@@goul82 dont search for practical advice from random people on the Internet, even if it is a legit advice few sentences can not be enough to cover the topic. Just read "Security Analysis" and "The Intelligent Investor" by Graham
I am exploring the idea of trading and been looking at a few TH-cam videos. I must say yours is concise, clear and to the point without the waffle and bloody fast cars, stash of cash etc.
i hope your channel get more growing because you diverse that ,and to upload a video every day or two video every week its very good idea , i followed you before 3 months and i always being happy when i watching your videos . good luck
Man, am I glad I stumbled onto your videos. I opened a BubbleXT account and first transfered 200GBP and then another 200. I'm on the auto algorithm system. It took it to almost 1000GBP. 3 days later I'm sitting at -62. Now that i understand leverage, i saw my leverage is 100. That is just crazy. Thanks for your videos. They are absolutely fantastic.
So at this moment I am currently $25 down after a misadventure into gold during week 1. Having seen one of your other Vlogs I decided to not panic and see if it recovers through next week. I honestly wish I had watched more of your Vlogs before the adventure began so I had a much better understanding. My first month may well recover and make me look like I did ok but I recon with your tutorials the resulting months will look much better. Thank you!
@@SocialTrading Thank you for replying. Just a quick question if you don't mind. Whilst I realise I may lose my money, there is no way my account can run into negative equity is there? I told you I wish I had found your vlog before the adventure. 🤣
This is a fantastic video with genuine insight into trading stocks, I am baffled as to why 23 people would give it a thumb down, this guys has gone through the trouble to share his experience and knowledge so that people can make informed decision when it comes to trading, what more can you ask??
this really answered so many questions in my head. As a Muslim, I can't use leverages and open a short position because of the interests that it will incur. Interest is not allowed in Islam. So only buying position for me in x1. :)
Thank you so much for this. This is really helpful, as I am really new on this and thinking about to invest, it helps me a lot. please keep posting your educative thoughts. Thanks once again. Glad that I found your channel.
1 question where do they widraw the money for the daily fee lets say i put 500 in my account and i open a trade for 500 i have 0 left in my account where they widraw the fees from ? from the profits if we made any?
His last video explains how there is a middle price between the buy and sell price the spread fee, so whenever you buy/sell it will come out of automatically with the money you're using to buy or sell
Is it really a good idea to put a "Stop Loss" amount? Because when you withdraw (by setting a stop loss amount) when the stock is going down, you are basically incurring a loss. Whereas if you just wait until the stock goes back up (which I was told it usually does) and hopefully get the "Take profit" amount. Am I making sense or are there factors that I'm not taking into account? PS: Not an expert. Just my understanding. Im a novice at this.
Hey there. I'm also just learning, so please just take this as my opinion rather than the total truth. Yes, the value may go back up and then hit your take profit. but it could also keep going down for hours or weeks or months, and then you have to either cut the trade off at an even lower price, or wait for a potentially very long time before it makes its way back up again. During that time, you could have been using the money for a more productive trade... It's something people are always trying to balance - how do i not lock in my losses unnecessarily, but on the other hand, how do i know when to cut off a losing trade and use my money elsewhere... A 'stop loss' is basically a very basic tool which can help with 'risk management' - which is the name given to all of the actions you can take to safeguard your capital and not incur very heavy losses. (Remember most new retail traders lose much more than they make). There's a lot to be said for patience and waiting until your trades are in the green, but traders will learn technical analysis, and fundamental analysis to back up their theories of why an asset is going to do well - they don't just wait blindly thinking "Well surely everything goes back up eventually" - there's no certainty in that way, so they do their best to use analysis to pick which assets to buy and inform their decisions about where it could be going next. They plan their entry points into a trade and their exits from trades accordingly. The more you know, the better really. (At least I think so!)
on trades you choose the time you will trade for.What if you do not put stop loss in a 15 minute trade and it ends with your trade going the opposite.i think stop loss is good
Not long found your videos chap, and enjoying them. I’ve seen a fair few so far from other broadcasters but for me their words seem to go in one ear and out the other. (or they’re sat in a Ferrari or have a stash of cash on the table). Your words seem to be sticking however so thank you for simply speaking like a normal guy. Agreed on the Simon Cowell thing too 😂
Social Trading Vlog oh no fella, what’s happened? Hope you’re ok health wise at least (I’ve been through the ol’ stress n anxiety thing too so know how that can wreck a day).
Hello @Thomas, I just have one question about leverage. I opened a buy position for Fastly for $110 X5 leverage, stop loss was set at 50% and it hit my SL and eToro deducted -$181. I was expecting -$55. How did they are at -$181? Thank you. I always watch your videos and I learned more about trading. Keep safe.
