Ex-Directors at MarketSpreads Sued for €1.4m ‎

February 1, 2012Janice No Comments »

Irish based spread betting provider Marketspreads is suing former company executives Brian O’Neill and Fergus Rice for an amount equivalent to €1.4 million that they routed from the enterprise to another company in which they were involved.

CMC Markets Wins Best CFD Broker and Best Spread Betting Broker for 2011 in Trade2Win Members Choice Awards

January 26, 2012Andy No Comments »

CMC Markets has been announced as the winner of best CFD provider and best spread betting company categories by members of the Trade2Win trading community.

InterTrader New Course – “The Building Blocks of Trading”

January 22, 2012Andy No Comments »

InterTrader has launched a online training course targeted to traders of all levels. Hosted by expert trader Steve Ruffley The Building Blocks of Trading consists of five two-hour sessions every Tuesday, beginning on 17th January and finalising on February 14th

Cash for Clients of MF Global

January 21, 2012Tony Loton No Comments »

When brokerage firm MF Global collapsed on 31 October 2011, many of its UK spread betting clients were left wondering when — or even “if” — they would get their deposited funds returned.

Margin Changes at Spreadex and New Treatment of Dividends at Capital Spreads

January 20, 2012Janice No Comments »

Spreadex have announced changes to several of their NTRs on a number of markets due to recent changes in volatility. For example Silver Daily Future has been reduced from 150 to 80. The full changes are as below -: Meanwhile in separate news, Capital Spreads have changed their policy on the treatment of dividends on [...]

Halifax now Offering Spread Betting

January 20, 2012Andy No Comments »

Halifax Share Dealing (HSDL) is now offering financial spread betting – perhaps more evidence the trading product has now started to becoming more mainstream and acceptable with private traders and investors.

IG Group profits from H1 market volatility

January 18, 2012Peter No Comments »

IG Group Holdings plc has reported strong earnings growth in the 6 months up to November, helped by volatile markets. The company which operates IG Index reported a 28% increase in net trading revenues to £195.5m for the period.

WorldSpreads Mobile Growth

January 17, 2012Peter No Comments »

As of 12 January 2012, a WorldSpreads spokesman said that over 17% of their clients have utilised the mobile trading platform to access and monitor their trading positions whilst on the move.

ETX Capital Adds Trade Through Charts Functionality

January 16, 2012Andy No Comments »

ETX Capital has introduced Trade Through Charts from 16th January. The Trade Through Charts functionality comes in two formats; a basic version and an advanced one.

Record daily UK trades for LCG

January 10, 2012Janice No Comments »

London Capital Group Holdings plc (LCG) has reported a 13% rise in revenues to £39.0m for the year ended December 31st 2011, following considerable growth witnessed during the second half of the financial year as a result of market volatility.

Technical Stock Market Outlook for 2012

December 31, 2011Peter No Comments »

As 2011 nears its end, City Index Chief Technical Analyst Sandy Jadeja summarises 2011 analysing the stock market from a technical viewpoint and delivers his thoughts on important benchmark markets like the FTSE 100, Wall Street, Gold, Crude Oil, EUR/USD for currency exchange rate and what may be in store for 2012.

Trailing Stops now available from Capital Spreads

December 24, 2011Janice No Comments »

Capital Spreads are now offering a trailing stop facility, permitting the stop to be moved automatically every time the trade moves by a user defined amount in the spread bettor’s favour.

UK Financial Spread Betting and CFD Trader Numbers Edge Towards 100,000

December 21, 2011Andy No Comments »

Despite the worsening economic outlook in Europe and around the world, the number of spread betters and contracts for difference (CFD) traders continues to rise in the UK. 88,000 people used financial spread betting in the 12 months to July 2011, up from 83,000 in October 2010.

Consolidation in the Spread Betting Industry?

December 17, 2011Tony Loton No Comments »

Many years ago there were just a handful of spread betting companies. Three or four years ago the number of spread betting “brands” ballooned, and I use the word “brands” because, while some of these were entirely new spread betting companies, a large number were…

GFT Markets updates its Binary Product Offering

December 8, 2011Andy No Comments »

GFT has announced that it has added a number of additional markets to its binary offering.