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Overnight financing fees CFD are calculated using a simple formula: position size multiplied by the applicable financing rate, multiplied by the number of days held, then converted into the account currency. At…
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Consumer sentiment record low concerns persist as the preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 46.3 in October 2026, down from 48.1 in September, according to the survey published by…
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The margin close out rule is the margin level below which a CFD broker must close a retail client’s open positions. Since August 1, 2018, this threshold has been set at 50%…
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Wall Street falls for a second straight session on October 8, 2026, a day after the S&P 500 posted a historic record. The index gave up 0.5% in Thursday’s session, according to…
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The FOMC minutes October 7, released by the US Federal Reserve, reveal that the 25 basis point hike voted on September 16, 2026 to raise rates to 3.75-4 percent, though adopted unanimously,…
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Required margin on a CFD is the percentage of the total position value that a trader must deposit to open it, and this percentage depends directly on the category of the underlying…
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An OCO order (One Cancels the Other) links two orders, typically two limit orders, so that the execution of one automatically cancels the other, according to the definition given by the CFTC,…
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A stop-loss trigger order becomes, as soon as the threshold set by the investor is reached, a market order: it is activated and executed with no price condition at all, as the…