Tom, when copying traders, do we necessarily work with their leverage? Or can stay with our own? I hope the question makes sense.... thank you in advance
It copies the leverage they've used on their trades. You can't use any custom leverage when copy trading, it just copies their portfolio exactly as they've set it up :)
I would advice you to make sure you know and have a trading strategy before going into trading. Trading is very complicated that is why a lot of people going into it and after loosing their start up capital twice or multiple times, never go back to it. You can buy signals or use the help of an account manager if you are not a pro
question. in virtual portfolio, i bought XXX stock using x5 leverage, at the bottom of the buy window/popup there is dailyfee of XX amount. i hold the stock for a few days. then i decided to sell XXX stocks for profit, In my virtual portfolio view there is NO figure or simulation of the daily fees it HAD incurred in the past days. is this normal?? this is misleading
Hi - Have you done a video showing an actual trade using leverage at all ? What I mean by this is that, when you go long or short, and you set a stop loss, sometimes it does not hit the stop loss figure you had on the chart yet it stops you out - this is because of the spread so how do you ensure you stop out exactly where you want to rather than prematurely ? what figure do you have to use - is it whatever figure stop loss you have then MINUS say 10 ? thanks
Hey! I have a question. If i buy an eft like the (VIT) or (VOO) with 1x leverage, i still get the cfd symbol. But it’s still says its no fees in weekends or normal days. But does that mean i buy the etf with the same consept as i own it myself, and get the same profits like i would without it beeing bought as a cfd? Cus i have no leverage, so why is it still bought like an dfc? And another question. Can i hold an cfd for as long as i want? I want to buy an eft with 1x leverage. And i know there is no limit on the hold time on index or mutual founds or eft’s that are bought in your name. But i dont know when it get bought like a cfd…
Hey there, I'm not sure what you mean... Obviously the price changes over time, but I doubt it's that you mean :) so I must be misunderstanding - sorry I can't be of more help.
@@SocialTrading Hey hey your videos have been extremely helpful and I learned a lot in a short time from you. Thanks for replying me. I guess it could be a glitch or bug due to my internet connectivity. Have good day mate! :)
I am totally new to this but I would still not copy and probably not use leverage, just use my ideas on companies worth. However your videos are making it all easier to follow and slightly less scary. But I still don't understand the limits ? I want to put a limit to how much I can lose, sure, but not how much I can win. Can I ??
if you use leverage you'll have overnight and weekend fees. it depends how long you plan to hold the trade open. if youre asking that though, I'm assuming (possibly jncorrectly) that you're a beginner. when I started, I got into a lot of trouble using leverage as its shocking how quickly you can make or more importantly lose money on the trade. the problem is that when the trade is losing money most new people panic, make bad decisions and end up losing their money. it happens to the majority of people statistucally... in my experience that was true.
I would advice you to make sure you know and have a trading strategy before going into trading. Trading is very complicated that is why a lot of people going into it and after loosing their start up capital twice or multiple times, never go back to it. You can buy signals or use the help of an account manager if you are not a pro
Hello thanks for your video , I have a question , when you close your trade when the market isn’t open, and when it open, does it close at a different price than the last price I closed it at? Or it close on lower or higher than the price I closed it on but didn’t get executed due to the market being closed?
Hi Tom, very clear and concise. I did notice that l although your three Amazon trades were taken out at exactly the same time, the x1 leverage opened at 1777.34, whilst the leveraged options were 1777.25. Why is that? Is it because the spread fee is actually slightly less for an un-leveraged long? I thought all spread fees were the same.
Maybe because the CFDs are just mathematical instruments so they can open instantly as database entries, whereas the underlying asset takes some time to actually open due to the order book? Therefore it was delayed and the buy price was different... I don't think they charge any difference in spreads, or surely we'd see that stated somewhere.
Hi. I have a questions. What if I open a 100$ position with x5 leverage to it and have lets say 400$ of available-to-trade funds still in my account. In case market will go to different direction and I start loosing money can I also loose those 400$ available-to-trade funds or the only maximum I can loose is my initial investment of 100$? Thank you for clarifying in advance.
Thanks :) Leverage amplifies the size of the trade you make. So if you trade $100 with X10 leverage, it's like you're trading $1000 worth of the asset. There's no way to have no money, and just use leverage to make trades.
Hi Tom, thanks for your vids. I wanted to clarify, if you use $500 on a higher leverage, ie, x5, that means that the loses will be amplified, in other words, the rate of losing $500 is greater due to the increased leverage (as it would be the same as investing $2500). Is this the only thing that will be lost, ie, only the $500 (+the fee of keeping the leverage overnight etc) or can you exceed the loss further? This was my fear but from what I understand, it just means that if the market goes against you, the $500 could go quicker than if you had used your own capital with x1 leverage. Is this correct?
Yeah, we can hold the trade open for as long as we want (except for very rare cases in certain assets which have expiration dates, but that's a rare thing... you can find out about that in the commodities section in the help section I believe...)
Hi, I am currently new to etoro and your videos are really helpful, especially this one. I have a question regarding CFD. So in short, when I buy using cfd, the final value before closing will be the solid value that i will be receiving, minus the fees????
What happens if you use leverage but don’t hold overnight? Say I buy a CFD at 1.30 and sell at 4.30 will I have to pay any fees apart from the spreads?
