20071030 1715. FKLI futures is still trapped in the range. On Nov 5, the ASX will launch their exchange traded CFDs. Many of the countries around the region already have CFD providers making markets in stock as well as index CFDs eg Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. CFD are contracts for difference, which have been driving the stock markets since their launch in London many years ago. It is estimated that 40% of the stock trading on the London Stock Exchange are CFD related. Hence they now occupy the landscape of a very important liquidity pool in those developed markets. But are they available in Bursa stocks? No, probably because of the paranoia on the regulator's psyche. Now ASX has its exchange traded CFD model, with the security provided by the clearing house. Maybe Bursa can look into this?