Stock market investing has experienced a radical change in the last decade from the perspective...
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Spread Betting Account Offers
Many spread betting brokers used to offer highly attractive spread betting account offers to new...
Why is it called spread betting?
The short answer is: tax reasons. Current UK tax law allows winnings from bets such as the lottery...
Do spread betting providers want their customers to lose?
Not really. Although providers take the opposite side of any bet that you make, they hedge this...
Demo account spread betting?
Spread betting demo accounts can be a very useful learning tool for investors just starting out...
Got 2k to trade. In what?
Can you afford to lose that 2k? If yes and you’ve done YOUR OWN due diligence then you might...
IG Index Spread Betting
Note: We do not particularly recommend IG at this time. Use Ayondo or InterTrader instead. When I...
How much capital do you need to do this for a living?
Is it ill-advised to consider spread-betting for a living income with say 20k? Simply do the maths...
What charting packages do spread betters use?
My other question was with regards to which charting packages people use. The company I use have a...
Will IG Index close my account if I start winning too much?
My concern comes from a fellow I met in the owners’ bar at Plumpton racecourse, who happens...
Buy and Hold Investing Strategy
Buy low, sell high. It is probably the most fundamental of all investment principles. The trouble...
Are spread betters contrarian by nature?
No, financial spread betters traditionally aren’t contrarian since research has concluded...
Make Money Spread Betting
It is well-known fact that money doesn’t make you happy. But at the same time, we tend to...
Spread Betting Trading Plan
As a spread trader, you understand that your core business in this context is trading. This means...
What is Leverage?
In the financial world, leverage refers to the use of borrowed money to put into investment...
Insights from a Successful Full-Time Trader
Most of us have a full time job and don’t get a great deal of time to day trade but still...
Millionaire Spread Trading Secrets
It could be that spread trading, also known as spread betting, is one of the most important...
But how can you hedge your own spreadbet?
I guess I’d lose out on the spread by shorting my own long but at least I could set a floor...
What style of trading to use?
Your trading style depends on your personality, the time you have to trade and your knowledge on...
What is the difference between spreadbets and t-trades?
T trades are trades taken with extended settlements e.g. T+20 means you buy the stock but pay 20...