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Learn to trade The basics of trading Courses The ABCs of Derivatives and CFDs Financial Quiz

Question 1 of 14

Who are derivatives mainly available to?

Pension Funds

Hedge Funds

All answers provided are correct

Asset management firms

Question 2 of 14

What is the simplest way for a retail investor to buy into derivatives?

Via the derivatives exchange

On eBay or Amazon

Via mutual funds and exchange-traded funds

Via stock market

Question 3 of 14

Why is it especially important to know what derivatives you are investing?

Some derivatives are illegal in certain countries

Derivatives are at the more speculative end of the risk spectrum

Derivatives have a very high tax levied on them

Derivatives are very illiquid

Question 4 of 14

What are the two main reason for buying derivatives?

Dividends and hedging

Speculation and hedging

All answers provided are correct

Speculation and dividends

Question 5 of 14

Is the quote “Institutional investors tend to make up their core portfolio with derivatives, to provide a secure annual income” true or false?

True

False

Question 6 of 14

What is the following case an example of: “If a portfolio contains corporate bonds, credit default swaps can be used as insurance against default on those bonds”.

Speculation

Hedging

Statement is wrong

Standard trading flow

Question 7 of 14

A CFD is an agreement between two parties that guarantees the difference between an asset’s current price and its price at contract expiry will be settled by the losing party.

True

False

Question 8 of 14

CFDs offer the ability to trade the following assets:

Indices

Commodities

Shares

All answers provided are correct

Question 9 of 14

Described as one of CFDs disadvantages, which of the following is fixed?

Contract size

Contract type

Contract expiry date

No answers provided are correct

Question 10 of 14

What does a ‘long’ position mean in CFDs?

When an investor buys a long range of different assets to minimise risk

When an asset is bought/sold as a long-term investment

No answers provided are correct

When an investor buys an asset

Question 11 of 14

What does a ‘short’ position mean in CFDs?

When an investor sells an asset

No answers provided are correct

When an asset is bought/sold as a short-term investment

When an investor buys a short (small) range of different assets

Question 12 of 14

Do investors actually own the shares of the companies that they’ve bought in CFDs?

No

Yes

Question 13 of 14

Imagine if you’ve called a long position for 50 Rocking shares when they were at $20 in CFD and at contract expiry they went to $25. How much money did you make/lose?

Made $250

None, because ‘going long’ is not investing

Lost $250

Made $50

Question 14 of 14

Imagine if you’ve called a short position for 50 Rocking shares when they were at $20 in CFD and at contract expiry they went to $25. How much money did you make/lose?

None, because ‘going short’ is not investing

Lost $250

Lost $50

Made $250

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