Hi I am kinda confused, the CFD daily and weekend overnight fees, how is that charged exactly. I dont have any balance money on my etoro account. Does it charge the money from my profits in the cfd ?
That's a really good question... So you have 0 available balance and it let you open a CFD trade with so that 100% of your balance is used, and there are overnight fees due on your open trade? Hmmmmm. I'm not sure... How long has the trade been open? What's happened so far? IF you look at the fourth item down in the list of topics here: www.etoro.com/customer-service/help/343575/what-are-overnight-fees/ you can see that it says they take the fees from your available balance. It's been so long since i manually traded that I can't remember what happens if there's no available funds...
@@SocialTrading so I did it and it takes the money from your available balance…if you have no money the value becomes negative then when. You close a trade or deposit money it you know gets deducted from that
I have just found your channel and your videos are really amazing. You explain everything so well and you hit all of the points that I have been wondering about. Thank you so much! :) Btw if you are trading with leverage and you close all of your positions within a day then you don't pay any of these fees (night or weekend ones)? Is there anything else that you need to be careful about with this type of trading for example is there a limited amount of trades you can make?
Does the logic of "if I buy I would earn money only if it goes up and if I sell I would earn money only if it goes down", applies to all open position EVEN IF it's not a CFD?
What I don't understand is the fee. If your amount is 500 usd, you chose 5x leverage and the cost is 0.59 usd/day it means they borrowed you 2500 usd. Then you can buy cfd from 3000 because you had 500 usd. Am I right? Or you are not able to invest your own money?
How long can a leveraged trade stay open?? Does a leverage trade have a deadline to sell or trade? If it doesn’t why do people sell when they are in the red??
It can stay open indefinitely as far as I'm aware, but you'll be paying those little 'rollover' fees every day you hold the trade open - they're very small, but over a long enough time, they can be significant. I think there are a variety of reasons people sell - they suddenly need the money for something else out in the real world and have to close their position even though it's at a loss (very common with newer traders who haven't thought it through...), or they might just fear that the trade is going to lose even more money in future, so they close it now to avoid an even bigger loss down the road. There's an awful lot of pyschological pressure which the new trader experiences which is really hard to deal with - it usually takes people time and experience to handle it well.
The real problem of using leverage is that the spread in some stocks match them with a support or resistance... so E-Toro have the psychological factor of their side.
Love your videos, mate. Question. If I daytrade a stock using leverage and close at a profit, then I dont have to pay any rollover fees for the CFDs, right?
Is the amount of loss and profit is the final amount? I meant for example I opened 100$ on gold with 20x leverage accidentally. My total money on the account is 200$. If I loss 40$ does that meant my loss is 800$? How will etoro take 800$ if my only money on etoro is just 200$. Sorry I'm so confused.
I bought 80 $ Starbucks so if I want to sell 40$ it’s possible? Because I’m learning so when I sell all shares sell automatically and trade is closed but if I want to sell just some shares then it’s possible and how on etoro?
Hey Mate, Thanks for wonderful videos. You have cleared so many doubts I have. I am using etoro from past one week, I hardly used Leverage but when I choose X1 (which means no Leverage), but it is still showing "CFD" .. Why is that soo ? Does it involved any fees, since I am new to trading and really want to play safe and keep stocks for longer period.. Minimum 1 year .. Please advise.
:D Recently - coconut oil :) It means I don't have to do much - if I just put that stuff in it, it looks at least slightly presentable... I smell like a coconut though, which is a bit weird.
Considering CFD is the value of the stock and not actual stocks and only appears next to the leverage that are 2x or 5x etc leverage, does that mean the one without the leverage or CFD next to it is an actual stock or non CDF?
I genuinely don't know how they can afford to absorb people's losses with the 'negative balance protection' if that's what you're meaning. I find it quite incredible too... Maybe it's just that the value of the marketing opportunity the guarantee provides them outweighs the losses they need to absorb from people blowing their accounts...
leverage increases your position size - so if youre used to calculating profit based on the amount of untis you've bought, you'll see that when you open a new trade and use leverage it just increases the units you're buying. you can calculate from that but will have to take rollover fees into account. it'll show you the active profit or loss on that trade in your portfolio for as long as the trade is live.
let's say there are 2 people, one has 500 eur but uses x2 leverage, other one has 1000. End of the month both earn %10, let's say they trade stocks, how much difference in profits would they have in your opinion?
Basically, if you look at the list on the fees page, some assets offer refunds for holding them overnight... So, instead of a negative number in the fees column, it adds a positive number. I think they can switch though, so something which offers a refund at one time may not offer it later on. The trader 'Grepod' in my portfolio is the only one I'm copying who currently actually has a positive number in the 'fees' column in my portfolio :) I'm not sure exactly which instrument has been giving him the refunds though, as he's been mainly trading ETFs, and I just checked the fees page, and they're no giving refunds. I'd have to do some digging around to see what's been happening there... Here's the fees page: www.etoro.com/trading/market-hours-fees/
Hi guys I am currently long on a CFD for DJ30 using 20x leverage in eToro and I am planning to hold this long term. Is this a good idea? I want to re invest my dividends and let compounding interest do it's magic. Based on my calculations the fees will be covered by the gains and dividends however I am worried that I missed something specially on compound interest since I am using 20x leverage technically I am borrowing eToros money so does this mean I will pay the compounding interest and loose money instead of gaining? please share your ideas.
