Yes, of course – financial spread betting involves speculating on the financial markets and...
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But is it different from holding a share in a normal account?
Why do people see it as any different from holding a share in a normal account? I’m a little...
How to manage the stops when a share is increasing in price?
But how to manage the stop losses when a share has begun increasing in price? In what manner do you...
Do spread betting providers hedge client positions?
Do you know for certain that spread betting companies such as IG Index actually take opposite...
What markets can I trade?
Spreadbetting is not limited to the stock market indices and is now commonly used as the preferred...
Can spread bets be used to longer term trade the markets?
Spread bets are essentially for short-term speculation. You spot an asset that you think is going...
Hedging a shares portfolio?
Yes, definitely – spread bets can help you to hedge a long term position in a stock...
What about dividends, rights, issues and scrips?
Spread traders are credited the dividends on long spread betting positions on the ex-dividend date...
How does Short Selling Works?
Short-selling means speculating on a price to fall. Spread betting gives you the opportunity to...
Difference between a normal stop & a guaranteed stop loss?
What is the difference between a normal stop loss and a guaranteed stop loss order? To help you...
What is Spread Betting?
Financial spread betting is a tax-free mechanism allowing traders and investors to speculate on the...
What are the risks?
Making money from spread betting is definitely not without its risks, and the attraction of...
But what is the catch with spread betting?
What’s so bad about spread betting? It’s tax free and there are no charges on making a...
iPhone Spread Betting: When Spread Betting Met the iPhone
Mobile trading iPhone spread betting platforms are geared to play a major part in the future of...
What is the difference between spread bets compared to CFDs?
In practice, spread bets and contracts for difference are quite similar in terms of types of risks...
But isn’t it gambling?
It is what you, in your opinion, think it is. It does not make one jot of difference these days...
Spread Betting Examples
The best way to explain the mechanics of financial spread betting is probably by using trading...
Spread Trading Advantages
Spread betting is a way of speculating on the direction a market will move, without owning the...
Is spreadbetting tax-free?
Yes, profits from spread betting in the UK and Ireland are tax-free. This is because spread betting...
Learn Spread Betting
The ability to take advantage of the financial markets is not the sole right of institutions; on a...