Market opening hours play a crucial role in determining trading opportunities, liquidity, and...
Author - Andy Richardson
Lesson 10: Which Markets to Trade?
Summary 🌍 Market Choices Overview Over 8,000 markets are available, but focusing on a few key ones...
Lesson 9: Overnight Financing Charges Explained
Summary 💸 Overnight Charges A fee for holding positions overnight, calculated as a percentage of...
Lesson 8: Spread Betting Margin – What it is and How it...
💰 Margin Explained: A percentage of the notional value of a trade required to fund the position...
Lesson 7: Taxes in Spread Betting
💰 Tax-Free Benefits: Spread betting profits are generally tax-free for UK residents as they are...
Lesson 6: Order Types – Market, Limit and Stop Loss Orders
Summary 📉 Market Orders: Buy or sell immediately at the current available price, ensuring quick...
Lesson 5: How Spread Betting Works
Summary 🎯 Spread Betting Basics: Involves buying or selling based on whether you expect the market...
Lesson 4: History of Spread Betting
Summary 🕰 Origins in the 1970s: Started in London as a way to speculate on gold prices without...
Lesson 3: What Moves a Market? The Players
Summary 💹 Market Movement Basics Prices rise when buyers become more aggressive, willing to pay...
Lesson 2: What Moves a Market? Determining Price
Summary ⚖️ Supply and Demand Mechanics Market prices are determined by supply and demand dynamics...