1 question. Do overnight fees change if your position goes up? for example: i buy silver cfd, it sais my overnight fee is 0.17 eur and weekend 0.50. Then silver goes up 100% the next month, are my overnight fees still same or do i have to pay more now?
Hi there. On this page: www.etoro.com/customer-service/help/1121836682/how-are-the-overnight-fees-on-stocks-calculated/ It does say that : "For leveraged BUY stock positions and SELL stock positions, the daily fee is calculated based on the size of the trade (in units), as follows: BUY Position: Annual interest of 6.4% + 1-Month LIBOR, divided by 365 and multiplied by the opening BUY price SELL Position: Annual interest of 2.9% + 1-Month LIBOR, divided by 365 and multiplied by the opening SELL price" So that would seem to indicate that it's calculated on the price of the asset when you open the trade or close it, but I genuinely thought that the overnight and weekend fees were subject to change throughout the duration of the trade's lifecycle... To put it plainly - I'm not sure. This quote above seems to contradict what I had previously thought, so it may be best to ask eToro directly about that one. Sorry I can't be of more help.
if you lose more money than you invested you are going to owe etoro that money. Because you have borrowed it to trade with. They expect it back obviously so using lever on a stock longterm is only good if you are sure it's going up. Those fees accumulate
i used to copy trade, now i started to trade myself...i learned a lot from all your videos mate. thanks
How are you doing now that you trade yourself?any practical advice?i start now but with copy trading for starters.
@@goul82 dont search for practical advice from random people on the Internet, even if it is a legit advice few sentences can not be enough to cover the topic. Just read "Security Analysis" and "The Intelligent Investor" by Graham
note: read "Security Analysis" for technical and theorotical information; read "The Intelligent Investor" for pratical advice and trading psychology
It can't get simpler than that. Thank you very much.
:) thanks for watching!
InstaBlaster.
Finally someone who explains to others not himself only. Thanks
Thank you very much :)
I am exploring the idea of trading and been looking at a few TH-cam videos. I must say yours is concise, clear and to the point without the waffle and bloody fast cars, stash of cash etc.
Dude! By now you Etoro should offer you a job to train investors!! You are awesome!! 😎 👏
Thanks :) I'm still just learning really. Cheers for the vote of confidence though!
I am a beginner and im learning alot from your videos.
You explain everything perfectly. Had no scooby on leverage and yet I traded anyway.. Helped me a lot. Cheers
i hope your channel get more growing because you diverse that ,and to upload a video every day or two video every week its very good idea , i followed you before 3 months and i always being happy when i watching your videos . good luck
Thank you Mohammed :) I really appreciate it!
Man, am I glad I stumbled onto your videos. I opened a BubbleXT account and first transfered 200GBP and then another 200. I'm on the auto algorithm system. It took it to almost 1000GBP. 3 days later I'm sitting at -62. Now that i understand leverage, i saw my leverage is 100. That is just crazy. Thanks for your videos. They are absolutely fantastic.
Cheers Shaun :)
Social Trading Vlog I’m wanting to do an on line course to learn how to trade. Can you recommend any?
Is. Bubblext legit?
So at this moment I am currently $25 down after a misadventure into gold during week 1. Having seen one of your other Vlogs I decided to not panic and see if it recovers through next week.
I honestly wish I had watched more of your Vlogs before the adventure began so I had a much better understanding. My first month may well recover and make me look like I did ok but I recon with your tutorials the resulting months will look much better. Thank you!
cheers :) good luck with it! I lost so much trying to trade gold in the beginning. it was ridiculous...
@@SocialTrading Thank you for replying. Just a quick question if you don't mind. Whilst I realise I may lose my money, there is no way my account can run into negative equity is there?
I told you I wish I had found your vlog before the adventure. 🤣
This is a fantastic video with genuine insight into trading stocks, I am baffled as to why 23 people would give it a thumb down, this guys has gone through the trouble to share his experience and knowledge so that people can make informed decision when it comes to trading, what more can you ask??
Damn etoro should pay u for all these videos... learn more from you than whatever etoro had.
he probs works for them. lol
He is the founder
@@kidslovestory2139 He is not the founder, don't spread BS.
thanks :)
Well spoken, very clear and concise!
You deserve way more subscribers! Thanks for all the tips mate!
Watched this video on Oct-2021 and I’m amazed how much stocks have rise since this video was published.
Yup - if only we had time machines eh :)
thank you for explaining in a very simple way and demonstrating too. learnt a lot.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful :)
Thanks for your videos I've learnt loads over the last few days from watching your videos.
