Found a post in the Capital Markets section of LinkedIn asking whether “CFD’s or Contract for Difference are a good trading tool?” The concern I had with the question posted was that it suggested that CFDs were developed to allow investors to “receive all the benefits of owning a stock without having to physically own the stock itself.” Unfortunately too many online trading investors take this view point and very quickly see their $$$ evaporate as they are hit by margin calls regardless of whether their positions are long or short. [...]
