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Contracts for difference will be centrally cleared for the first time ever this week through an agreement between LCH.Clearnet, Europe’s largest clearinghouse, and multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe.

The move, say LCH.Clearnet and Chi-X Europe, supports the goal of regulators to increase central clearing in OTC trades. The service will begin with the most liquid U.K. stocks. Traders in the over -the-counter market will send transactions for confirmation to London-based  Chi-X Europe, which will pass them on to LCH.Clearnet for final clearing in its EquityClear service. Currently, CFDs are cleared bilaterally between executing brokers and prime brokers. CFDs allow investors to bet on shares or other assets without owning them. The securities are traded off-exchange and investors use the underlying stock to hedge  their positions. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have been pushing for more OTC contracts to be centrally cleared e cleared amid criticism of opaque financial products and excessive risk-taking in the wake of the financial crisis. Clearinghouses typically act as central counterparties to every buy and sell order thereby reducing the potential for a counterparty to either default on its obligation or go bust.

“In the same way as Chi-X Europe launched its cash equities market ahead of MIFiD’s transformation of the trading landscape, we hope centrally cleared CFDs will help address the European Commission’s aim of bringing more OTC trades on-exchange ahead of any regulatory imperative,” says Alasdair aynes, chief executive officer of Chi-X Europe in a statement issued by LCH. Clearnet and Chi-X Europe on Monday. “This is an exciting new opportunity for us to expand our business into new areas.”

http://www.securitiestechnologymonitor.com/news/CFD-clearnet-chi-x-europe-26753-1.html

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CFD trading company, IG Markets has been judged Best CFD Provider for 2010 in Money magazine’s Best of the Best award. Money magazine used research by Investment Trends and CANSTAR CANNEX, and selected IG Markets on the basis of costs and features. In judging, Money magazine placed emphasis on choosing a CFD provider that offered guaranteed stop losses, an effective trading tool to help limit risk. Other features highly regarded by CFD traders (as surveyed by Investment Trends) were considered,  including low transaction fees and access to a Direct Market Access (DMA) platform. Other strengths of IG Markets highlighted by Money magazine included: Guaranteed market prices regardless of CFD trading model; PureDeal and PureDMA products provide flexibility of  both trading models, DMA and Market Maker; Fully customisable trading platform with low entry levels for traders to start (no minimum balance for PureDeal); ASX live data fees are rebated if four or more  trades per month are completed on any market.

Mr Tamas Szabo, IG Markets Australia Chief Executive Officer, says “We have a clear focus on value for money, transparent pricing and the reliability of our browser-based dealing platform, regardless of the trading model you choose.” The accolade adds to the recent trend of awards IG Markets has scooped such as the CANSTAR CANNEX Five Star Rating for Outstanding Value CFD Provider and the Investment Trends research that recognised IG Markets as Australia’s number one CFD provider.

IG Markets specialises in financial derivatives, principally Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on over 7,000 global share CFDs, along with indices, forex trading, commodities, options, binaries  and more. IG Markets is part of the IG Group, a UK FTSE 250 member with over 75,000 active clients worldwide.

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Avoid these silly mistakes  CFD Traders make and dramatically improve your trading results. Jeff Cartridge will share with you how to overcome the simple mistakes that can cost you a fortune.

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You can dramatically improve your CFD trading results, by incorporating independent variables into your analysis. Jeff Cartridge from http://www.learncfds.com will share with you how he has used independent variables to dramatically improve  his trading results with chart patterns.

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