Thank you for watching them :)
Thanks for all this! I don't use Etoro but you're such a good teacher that I watch your content non the less.
That's a really nice thing to say, thanks :)
After 3 years and this video is still helpful
Thank You 👍
After another year I replied! :) Thanks a lot
this really answered so many questions in my head. As a Muslim, I can't use leverages and open a short position because of the interests that it will incur. Interest is not allowed in Islam. So only buying position for me in x1. :)
Another well-explained, easy to understand vid!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this. This is really helpful, as I am really new on this and thinking about to invest, it helps me a lot. please keep posting your educative thoughts. Thanks once again. Glad that I found your channel.
1 question where do they widraw the money for the daily fee lets say i put 500 in my account and i open a trade for 500 i have 0 left in my account where they widraw the fees from ? from the profits if we made any?
Did you get an answer regarded to this question? I just found myself in the same spot :-O
His last video explains how there is a middle price between the buy and sell price the spread fee, so whenever you buy/sell it will come out of automatically with the money you're using to buy or sell
@@AWetPanda he said the daily (overnight) not the spread
very useful info, you make it more understandable, ohh and i like how you pop the links in, very useful too, thanks
Thanks Jimmy :) Much appreciated
@@SocialTrading your welcome
Thank you, you answered lots of things I had been confused about
that's simple explanation. thanks mate
Thanks so much for watching :)
Amazing! Thank you for the calm professional and detailed video
Thank you :)
Thanks man. I finally inderstood what leverage is: getting f--k in the yapper.
How did it went. ? :-D
Is it really a good idea to put a "Stop Loss" amount? Because when you withdraw (by setting a stop loss amount) when the stock is going down, you are basically incurring a loss. Whereas if you just wait until the stock goes back up (which I was told it usually does) and hopefully get the "Take profit" amount.
Am I making sense or are there factors that I'm not taking into account?
PS: Not an expert. Just my understanding. Im a novice at this.
Hey there. I'm also just learning, so please just take this as my opinion rather than the total truth. Yes, the value may go back up and then hit your take profit. but it could also keep going down for hours or weeks or months, and then you have to either cut the trade off at an even lower price, or wait for a potentially very long time before it makes its way back up again. During that time, you could have been using the money for a more productive trade... It's something people are always trying to balance - how do i not lock in my losses unnecessarily, but on the other hand, how do i know when to cut off a losing trade and use my money elsewhere...
A 'stop loss' is basically a very basic tool which can help with 'risk management' - which is the name given to all of the actions you can take to safeguard your capital and not incur very heavy losses. (Remember most new retail traders lose much more than they make).
There's a lot to be said for patience and waiting until your trades are in the green, but traders will learn technical analysis, and fundamental analysis to back up their theories of why an asset is going to do well - they don't just wait blindly thinking "Well surely everything goes back up eventually" - there's no certainty in that way, so they do their best to use analysis to pick which assets to buy and inform their decisions about where it could be going next. They plan their entry points into a trade and their exits from trades accordingly. The more you know, the better really. (At least I think so!)
on trades you choose the time you will trade for.What if you do not put stop loss in a
15 minute trade and it ends with your trade going the opposite.i think stop loss is good
You are not able to buy 0.28 stock, just so it also has to be cfd. Am I right?
just starting out - your videos are so clear and helpful - thankyou
Thank you ,you explain everything so clear 🤩
Thank you so much :)
Such a great educator Thank you
Not long found your videos chap, and enjoying them. I’ve seen a fair few so far from other broadcasters but for me their words seem to go in one ear and out the other. (or they’re sat in a Ferrari or have a stash of cash on the table). Your words seem to be sticking however so thank you for simply speaking like a normal guy. Agreed on the Simon Cowell thing too 😂
:) Thank you. Poor old Mr cowell this week...
Social Trading Vlog oh no fella, what’s happened? Hope you’re ok health wise at least (I’ve been through the ol’ stress n anxiety thing too so know how that can wreck a day).
Awesome explanation. Many thanks
Much appreciated!
Hello @Thomas, I just have one question about leverage. I opened a buy position for Fastly for $110 X5 leverage, stop loss was set at 50% and it hit my SL and eToro deducted -$181. I was expecting -$55. How did they are at -$181? Thank you. I always watch your videos and I learned more about trading. Keep safe.
how many days to close the traiding??
Very well explained, thank you
Thanks so much :)
well explained. thanks sharing hints
Thanks Jeffry :)
thank you for all the information. It would have taken me 2 days to process all this on my own !
:) Glad it was of some use! Thank you.
Thank you very much, great explanation, if for noobs like me.
Thank you so much :)
Ur a legend, u make everything so understandable
This was a great video and well explained for a beginner like me to understand. Good job.
So much more for me to learn. Thanks for teaching me.
Thanks for watching! :)
Many thanks for making such videos really learning a lot and slight earning on etoro as well thanks once again
Great video! One question, i cannot find out nie because market s closed. Can i automatically set up take profit and stop loss? THANK you!
