Another nice infographics comes from TDdirectinvesting.co.uk explaining about the CFD trading procedure of the:_x000D_
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- Go long trader
- Go short trader
- Traditional Share Trader
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CFDs allow you to trade without buying the actual underlying asset. To illustrate this works in the scenario two people each open a CFD contract to speculate on the price of oil. A third wishes to purchase the oil shares outright in the hope the share price will rise. (click to enlarge):_x000D_