CFD Fundamentals
What is a CFD?
According to ASIC, Contracts for Difference (or CFDs for short) are a highly leveraged, derivative product marketed to and traded by retail investors.
CFDs have evolved from being an investment solution commonly used in the institutional sphere, to now servicing traders in the retail sphere as well. While they have often been controversial, CFDs have opened opportunities for traders that would have been impossible in a world where they didn’t exist.
Our Online CFD Fundamentals course looks at what CFDs are and the markets that are covered, considers how trader trends have changed over time, explores some basic trading strategies, examines how regulations have evolved in the face of this product and how it has been used by traders around the world.
Program Content
Learning Outcomes
What you will learn
- To identify the key characteristics of CFDs that have driven their popularity in Australia and in other markets around the world
- Explain the different types of CFD providers and how they impact traders
- How to differentiate CFDs from other types of derivatives
- The key concerns that have been voiced by regulators and some of the steps that have been taken to address these by the industry (both self-motivated and mandated).
Who is this course for?
Units of Competency

Pre-requisite
Recognition of Prior Learning
Certification
You will be awarded a Certificate of Completion. It will be available online for you to download and print immediately.
ASIC-supervised licensees: RG146 Derivatives