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Alsi T40 keeps me fully occupied atm but I would like to nibble on cfd's in future, will join you shortly.

What type of trader would you describe yourself as Moneypenny?

A ruthless, opportunistic one I presume, high risk, high reward.

Calling all CFD pro's and amateurs:

I need you to start posting on how and when you enter CFD's and help me to understand these:

Question One:
How long do you usually keep your CFD?  minutes, hours, weeks or months?

Question Two: 
Please explain the 'expiry' thingy, I know its 4 times a year, every whatever Thursday or something like that, the 19th Sep? What is the purpose of expiring, what if you wanted to keep going (roll over), is it just so that your redo your contract and repay brokers + a new bid/offer price? The way I see it SSF and CFD are basically the same thing, except for the expiry factor? Yes?

Question Three: 
Do dividends have an effect?

Question Four:
Any tricks you have picked up whilst trading CFD's? (I've picked up a lot of tricks on Alsi and T40 CFD's which are very costly if you're unaware, if somebody is interested, I can point it out)

Now, please respond and don't make me go and ask the 'other forum'. 

Both please.

I need to learn from you guys until I can find my own rhythm, something like a parasite and a willing host.

Phew, thank you Aragon.

First mistake you saved me from, SSF’s and not CFD’s expires, always had the notion that share CFD’s expire and not index CFD’s.  But it is good news indeed as I was waiting for the 19th to start; now I can start sooner.   It also explains why time frames are longer and it seems, for now at least, that price fluctuations are not as lethal as on index CFD’s.

So dividends, same principle as indices although trading stops at 16:50 were as I usually trade until 22:00 (daylight savings time dependant) and can start 2am, whereas 9:00am seems opening time, or can I trade 8:50 in auction?  Don’t worry, I’ll find out soon enough.

With regards to tricks, I've learned on Alsi & T40 CFD’s to disable stop losses just before 8:30 (sometimes also 8:00) and also just before/after major economic news. It’s amazing and I guess also borderline criminal how enormous fluctuations are then, both up and down in a split second, to take out SL’s both ways I assume and then continuing right back in the direction it was going before those times.

Also, I never initiate a new contract out of normal business hours because spreads seem to magically inflate after hours, thus best time to start is just after 8:30am.  I suppose it is not really tricks, I just try to hunt the hunter.

Thank you for sharing current positions, I’ll try to follow what is happening here.

Now, I'm looking forward to look into a few potential shares, I will post when I enter so that everyone can share my pain and learn from my mistakes.

No it is dirt cheap, that's the point.

Mine, and I will have to double check later, just to give you an idea:

Edit: Oh no, these are for SSF again, CFD are between 15.00% & 17.50%.  Anybody got a list somewhere?

Margins:
ACL R712
AEG R375
BIL R3675
BTI R4125
CFR R1425
DSY R585
HAR R900
KIO R7575
MUR R360
NPN R7500
SAB R3450
WHL R660
VOD R1485
FTSE MINI R3165
FTSE/JSE 31 650
SILV R18750
COPP R9000
GOLD R9600
CRUDE R10500
PLAT R13050

and your chikkies R330.

Aragon, what's your margins?

Edit: So I've missed the 'r', sorry Aragorn

Aragon, what's your margins?

I trade on STD OST Platform. Regret that you can't short a number of the shares listed, and the availability is not as big as we would like them to be but we manage within what we have. (Something about the ability to borrow and lend shares on the market - stuff above my pay grade)
The latest margins are advised below-

CFD's margins effective 10 September 2013:
ABLcfd - R 3.14
ACLcfd - R 7.11
ACPcfd - R 7.08
AEGcfd - R 3.44
AGLcfd - R 35.84
AIPcfd - R 4.94
AMScfd - R 78.47
ANGcfd - R 26.28
APNcfd - R 21.36
ARIcfd - R 28.79
ARLcfd - R 9.36
BGAcfd - R 16.80
AVIcfd - R 6.18
AWAcfd - R 1.10
AWBcfd - R 0.99
BATcfd - R 7.11
BAWcfd - R 10.14
BILcfd - R 38.67
BSRcfd - R 1.92
BVTcfd - R 25.73
CFRcfd - R 14.58
CLScfd - R 5.73
CPLcfd - R 0.89
DSYcfd - R 6.00
DTCcfd - R 6.08
EMIcfd - R 2.10
EXXcfd - R 26.40
FSRcfd - R 3.62
GFIcfd - R 10.59
GLDcfd - R 13.17
GNDcfd - R 2.88
GRFcfd - R 5.22
GRTcfd - R 2.00
HARcfd - R 9.36
IMPcfd - R 21.05
INLcfd - R 7.52
INPcfd - R 7.44
IPLcfd - R 24.32
ITUcfd - R 6.24
JDGcfd - R 3.92
JSEcfd - R 7.82
KIOcfd - R 81.80
LBHcfd - R 17.84
LEWcfd - R 6.86
LHCcfd - R 5.27
LONcfd - R 13.40
MDCcfd - R 5.96
MMIcfd - R 2.43
MNDcfd - R 17.87
MPCcfd - R 13.47
MPTcfd - R 3.35
MRFcfd - R 0.30
MSMcfd - R 14.96
MTNcfd - R 23.88
MURcfd - R 3.69
NEDcfd - R 20.55
NHMcfd - R 7.23
NPKcfd - R 2.81
NPNcfd - R 82.31
NTCcfd - R 2.28
OMLcfd - R 3.90
PAMcfd - R 22.49
PIKcfd - R 3.99
PLAcfd - R 26.94
PPCcfd - R 3.35
PWKcfd - R 1.67
RDFcfd - R 0.86
REIcfd - R 3.48
REMcfd - R 26.78
REScfd - R 8.00
RINcfd - R 1.23
RLOcfd - R 7.02
RMHcfd - R 5.49
RMIcfd - R 2.76
SABcfd - R 36.15
SACcfd - R 0.47
SAPcfd - R 4.28
SBKcfd - R 12.53
SGLcfd - R 2.61
SHFcfd - R 4.64
SHPcfd - R 17.93
SLMcfd - R 4.32
SOLcfd - R 54.78
SPPcfd - R 11.22
STDcfd - R 0.30
STFcfd - R 0.95
STRcfd - R 6.11
STXcfd - R 3.44
SUIcfd - R 9.77
SWXcfd - R 0.78
SXFcfd - R 1.05
SXIcfd - R 3.54
TBScfd - R 25.32
TFGcfd - R 10.85
TKGcfd - R 4.34
TMGcfd - R 3.57
TONcfd - R 11.19
TREcfd - R 10.29
TRUcfd - R 10.31
TSXcfd - R 2.28
VILcfd - R 0.21
VKEcfd - R 1.31
VODcfd - R 14.66
WBOcfd - R 13.28
WEZcfd - R 1.35
WHLcfd - R 6.72