Correct Habayyut. CFD's and Spreadbets effect the shareprice in exactly the same way. If you make a cfd or spreadbet the broker will buy the physical shares to hedge their position. If your stoploss is hit they will sell the shares on your behalf at the nearest price they can to the stoploss. You cannot trade options on AIM stocks as they are too volotile and the merchant banks who allow you to buy the options will loose a lot of money. Therefore you can only trade on large cap slow moving stocks where you are not likely to benefit. Options are best utilised when trading commodities or foreign exchange.