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Hi All,

I never used CFDs or SB. But Eurex - Europe's Global Financial Marketplace offers horrible spreads and prices on VOW options on the VOWF futures. the futres are also very dubious 'cos there is no market maker!! I had issues with the lack of quotes and lack of a market maker, so i called the exchange. If there is no one wanting to be the counter party, tough

What about the cost?

I had to handle an initial margin of approximately $ 10,000 for each Volkswagen future. Let's say I want to go short on 1,000 shares and have $ 100,000 risk capital.

The options are way too expensive - no, thank you.

How would SB or CFDs perform versus a December 09at the money future of say $ 380?

a) 13.5 months times the interest on $ 100,000?
b) How many shares would i control with $ 100,000?
c) Anything else?
d) Is there the same issue as with the EUREX SSF (single stock futures), like no market maker? You might have a great position but unless you can close it, what's the point?1?

Thank you for any answers!

Chris[/list]

Hi Guys,

I have recently been usng the igmarkets puretrade web platform, and as I ramp up my activities I am looking at some more sophistcated tools. I have previous experience with metatrader in an FX previous life and liked what it can do.

I am happy to place trades directly into the puretrade platform, but I would like to be able to tile all my charts (puretrade can't do that) and export data sets and run my own scripts. So far I am hearing metastock and tradestation, are there any others that I should look at?

Thanks,

T

HI Guys

I have a 6 figure sum in a non-seggragated a/c with etrade for CFD/Futures trade. As etrade sp is tanking massively does this non-seggragated have a risks, all funds are together clients and firms.

If etrade goes belly up, am I protected a max of £48k or that does not count for non-seggrated a/c? and £0 for me

European Markets Fundamental Outlook

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 09:12:06 GMT
Written by Ilya Spivak, Analyst for CFDTrading.com

Traders have seen little follow-through to economic data releases in recent weeks as price action continues to be guided by broad trends in risk sentiment.

Europe: What to Watch For

• Crude rebounds a bit as OPEC says they will slow “overproduction”
• Korea Development Bank rejects deal to buy stake in Lehman Brothers

Lehman Replaces Fannie, Freddie As Confidence Remains Shaky

Traders have seen little follow-through to economic data releases in recent weeks as price action continues to be guided by broad trends in risk sentiment. Robust optimism following the government takeover of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave way today on news that Korea Development Bank rejected another deal to buy a large stake in major US investment bank Lehman Brothers. The news saw Wall St close in the red while Asian equity indices opened substantially lower. Investors could be in for significant volatility in the coming days as the specter of a collapse at a major institution continues to threaten financial markets.

DAX 6233.41
Price action is likely to fall in with broad market themes, with Financials seen under pressure. EuropeÂ’s largest car maker Volkswagen AG said demand for its diesel based vehicles in the US may be stronger than originally forecast.

FTSE-100 5415.60
Expectations for the Trade balance call for marginally smaller monthly deficits in July than in the preceding month, though this will hardly derail the downward-sloping annualized trend. Further, there is considerable room for a downside surprise following yesterdayÂ’s disappointing Industrial Production figures. That metric fell -1.9% in the year to July versus -1.4% expected as the global economic slowdown takes its toll on demand both domestically and in key European export markets.

CAC-40 4293.34
Industrial Production is expected to decline -2.5% in the year to July, while Manufacturing Production falls -3.1% in the same period. The Trade deficit is forecast to improve a bit, printing at -5.0 billion euro in July versus -5.6 billion in June.

IBEX 11350.00
Price action is likely to fall in with broad market themes, with Financials seen under pressure. Grupo Ferrovial SA, the owner of LondonÂ’s Heathrow airport, is set to release monthly passenger traffic figures.

MIB 28263.00
The final revision of second-quarter GDP is expected to show the economy shrank -0.3% in the three months to June. Private Consumption is expected to fall -0.2% in the same reference period, while both Imports and Exports shrink an equal -0.7%.

AEX 395.73
Price action is likely to fall in with broad market themes, with Financials seen under pressure. Heineken NV, the largest Dutch brewing company, said it would not seek new acquisitions for the time being having bought Scottish & Newcastle Plc earlier this year.

SMI 7189.45
Burkhalter Holding AG, SwitzerlandÂ’s biggest electrical fixtures company, said first-half profits multiplied nearly 4 times, helped by the sale of several properties. Price action is likely to fall in with broad market themes, with Financials seen under pressure.

Asia Session Key Developments

• Japanese Producer Prices Collapse in August on Cheaper Oil
• Australian Consumer Confidence Higher on Rate Cut Expectations

Asian bourses sell off as new risks emerge to the financial system

Asian markets buckled as optimism from the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac met renewed concerns about troubles at major investment bank Lehman Brothers. News surfaced that the bank was shopping parts of its operation to Korea Development Bank and was turned down, raising concerns about the institutionÂ’s health. Investors were wary as the specter of a collapse at a major institution continues to threaten financial markets.

Nikkei 225 12346.63 -54.02 -0.44%Tokyo shares took a beating on heightened concerns about the global economy and financial system, following Wall St into negative territory. Japan's wholesale prices collapsed in August as the Corporate Goods Price Index contracted -0.1% versus a revised 2.2% in the preceding month. The result marks the first monthly decline in nearly a year. The drop comes courtesy of the rapid selloff in crude oil and other key commodities. The Current Account surplus declined further in the year to July, contracting -17.3%. The annualized reading has declined for 5 consecutive months as stagnating demand in JapanÂ’s key export markets withers amid the global economic slowdown.

Hang Seng 19999.78 -491.33 -2.40%The Hong Kong Index followed broader market sentiment, selling off on financial system worries set off during Wall St trading.

S&P/ASX 200 4905.50 -74.60 -1.5%Westpac Consumer Confidence rose again in September, gaining 7.0% having scored a massive 9.1% in August. As before, positive momentum is being driven by markedly lower petrol prices and the prospect of a continuing rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia. That did not help the benchmark index, as investors reacted to downbeat Wall St momentum.

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