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Contract for difference (CFD)

In finance, a contract for difference (or CFD) is a contract between two parties, typically described as "buyer" and "seller", specifying that the buyer will pay to the seller the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at contract time. (If the difference is negative, then the seller pays instead to the buyer.) In effect CFDs are financial derivatives that allow traders to take advantage of prices moving up (long positions) or prices moving down (short positions) on underlying financial instruments and are often used to speculate on those markets.

The major benefit of trading a CFD is the fact that the client can trade on margin – meaning client can trade a full portfolio of CFDs without having to tie up large amounts of capital.

Below are the specifications of the Forex Currency Pairs and Spot Precious Metals avaible for trading at Investa FPS.

• CFD Currencies

• CFD Indices

Indices		Spread	Months Traded	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX		Beirut Local Time
@ES1..	Mini SP 500	1 to 2	3,6,9,12	1lot=50 Times Index Price	0.25	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 - 23:15 23:30 – 24:00
@NQ1..	E-Mini Nasdaq	1 to 2	3,6,9,12	1lot=20 Times Index Price	0.25	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 - 23:15 23:30 – 24:00
DJ1..	DowJones	1 to 2	3,6,9,12	1lot=10 Times Index Price	1	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 - 23:15 23:30 – 24:00
YM1..	Mini DowJones	1 to 2	3,6,9,12	1lot=5 Times Index Price	1	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 - 23:15 23:30 – 24:00

• CFD Commodities and Precious Metals

Commodities		Spread	Months Traded	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX		Beirut Local Time
@KC1..	Coffee	1 to 2	3,5,7,9,12	1lot=37,500 lbs	0.3	US $2000	10	0.1	30	10:30 – 21:00
Precious Metals
@SI1..	Silver Futures	1 to 2	3,5,7,9,12	1lot=5,000 oz	0.001	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 – 00:15
@GC1..	Gold Futures	1 to 2	2,4,6,8,10,12	1lot=100OZ	0.1	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 – 00:15

• CFD Energies

Energies		Spread	Months Traded	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX		Beirut Local Time
CL1..	Light Sweet Crude Oil Futurs	1 to 2	All months	1lot=1,000 barrels	0.01	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 – 00:15
HG..1	High Grade Copper	0.3	3,6,9,12	1lot=25,000 pounds	0.0005	US $2000	10	0.1	30	01:00 – 00:15

• CFD Equities

Equities		Spread	Stock Exchange	Contract Size	Minimum Price Fluctuation	Margin Requirement	Spreads on Orders	Transaction Size MIN MAX		Beirut Local Time
GE	General Electric	0.7	NYSE	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
C	City Group	0.7	NYSE	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
AIG	American Int Group Inc	0.7	NYSE	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
CSCO	Cisco Systems	0.7	NASDAQ	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
F	Ford Motor	0.7	NYSE	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
MSFT	Microsoft Corp	0.7	NASDAQ	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
NOKIA	Nokia Corp	0.7	NYSE	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
YHOO	Yahoo Inc.	0.7	NASDAQ	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00
EBAY	Ebay Inc	0.7	NASDAQ	1lot=1,000 Shares	0.01	US $2000	0.01	0.1	30	16:30 - 23:00