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Q. Are there any differences between forex spot trading and trading forex on a CFD account?
Q. What is the difference between spread betting and contracts for difference?
Q. What are best: spread bets or contracts for difference?
Q. Why is direct market access seen as more transparent than spread betting?
Q. But assuming I’m a day trader, would you opt to go through the DMA route or spreadbets?
Q. But aren’t CFDs liable to capital gains tax unlike spread bets?
Q. What are most cost-effective – spread betting, cfds or direct shares trading?
Q. So why choose CFDs over spread betting for a person located in the UK?
Q. But I hate having to pay tax!
Q. So should I go with Spread Betting or CFDs?
Q. What factors determine the bid-offer spread?
Q. Why do the prices on the AUS200 CFD move differently to the SPI?
Q. But isn’t the Daily Cash buying the contract right now at current prices?
Q. Are you able to trade CFDs even after-hours or when the underlying market is closed?
Q. If there is limited liquidity in a market, can you still trade CFDs over that asset?
Q. What about corporate actions?
Q. What happens if a company pays a dividend?
Q. Are CFDs exempt from tax on dividends?
Q. Does a holder of a long CFD receive a dividend and imputation credits?
Q. What about franking credits?
Q. What happens in a stock split?
Q. In case of a rights issue if I buy the rights in CFDs can i take part in the rights exercise?
Q. Can you take or make delivery of a stock by trading a CFD?
Q. Do CFDs give you the right to convert your holdings into actual shares?
Q. Yes, I understand that but shares as you know give you entitlement in the say of things…