Foreign exchange or FX Trading is currently the largest and most liquid trading market in the world. It basically allows you to speculate on the value of one currency against another. There are many reasons why this form of...
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Example of a Metal Trade: Gold
Gold Spread Bet | Gold Spread Betting Ever since King Midas said, “Hey, look what I did” gold has been traded, primarily as a method of payment, but also to back currencies (the gold standard). Gold is much more than just a show...
Spread Betting on Oil Prices
Energy markets mainly consist of oil, gas and coal based products and the price of your fuel is to some extent dependent upon their market prices (the bit that is not tax!). Like the farmers who use soft commodity futures, oil...
Soft Commodities Spreadbet Example
Trading Soft Commodities Soft commodities are products that are normally grown (or reared) or processed from such products as opposed to mined or drilled for (and their derivatives). Common soft commodities are corn, wheat and...
When trading commodities, you also need to be aware of:
Things to be Aware of In our commodity examples we use Trade Nation to illustrate our points, however keep in mind that what most of what applies to Trade Nation applies to most other spread betting providers – although one...
Bitcoin Spread Betting: Bitcoin Trading
Bitcoin has had its ups-and-downs in the few short years that it has been in existence. If you like to take risks, then it may be the spread bet that you have been looking for. You may have to look harder than usual, however, as...
Guaranteed Stop Loss
Financial spread trading can be a risky business. If markets move sharply the wrong way, losses can quickly burst right through a trader’s pain threshold. Thankfully, financial spread trading offers an opportunity for traders to...
How Much To Risk Per Trade? The 3% Rule
When starting out spread trading, I advise going small. I do not advise ‘paper trading’, as this gives an unrealistic experience of the emotional ride you will go through when you trade your own money! As in life, there is...
When To Move Your Stop
If there is one Golden Rule with stops it is this: NEVER, ever, move your protective stop further away from the market. Let’s say you have taken a new upbet in the FTSE at 5,215 with your protective stop at 5,160. Your...
Using A Stop To Enter A Spread Trade
This is a method I use often, and I encourage you to learn how to use it, because it can get you into good trades when you are away from your screen. Let’s say you are following the Gold market and are looking for an entry...