G'day Paulb, I've been using CFDs for a while now. I still also use unleveraged funds for trades (I tend to use unleveraged funds for the longer term trades). In terms of the risk & leverage I have adjusted my trading strategy including stop & entry levels to keep the risk equivalent to unleveraged trades. For example if I am prepared to risk $200 on an unleveraged trade then my leveraged trades must meet the same risk level. I do this either by using closer stops, lower trade values and/or multiple entries following momentum to keep the risk at that desired level. Also, so far I've never exceeded 20% of my used margin (I keep waiting for that retrace to sink the boots in!).
