Capital Spreads is operated by London Capital Group. London Capital Group was founded in London in 1996 as a proprietary trading business and in 2003 underwent a major restructuring to become a leading player in financial spread betting with the launch of Capital Spreads.

What’s their pitch?

Capital Spreads allows clients to trade in many financial products using one of the several major currencies from one platform. It also offers a limited margin policy, where clients are required to deposit only the maximum value of their stop-loss (plus 20%). This means that large sums of capital are not tied up
funding the spread betting account. It also says it offers ‘extremely’ tight spreads and offers them for far longer than many of its competitors.

Capital Spreads Highlights

1 point spreads

The spread on our EUR/USD rolling daily is 1 point from Sunday 23:00 until Friday 21:15. That’s 1 point all day and night. Capital Spreads claims that its FX spreads don’t fluctuate most of the times.

New charting package

This new service not only alerts you when a market you’re watching signals it’s the right time to enter or exit, but also gives you the tools to test your trading strategies before you risk a penny of your own money.

Mobile Trading

Allow yourself the freedom to trade away from your computer with all the flexibility of the online platform with our trading apps for the iPhone and Android.

Guaranteed Stops

Guaranteed Stop Orders eliminate the possibility of extra losses from slippage, granting you peace of mind at knowing that you will be stopped out at the level you requested.

The mobile product has proved to be one of Capital Spreads’ most popular enhancements permitting clients to monitor the markets (and your positions) from wherever they happen to be. The new charting package has also proved to be very popular – last October 2011 just three months after launch, Capital Spreads claims to have sent 213,429 separate email chart trigger alerts set up by clients to give notice of trading events.

Anything for newbies?

A nice interactive tutorial, and a load of other learning tools: ‘take a tour’, user manual, FAQs section, free seminars plus the usual practice account stuffed with 10,000 practice pounds.

Verdict: I also have a Capital Spreads account and I have to say that I find it the cleanest and easiest interface for someone new to spread betting. I’d say Capital Spreads is a “safe” environment for spread betting. Stops are always on there and it is easy to use.

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