to execute your planned trade?

As a professional trader, you should treat share trading as a professional business. If your are actively trading stocks, forex, or CFD’s it is of vital importance for you to treat your trading activities as a business.