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Then you need to make a deposit to your account before starting trading Facebook stocks.

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What is Facebook?

Facebook (company), commonly known as “Facebook”, is a social network platform that provides users with services to connect with each other, share life, exchange opinions, and make friends.

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) and Harvard University classmates and roommates Eduardo Saverin (Eduardo Saverin), Andrew McCollum (Andrew McCollum,) Dustin Moskowitz ( Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook (the company).

Facebook is committed to building products that use computers, mobile devices, tablets and other electronic devices to connect and share, such as Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Oculus and WhatsApp. Instagram users can post photos and videos to share life with others. WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging service platform acquired by Facebook in 2014.

Facebook stock (stock code: FB) is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and the trading hours are 09:30-16:00 (EST).

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How to trade Facebook (FB) CFDs?

There are two ways for individual traders (retail accounts) to participate in Facebook (FB) stock trading. The first is to purchase company stocks directly on the exchange where the stock is listed. For example, you can buy Facebook (FB) stock on the Nasdaq exchange , and the purchase means that you actually own the company’s equity. This is a long-term investment because investors usually hold positions for a long time and wait for the stock price to rise. Buying stocks directly is a popular investment method, but it lacks some necessary trading features, such as margin trading, and CFD trading can just make up for this shortcoming.

Another trading method is to use CFDs to trade stocks, speculating on price differences without actually owning them. A contract for difference is a financial instrument. It is an agreement between a broker and an investor. One party agrees to pay the other party the difference between the opening and closing positions of an asset when the agreement expires. If you speculate that the price will rise, you can choose to take a long position (long position); or if you speculate that the price will fall, you can choose to go short (short position). This is a short-term investment or transaction because CFDs are an alternative to stock trading and usually hold positions for a short period of time.

The biggest difference between long positions (contracts for difference trading) and direct purchases of securities (listed exchanges) is the leverage used. CFDs are margin trading, which means that traders can use limited funds to open larger positions.

Facebook (FB) is a constituent stock of Nasdaq 100, S&P 100, and S&P 500.

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Facebook company history

Facebook started in the student dormitory of Harvard University. In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and his roommate Eduardo Saverin co-founded Facebook.

At first, Facebook was only open to students at Harvard University, and then gradually expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and most North American universities. As of September 2006, Facebook’s registration conditions have been relaxed to anyone who has reached the age of 13 and has a valid email address.

Shortly after the website went live, Zuckerberg was accused of stealing ideas from the website by the Winklevoss brothers, students at Harvard University. Soon, this allegation turned into a lawsuit for theft and fraud. In 2008, the court made a final judgment of $65 million in compensation.

In 2005, co-founder Savelin sued Facebook and Zuckerberg for breach of fiduciary duty and diluting their shares. In the end, Severin left with about 4-5% of the company’s shares.

In 2012, Facebook launched an initial public offering (IPO) in the eighth year of its founding and raised 15 billion US dollars. At that time, the company was valued at approximately 100 billion US dollars.

In 2012 and 2014, Facebook acquired Instagram and WhatsApp respectively.

In early 2018, Facebook was involved in a major political scandal. It was revealed at the time that Cambridge Analytica had obtained the personal data of millions of Facebook users without permission and used it for political purposes. This incident caused Facebook’s stock price to fall, and the company’s market value evaporated by 100 billion US dollars. CEO Zuckerberg agreed to testify before the US Congress.

After the scandal, more and more people began to call for the establishment of a social network consumer protection law.

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What factors affect Facebook (FB) stock price?

Like other stocks, quarterly earnings announcements and the broader financial performance of the stock market are two key factors that determine the price of Facebook (stock code: FB).

User metrics are an important driver of Facebook stock prices. Because user indicators determine the coverage of the company’s advertising, this can be seen from the historical stock data of FB. For example, the average income level of users is an important user indicator, which can be used to measure how to effectively make money from the number of users.

In addition, for Facebook’s target countries and regions, the fact that the company relies heavily on advertising is particularly sensitive to its overall economy. Regulation and attention to data privacy will also have an impact on the value of Facebook’s stock, and FB’s stock price has been hit by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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What are the main competitors of Facebook?

Because of the acquisition of Instagram, Facebook’s current main competitors are Twitter and Snapchat.

In the field of social media, Twitter and Facebook mainly compete for the number of users and usage rate, but the nature of Twitter is different from that of Instagram in the past, so it is not a direct competitor.

Snapchat is a mobile application where users communicate and connect by posting pictures. Although it will also compete with Facebook for user engagement, Snapchat, like Twitter, is only an indirect competitor of Facebook.

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