Very good and clear explanations
Thank you very much for making your explanation simple and very straight forward
Tom, when copying traders, do we necessarily work with their leverage? Or can stay with our own? I hope the question makes sense.... thank you in advance
It copies the leverage they've used on their trades. You can't use any custom leverage when copy trading, it just copies their portfolio exactly as they've set it up :)
Cheers mate, good luck
Really appreciate it :)
ive been watching all your videos, i still am pretty clueless but your videos are helping thank you
I would advice you to make sure you know and have a trading strategy before going into trading. Trading is very complicated that is why a lot of people going into it and after loosing their start up capital twice or multiple times, never go back to it. You can buy signals or use the help of an account manager if you are not a pro
Thanks for watching them :)
are the fees still same this 2020? Thanks!
question. in virtual portfolio, i bought XXX stock using x5 leverage, at the bottom of the buy window/popup there is dailyfee of XX amount.
i hold the stock for a few days.
then i decided to sell XXX stocks for profit, In my virtual portfolio view there is NO figure or simulation of the daily fees it HAD incurred in the past days. is this normal?? this is misleading
Hi - Have you done a video showing an actual trade using leverage at all ? What I mean by this is that, when you go long or short, and you set a stop loss, sometimes it does not hit the stop loss figure you had on the chart yet it stops you out - this is because of the spread so how do you ensure you stop out exactly where you want to rather than prematurely ? what figure do you have to use - is it whatever figure stop loss you have then MINUS say 10 ? thanks
Hey! I have a question. If i buy an eft like the (VIT) or (VOO) with 1x leverage, i still get the cfd symbol. But it’s still says its no fees in weekends or normal days. But does that mean i buy the etf with the same consept as i own it myself, and get the same profits like i would without it beeing bought as a cfd? Cus i have no leverage, so why is it still bought like an dfc?
And another question. Can i hold an cfd for as long as i want? I want to buy an eft with 1x leverage. And i know there is no limit on the hold time on index or mutual founds or eft’s that are bought in your name. But i dont know when it get bought like a cfd…
Can you view fees in a current position?
Hi Nice video may i know why are my current price different when I enter at different timings to buy shares of the same company?
Hey there, I'm not sure what you mean... Obviously the price changes over time, but I doubt it's that you mean :) so I must be misunderstanding - sorry I can't be of more help.
@@SocialTrading Hey hey your videos have been extremely helpful and I learned a lot in a short time from you. Thanks for replying me. I guess it could be a glitch or bug due to my internet connectivity. Have good day mate! :)
Amazing video mate!
I am totally new to this but I would still not copy and probably not use leverage, just use my ideas on companies worth. However your videos are making it all easier to follow and slightly less scary. But I still don't understand the limits ? I want to put a limit to how much I can lose, sure, but not how much I can win. Can I ??
Your instructions are very easy to follow, 🙏🏻
So you have paid 0.18% when you sold a share?
if you are leveraged and you have alot of people copying your trades cant you control the market? or a stock with a low market cap??
If you wanted to buy $1000, would it be better to buy $250 with x4 leverage to save on fee's? Or am I missing something here?
if you use leverage you'll have overnight and weekend fees. it depends how long you plan to hold the trade open. if youre asking that though, I'm assuming (possibly jncorrectly) that you're a beginner. when I started, I got into a lot of trouble using leverage as its shocking how quickly you can make or more importantly lose money on the trade. the problem is that when the trade is losing money most new people panic, make bad decisions and end up losing their money. it happens to the majority of people statistucally... in my experience that was true.
I would advice you to make sure you know and have a trading strategy before going into trading. Trading is very complicated that is why a lot of people going into it and after loosing their start up capital twice or multiple times, never go back to it. You can buy signals or use the help of an account manager if you are not a pro
Hello thanks for your video , I have a question , when you close your trade when the market isn’t open, and when it open, does it close at a different price than the last price I closed it at? Or it close on lower or higher than the price I closed it on but didn’t get executed due to the market being closed?
what if we lose at leverage position? are our equity going down to minus right away?
Hi Tom, very clear and concise. I did notice that l although your three Amazon trades were taken out at exactly the same time, the x1 leverage opened at 1777.34, whilst the leveraged options were 1777.25. Why is that? Is it because the spread fee is actually slightly less for an un-leveraged long? I thought all spread fees were the same.
Maybe because the CFDs are just mathematical instruments so they can open instantly as database entries, whereas the underlying asset takes some time to actually open due to the order book? Therefore it was delayed and the buy price was different... I don't think they charge any difference in spreads, or surely we'd see that stated somewhere.
I had a question, I want to invest $100 on etoro, I have learning about trading and stocks since a few months, which stocks would you want me to buy?
but what happens if the cfd goes down like 50% and there is no hope for it to go up? I have pay the difference of what I lost right?
Nicely explained
Thank you :)
Hi. I have a questions. What if I open a 100$ position with x5 leverage to it and have lets say 400$ of available-to-trade funds still in my account. In case market will go to different direction and I start loosing money can I also loose those 400$ available-to-trade funds or the only maximum I can loose is my initial investment of 100$? Thank you for clarifying in advance.
