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 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

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.

Tweet 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 [...]

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 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.

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

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.