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Start with the basics as you learn to trade contracts for difference. Find out where CFDs may fit into your successful trading strategy and how they open up the potential to profit in any market conditions.
Pattern recognition is a simple yet invaluable strategy that could transform the way you trade and make your portfolio work harder, but not enough traders know how to use it effectively. This free guide will help you recognise the signs that can make the difference between success and failure.
If you're on the lookout for ways to fine-tune entry and exit points and trade more effectively, you'll want solid indicators in a trading toolkit. One of them, available on our CFD trading platform, is the Relative Strength Index, or RSI.
As a trader, you need to have a good understanding of the nature of market volatility and the way it impacts your positions. One of the most popular - and one of the most reliable - tools that traders have at their disposal is Bollinger Bands.
It is natural for new CFD traders to concentrate on strategies to select profitable positions but, while this is essential, it is just as important to plan how to deal with losses. The objective of most traders is to make consistent profits over the long term.
