This is followed by (in order of most-traded):

• EUR/USD
• Gold
• Germany’s Dax 30 Index
• Australia’s 200 index

With over 2,500 products at trader’s disposal, Capital CFDs found that experienced and new traders alike seem to focus on currencies, commodities and indices as this is where the volatility is.

The greatest advantage among trading CFDs across the major Forex pairs, indices and commodities is free brokerage and access to extremely tight, fixed spreads.

“Traders using Capital CFDs in the 1st quarter of 2012, maintained their wide-eyed interest in trading currencies with 33% focused on the Aussie dollar and 16% jumping on board the Euro to hunt for volatility and short term gains.”

“Gold continued its relentless surge of volatility following Ben Bernanke offering grim hope of QE3 forcing Gold and other commodities to take a sharp nosedive,” said Ashley Jessen, Head of Sales Trading, Capital CFDs.

What to expect in 2nd quarter 2012?
“Moving forward, the focus for Capital CFD traders should continue to support a strong upside for US-based indices, more volatility from precious metals but a lack of trending opportunities.”

“We expect that there will be a steady grinding uptrend for the local Aussie index. It will be critical to keep a close eye on overhead resistance levels across all indices as they continue to show overbought levels following their incredibly bubbly start to 2012,” said Mr Jessen.

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