Provident Financial
A range trading opportunity for you?
Will Provident Financial break support, or will it rise back to 654p?
- 495-654p sideways channel since October.
- Now trading 500p (at time of writing)
- Will the pattern repeat itself, rising back to 654p?
- Shares -37.3% from 2018 highs; +22.0% from 2018 lows; -12.7% year-to-date
- Source: Dow Jones, Bloomberg, FT, Company News, AlphaTerminal
Trading Provident Financial – An Example
Let’s say you like the Provident Financial range, you think it’s heading back up to 654p again. You decide to buy exposure to £10,000 worth of Provident Financial using a CFD, at the current price of 500p. To do this, you need £2,000.
Let’s assume Provident Financial rises back to 654p (+30%). Your profit would be £3000, from your initial investment of £2,000.
Conversely, let’s assume you open the above position, and place a stop-loss at 3% from the current price. Provident Financial falls 3% and hits your stop-loss. Your loss would be £300.
This is provided for information purposes only. It should not be taken as a recommendation.