The History Of CFD Trading In Australia
CFD stands for Contract for Difference, CFDs are a financial agreement made between a buyer and seller to make good the profit or loss incurred between when the CFD was purchased to when it was sold. CFDs are common in both Australia as well as the UK, they are mostly offered over indices, stocks and currencies.
In the early days in London where CFDs began they were known as SWAP contracts. It was not until around 2001 that CFDs became accepted by retail investors. It was CMC Markets and IG Markets, two large spread betting businesses based in the UK that bought CFDs to the forefront in the retail trader’s arsenal. CFDs suddenly grew to become widespread in the United kingdom as they did not attract any stamp duty.
In 2002 both CMC Markets and IG Markets opened offices in Australia and began to actively promote CFDs to Australian traders, the popularity of CFDs peaked in 2007. As a result of their popularity amongst Australian traders and investors many international CFD providers saw the potential in Australia and opened up offices. At present are over 13 CFD providers operating in Australia and an estimated 35,000 retail CFD traders.
Recently CFDs have received much attention as a result of investors loosing money due to the leveraged nature of the product and market volatility. This negative publicity combined with the collapse of Sonray Capital Markets has led to increased scrutiny from ASIC, the Australian regulator. The scrutiny has primarily focused on how client money is managed.
At present CFDs remain one of the most common financial products for retail traders in Australia, although unconfirmed it’s estimated that CFD volumes account for around 35% of ASX exchange turnover. As CFDs are an over the counter product it is difficult to confirm this number.
Like shares CFDs are mostly traded on-line over the internet. CFDs are primarily traded using platforms offered by the main CFD providers. Many of these platforms were originally developed to trade currencies but were quickly adapted to share CFDs.
CFD trading is popular amongst on-line share traders. Share trading is extremely popular in Australia, in fact on a per capita basis Australia has the highest proportion of share ownership in the world.
Before making the commitment to trade CFDs it is important that you are aware of their risks and benefits. It is important that you read the Product Disclosure Statement issued by your CFD provider which outlines CFDs in detail including the risks and rewards, only then should you consider whether CFDs are right for you.
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