Great work.. Do you need to have the money if you're doing leverage?
Thanks :) Leverage amplifies the size of the trade you make. So if you trade $100 with X10 leverage, it's like you're trading $1000 worth of the asset. There's no way to have no money, and just use leverage to make trades.
@@SocialTrading so what happens if i trader with leverage 10x and my investment goes in the red? What happens when I close my trade?
Hi Tom, thanks for your vids. I wanted to clarify, if you use $500 on a higher leverage, ie, x5, that means that the loses will be amplified, in other words, the rate of losing $500 is greater due to the increased leverage (as it would be the same as investing $2500). Is this the only thing that will be lost, ie, only the $500 (+the fee of keeping the leverage overnight etc) or can you exceed the loss further? This was my fear but from what I understand, it just means that if the market goes against you, the $500 could go quicker than if you had used your own capital with x1 leverage. Is this correct?
I think you just end up owing etoro money unfortunately
Can we continue the trade for weeks without closing it in a day in day trading ?
Yeah, we can hold the trade open for as long as we want (except for very rare cases in certain assets which have expiration dates, but that's a rare thing... you can find out about that in the commodities section in the help section I believe...)
@@SocialTrading Thanks very much for the reply .
Hi, I am currently new to etoro and your videos are really helpful, especially this one. I have a question regarding CFD. So in short, when I buy using cfd, the final value before closing will be the solid value that i will be receiving, minus the fees????
Where is the next video you mention at the end of this about losing money? Cannot see it
What happens if you use leverage but don’t hold overnight? Say I buy a CFD at 1.30 and sell at 4.30 will I have to pay any fees apart from the spreads?
Hi I am kinda confused, the CFD daily and weekend overnight fees, how is that charged exactly. I dont have any balance money on my etoro account. Does it charge the money from my profits in the cfd ?
That's a really good question... So you have 0 available balance and it let you open a CFD trade with so that 100% of your balance is used, and there are overnight fees due on your open trade? Hmmmmm. I'm not sure... How long has the trade been open? What's happened so far? IF you look at the fourth item down in the list of topics here: www.etoro.com/customer-service/help/343575/what-are-overnight-fees/ you can see that it says they take the fees from your available balance. It's been so long since i manually traded that I can't remember what happens if there's no available funds...
@@SocialTrading so I did it and it takes the money from your available balance…if you have no money the value becomes negative then when. You close a trade or deposit money it you know gets deducted from that
I have just found your channel and your videos are really amazing. You explain everything so well and you hit all of the points that I have been wondering about. Thank you so much! :)
Btw if you are trading with leverage and you close all of your positions within a day then you don't pay any of these fees (night or weekend ones)? Is there anything else that you need to be careful about with this type of trading for example is there a limited amount of trades you can make?
well, if you lose that day, you have to pay all the loss X leverage
so there is no overnight fees for X1 leverage? is it wayyyyy much better if we trade using the X1 leverage?
Yes, but most people can't afford to put enough into trades using no leverage, so it's really an issue with how much money people are trading with...
Does the logic of "if I buy I would earn money only if it goes up and if I sell I would earn money only if it goes down", applies to all open position EVEN IF it's not a CFD?
What I don't understand is the fee. If your amount is 500 usd, you chose 5x leverage and the cost is 0.59 usd/day it means they borrowed you 2500 usd. Then you can buy cfd from 3000 because you had 500 usd. Am I right? Or you are not able to invest your own money?
Is it possible to change the leverage of a trade after you have bought it?
How long can a leveraged trade stay open?? Does a leverage trade have a deadline to sell or trade? If it doesn’t why do people sell when they are in the red??
It can stay open indefinitely as far as I'm aware, but you'll be paying those little 'rollover' fees every day you hold the trade open - they're very small, but over a long enough time, they can be significant. I think there are a variety of reasons people sell - they suddenly need the money for something else out in the real world and have to close their position even though it's at a loss (very common with newer traders who haven't thought it through...), or they might just fear that the trade is going to lose even more money in future, so they close it now to avoid an even bigger loss down the road. There's an awful lot of pyschological pressure which the new trader experiences which is really hard to deal with - it usually takes people time and experience to handle it well.
Thank you, Great video as always👍
Thank you!
The real problem of using leverage is that the spread in some stocks match them with a support or resistance... so E-Toro have the psychological factor of their side.
Love your videos, mate.
Question. If I daytrade a stock using leverage and close at a profit, then I dont have to pay any rollover fees for the CFDs, right?
Is the amount of loss and profit is the final amount? I meant for example I opened 100$ on gold with 20x leverage accidentally. My total money on the account is 200$. If I loss 40$ does that meant my loss is 800$? How will etoro take 800$ if my only money on etoro is just 200$. Sorry I'm so confused.
I bought 80 $ Starbucks so if I want to sell 40$ it’s possible? Because I’m learning so when I sell all shares sell automatically and trade is closed but if I want to sell just some shares then it’s possible and how on etoro?
