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CFDs and spread bets are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage.
71% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider.
You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Introduction to trading
How do financial markets work?
The five important elements to understand how financial markets work are market structure, market participants, liquidity, pricing and the spread.
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The Advantages of Spread Betting
Financial spread betting is a flexible form of derivatives trading that enables investors to speculate on a wide range of markets. As with CFD trading…
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An Introduction to Forex Signals
When trading currency pairs on the foreign exchange market, forex traders often use trade signals to help them determine the best time to buy or sell…
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What are cryptocurrencies?
A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that only exists in a network of computers called a ‘blockchain’ on the internet. They are virtual currencies t…
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What is forex?
Foreign exchange, often abbreviated as forex or simply FX, refers to the exchange of global currencies on a decentralised market place – also known as…
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The advantages and disadvantages of CFD trading
Contracts for Difference or CFDs, as they are commonly referred to, are derivative instruments that enable traders to speculate on a wide range of fin…
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What is Financial Spread Betting?
Financial spread betting is a flexible form of derivatives trading which allows investors to speculate on whether the value of an instrument will rise…
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What is Leverage in Forex?
Financial Leverage enables retail Forex traders to control market positions that are much larger than their initial investment. Effectively, financial…
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What is day trading?
Day trading is the practice of buying and selling a financial asset within a single trading day. Known as day traders, investors that follow this prac…
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Introduction to trading
What are CFDs?
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are financial derivatives that allow investors to speculate on whether the price of a specific instrument will rise or…
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How to guides
How to trade Cannabis shares CFDs
Talks about the opportunity of Trading in Cannabis and how to use Cannabis share CFDs and Cannabis index CFDs
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How to trade cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies are taking the world by storm. One day cryptocurrencies could be widely accepted as money and replace fiat currencies like the US dol…
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How to invest in shares
Share trading refers to investing in a publicly listed company or corporation by purchasing a number of that company’s shares, also referred to as sto…
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How to trade options
An option is a financial derivative representing a contract wherein a buyer is given the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a financial ins…
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How to invest in forex
The Foreign Exchange market, often referred to as the Forex or FX market, is considered to be the largest and most liquid market in the world. With an…
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How to Open a Live Account
If you are an experienced trader or if you have already spent time on a Demo account and are now looking to transition to Live trading, you can open a…
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How to Open Swap-Free Accounts
At LCG, in accordance with Shariah Law, we offer our clients of the Muslim faith access to Islamic or Swap-Free accounts. This means that there will b…
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Why use LCG VIP Technical Analysis
Every day the markets offer a great deal of trading opportunities but finding them can be time-consuming and takes a lot of practise. Typical problems…
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How to Open a Demo Account
If you are new to trading and want to test your strategies in a risk-free environment or if you want to try our range of platforms and services, a Dem…
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How to open a Corporate Account
Our Corporate accounts are for individuals who represent a company that is interested in opening a trading account with LCG.
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How to Open and Close a Position
There are numerous ways to open a new position on the LCG Trader platform.
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What is an order?
Assuming you decided to place a trade on one of the many financial markets available, how would you go about it?
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How to Apply Indicators to a Chart
LCG Trader includes a full suite of technical indicators that can be applied to your charts to assist you in identifying the best time to enter the ma…
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How to Set Stop Loss and Take Profit
Stop loss and take profit levels are useful risk management tools that allow you to limit potential losses if the market moves against you and secure…
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What is the Spread in Trading?
The difference between the bid (sell) and ask (buy) prices of any instrument is known as the spread.
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