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Wenn Du also meinst das man mit deutscher Ueberheblichkeit weit kommt dann sei es Dir gegoennt. Deine Quantitaet an Posts sagt eben nix ueber Deine Qualitaet aus. Das zeigt schon mal Deine geistig bescheidene Struktur. Ich weiss wer Du bist und kann daher sehr gut einschaetzen was Du von Dir gibst ...
I have no real bone to pick in this fight - don't trade the DAX and it is not on my immediate radar. However, when trading CFDs you always have to be aware of counterparty risk - Counterparty Risk when Trading CFDs.
With the blow-up of LTCM, financial institutions realised the counterparty risks were much bigger than previously anticipated and regulatory intervention was needed to avoid a larger "meltdown". Lehman again highlighted the counterparty risk that traders can be exposed to. Imagine having a TRS (total return swap - same thing as CFD but used by hedge funds) to hedge your portfolio with Lehman (your prime broker) and then suddenly Lehman can't perform on its obligations. Suddenly your nice hedge stopped working and your only option is legal action against an insolvent company while your fund just got exposed to the full market drawdown.
Not saying that trading regulated markets reduces that risk - PFG and MFG were both regulated and clients still lost money. However, at least your broker won't go bankrupt because his counterparty can't perform.
Edit: should also add - at least your broker also won't go bankrupt because he failed to offload his counterparty exposure (where the broker takes the other side of the CFD), i.e. all of his clients short the market, leaving him with huge losses if the markets fall like in the event of 24 August.
Exactly.If that is still too big,then there is still option - Eurostoxx Sector's Futures.There is also 5 Euro's tick and less volatility then Dax or even Eurostoxx.Stoxx banks futures is number 3 in Eurex index futures so it is also liquid.