Lloyds Report Research page 3

To get your hands on the newly-released Lloyds shares you need to have access to the stock market and Accendo Markets is here to help you.

We don’t make the market. Instead of having someone else choose the price you pay for Lloyds, we allow you to invest directly in the stock market, paying the official market price.

Even better, we offer leveraged products, such as CFDs, a flexible alternative to traditional shares that is currently exempt from UK stamp duty. CFDs could help you increase your profit potential whilst also allowing you to take either short-term or long-term positions in Lloyds depending on your share price predictions.

Think the price will rise? Take a long (buy) position. Think the price will fall? Take out a short (sell) position. CFDs allow you to take either stance.

Back to the highs?

If your belief is that the Lloyds share price will increase in the near term, you can open a long position using CFDs. Instead of an investment in traditional shares that would cost you £10,000 plus commission, a CFD requires just a 5% deposit, allowing you the same exposure for only £500.

For example, if you believe that Lloyds’ share price might return to post-Brexit highs of 62p (+17%), with just a £500 investment the potential return would amount to almost £1700 (or a phenomenal 240%). Of course, it should be noted that a movement in the opposite direction would result in losses of equal proportion.

Alternatively, you may have a longer term view for Lloyds’ share price; once again, only a 5% deposit is required compared to a full investment requirement in traditional shares for identical exposure. Subsequently, should the share price return to 2016 highs of 74p (+40%), you could achieve a potential return of £3960 before fees. Once again, note that a fall of equal size would result in losses of the same amount.

Overnight financing fees for CFDs account to only 3% per annum, meaning in this example you would incur a fee of only £0.68 per night.

Profits in both directions!

On the other hand, if you feel that the Lloyds share price might decline, CFDs also allow you to take a short position on the share price, making a return on any subsequent fall.

For example, if you believe that the share price will fall from the current 53p to the most bearish analyst’s target price of 40p, a £500 investment allowing you £10,000 worth of short exposure which could result in a return of £3250. Although note a share price rally would result in proportional losses.

Whatever your stance on the future of Lloyds share price in the short or long term, whether negative or positive outlook, Accendo Markets can offer you a suitable trading opportunity

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