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<i>Acknowledgements iv</i> <p><i>Foreword v</i></p> <p><i>Introduction vii</i></p> <p>1 Basics of CFDs 1</p> <p>2 The search for the top CFD trader in Australia 9</p> <p>3 Preparing for battle 31</p> <p>4 The competition heats up 55</p> <p>5 The power of leverage 71</p> <p>6 Trading mistakes 87</p> <p>7 Trawling the markets 103</p> <p>8 Trade management 121</p> <p>9 Who wants to be a trader? 143</p> <p>10 Home stretch 157</p> <p><i>Glossary 171</i></p> <p><i>Index 175</i></p>

<strong>Eva Diaz</strong> is Communications Officer at CMC Markets, Australia's largest CFD provider and the pioneers of CFD trading in Australia.<br />A former journalist, Eva holds a bachelors degree in mass communications (with a major in journalism), has undertaken finance and investment courses at the Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA) and has also completed post-graduate units in marketing at Macquarie University. <p>Her keen interest in financial markets led her to pursue an active involvement in the CFD market.<br />She is the author of <em>Real Traders, Real Lives, Real Money</em> (Wrightbooks 2006).

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