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CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 73% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 73% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

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The assets that you see in your trading account are the funds that you have invested in your trading account and that include the results of your currently open transactions.

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  • The assets that you see in your trading account are the funds that you have invested in your trading account and that include the results of your currently open transactions.
  • The equity differs from the balance sheet, because unlike the latter, equity includes the transactions that you currently have open.

Example

Let's imagine that you decide to deposit GBP 5000 into your trading account, but you haven't started trading yet and you don't have any open transactions. In this case, your equity is equal to GBP 5,000.

What happens when I have an open transaction?

After opening new transactions, your equity will be affected by the outcome of your transactions, so if you made a deposit of GBP 5,000 and have opened two transactions that generated a profit of GBP 800, then your new equity would be GBP 5,800.

After closing your current transactions, your equity will remain at GBP 5,800.

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