Your explanation is really good 👍, you explain like a K.G students. 😊
Thank you :)
Hey Mate, Thanks for wonderful videos. You have cleared so many doubts I have. I am using etoro from past one week, I hardly used Leverage but when I choose X1 (which means no Leverage), but it is still showing "CFD" .. Why is that soo ? Does it involved any fees, since I am new to trading and really want to play safe and keep stocks for longer period.. Minimum 1 year .. Please advise.
Hi Tom, really important question. What do you use on your hair? They are always so shiny and perfectly in place all the time lol.
:D Recently - coconut oil :) It means I don't have to do much - if I just put that stuff in it, it looks at least slightly presentable... I smell like a coconut though, which is a bit weird.
Considering CFD is the value of the stock and not actual stocks and only appears next to the leverage that are 2x or 5x etc leverage, does that mean the one without the leverage or CFD next to it is an actual stock or non CDF?
Yes, the one without leverage, which doesn't say CFD next to it is, apparently, the underlying asset :)
@@SocialTrading thank you, appreciate the clarification
We should learn that stuff in school. Thank you very much.
Hey!
Could you test Trading 212 and highlight the differences btw CDF and regular stocks?
Thanks
never heard of them - I'll go and have a look! Thank you :)
Great informed video. How does etoro get their money back. If you lost all you money from leverage and don't have any moeny in the bank?
I genuinely don't know how they can afford to absorb people's losses with the 'negative balance protection' if that's what you're meaning. I find it quite incredible too... Maybe it's just that the value of the marketing opportunity the guarantee provides them outweighs the losses they need to absorb from people blowing their accounts...
@@SocialTrading do you come knocking on your door?
how do i get my money back , exemple i put 250 and i lost 6% how do i get back 244 ?
How do I calculate the profit when I using leverage ?
leverage increases your position size - so if youre used to calculating profit based on the amount of untis you've bought, you'll see that when you open a new trade and use leverage it just increases the units you're buying. you can calculate from that but will have to take rollover fees into account. it'll show you the active profit or loss on that trade in your portfolio for as long as the trade is live.
let's say there are 2 people, one has 500 eur but uses x2 leverage, other one has 1000. End of the month both earn %10, let's say they trade stocks, how much difference in profits would they have in your opinion?
can we leverage on copying traders ?
There are also CFDs with fee refunds. Can you please explain how they apply?
Basically, if you look at the list on the fees page, some assets offer refunds for holding them overnight... So, instead of a negative number in the fees column, it adds a positive number. I think they can switch though, so something which offers a refund at one time may not offer it later on. The trader 'Grepod' in my portfolio is the only one I'm copying who currently actually has a positive number in the 'fees' column in my portfolio :) I'm not sure exactly which instrument has been giving him the refunds though, as he's been mainly trading ETFs, and I just checked the fees page, and they're no giving refunds. I'd have to do some digging around to see what's been happening there...
Here's the fees page:
www.etoro.com/trading/market-hours-fees/
Hi guys I am currently long on a CFD for DJ30 using 20x leverage in eToro and I am planning to hold this long term. Is this a good idea? I want to re invest my dividends and let compounding interest do it's magic. Based on my calculations the fees will be covered by the gains and dividends however I am worried that I missed something specially on compound interest since I am using 20x leverage technically I am borrowing eToros money so does this mean I will pay the compounding interest and loose money instead of gaining? please share your ideas.
1 question. Do overnight fees change if your position goes up? for example: i buy silver cfd, it sais my overnight fee is 0.17 eur and weekend 0.50. Then silver goes up 100% the next month, are my overnight fees still same or do i have to pay more now?
Hi there. On this page:
www.etoro.com/customer-service/help/1121836682/how-are-the-overnight-fees-on-stocks-calculated/
It does say that :
"For leveraged BUY stock positions and SELL stock positions, the daily fee is calculated based on the size of the trade (in units), as follows:
BUY Position: Annual interest of 6.4% + 1-Month LIBOR, divided by 365 and multiplied by the opening BUY price
SELL Position: Annual interest of 2.9% + 1-Month LIBOR, divided by 365 and multiplied by the opening SELL price"
So that would seem to indicate that it's calculated on the price of the asset when you open the trade or close it, but I genuinely thought that the overnight and weekend fees were subject to change throughout the duration of the trade's lifecycle... To put it plainly - I'm not sure. This quote above seems to contradict what I had previously thought, so it may be best to ask eToro directly about that one. Sorry I can't be of more help.
@@SocialTrading i asked them and all they said is fees can change at any moment based on the state of the market
yeah, that's what I thought! that fees page really doesn't make that much sense then :)
So just to be clear, I can't lose more money than I invested? I always thought that I'd owe the exchange the difference if the trade loses.
if you lose more money than you invested you are going to owe etoro that money. Because you have borrowed it to trade with. They expect it back obviously so using lever on a stock longterm is only good if you are sure it's going up. Those fees accumulate