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Old 16-09-2006, 04:48
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Originally Posted by shark1963 View Post
If you mean call or put options, NO. Whilst a call/put has a specific basis (i.e. microsoft call 28 /0.1/ 10.12.06) amount and an experiation date, a CFD is it own basis. But you dont buy the share,but you trade on the difference between the price you bought and the selling price.

Calls and puts yes, but as it is traded, you can buy and sell them any time up to the expiration date. As you obviously know, you buy a contract for the RIGHT to either buy or sell a stock at a predetermined time. This is also very highly geared and you do not actually buy the stock (until expiry??) It just sounded that there are similarities between CFDs and options.