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Financial Spread Betting

Spread betting is a hugely profitable way of betting on the movement of financial markets using leveraged trading methods. You profit and lose by betting on the movement of a particular instrument and can trade with much less margin than conventional share purchases.

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Spread Betting: What is Spread Betting?

Spread betting can be a daunting concept to understand and it is essential to know the facts before placing your first bet. [ more ]

Spread Betting: What is Spread Betting?

Do Spread Betting Providers Hedge Client Positions?

There seems to be a common misconception among some investors and traders who have financial spread betting accounts that when they lose money, it's the fault of the sp [ more ]

Do Spread Betting Providers Hedge Client Positions?

Financial Spread Betting - 7 Advantages

Here is a quite summary of seven reasons why you should consider financial spread betting instead of traditional share trading [ more ]

Financial Spread Betting - 7 Advantages

Financial Spread Betting - The Only Way is Up For BP?

On 27 April 2010 the UK's largest oil company released impressive first quarter results; helped by climbing oil prices post-tax profit was $5,598 million compared with [ more ]

Financial Spread Betting - The Only Way is Up For BP?

Financial Spread Betting an an Alternative

Many people have seen their wealth decline massively in the last few years. Less people believe what the 'experts' are telling them about financial markets. They want t [ more ]

Financial Spread Betting an an Alternative

Financial Spread Betting: Practice Before You Invest

For the serious investor, the stock market has always proved to be the best investment option and has delivered the best returns over other assets like bullion, commodi [ more ]

Financial Spread Betting: Practice Before You Invest

Financial Spread Betting: UK Overview

Financial Spread Betting - as the name implies, it is all about betting and wagering on the outcome of an event that will be most favorable to you. It is an investment [ more ]

Financial Spread Betting: UK Overview

FTSE Spread Betting Guide

The Chancellor of the UK has just finished reading the emergency budget to parliament. I look at the financial markets and they are down quite a bit. This is bad news f [ more ]

FTSE Spread Betting Guide

Spread Betting Strategy - Stripping the Dividend

Spread bets give you the advantages of investing in shares without the inconveniences. One of the most sure-fire date-driven strategies is what is known in the hedge fu [ more ]

Spread Betting Strategy - Stripping the Dividend

Spread Betting: Leverage & Margin

If you were to buy shares in the traditional sense through a stockbroker or share dealing service you would have to pay the full purchase price of the shares [ more ]

Spread Betting: Leverage & Margin

Spread Betting: Risk Management

When you bet with Controlled Risk you put an absolute limit on potential losses. You set the level at which your bet will be closed if the market moves against you. [ more ]

Spread Betting: Risk Management

Spread Betting: Tips & Tactics

There are many different trading strategies available and documented on the internet. In the end you will probably develop your own strategy based on that of an exis [ more ]

Spread Betting: Tips & Tactics

Spread Betting: Trading Discipline

Whatever trading strategy you use you will ALWAYS get the best results when use practice strong trading discipline. [ more ]

Spread Betting: Trading Discipline

Spread Betting: Trailing Stop Orders

Pretend that you have just purchased 100 shares of Company M for $50 per share and you want to lock in the profit but limit your losses so you set the trailing stop [ more ]

Spread Betting: Trailing Stop Orders

Spread Betting on Gold - What Next For the Precious Meta

Gold prices recently hit the psychological $1000 per ounce mark for the first time in six months. Now They are hitting alltime highs.. [ more ]

Spread Betting on Gold - What Next For the Precious Metal?

Rules to Earn Profit Through Spread Betting

A lot of people involved in financial spread betting claim that at the end of the day, they do not earn anything substantial from spread betting. These people say that [ more ]

Rules to Earn Profit Through Spread Betting

Distinctions Between Spread Betting and Share Trading

Spread betting is a method of making money from the stock markets, but so is share trading in the stock markets. What is the difference between these two forms of stock [ more ]

Distinctions Between Spread Betting and Share Trading

3 Great Spread Betting Books

If you are new to spread betting you will probably need a fair bit of guidance before you start risking your hard earned cash on any trades. The following three books c [ more ]

3 Great Spread Betting Books

12 Tips For Improving Your Spread Betting - Trader's Gui

I've had some great early gains with my spreadbets making a lot more than my initial capital and thought financial spread betting on the stock market was easy. Not s [ more ]

12 Tips For Improving Your Spread Betting - Trader's Guide

Price Wars Have Made Spread Betting More Competitive Tha

Financial spread betting has grown exponentially in the last decade because it offers traders and investors a unique combination of flexibility, speed of execution and [ more ]

Price Wars Have Made Spread Betting More Competitive Than Ever

What is A Good Spread Betting Strategy?

Many people are fooled between a spread betting strategy and a trading strategy. Although there is plenty of information available on the internet on Forex trading stra [ more ]

What is A Good Spread Betting Strategy?

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