One of the most important things to do before trading with real money is to learn how to use stops (or stop-losses as they are also known). Using stops correctly is a vital component of successful risk management and this is...
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Using A Stop To Exit A Spread Trade
Stop losses, this is what will stop you losing thousands if things move against you. Setting your stop loss effectively allows you to set how much money you want to risk in each trade. This means your losses are limited and your...
Market Orders
You decide what type of order you want to make. Let’s say you’re trading Vodafone shares. These are the different types of orders you can place: Open Trade – you get the price at which Vodafone is trading when you place...
Spread Betting Financing Charges Explained
Whilst it is more than possible to whip in and out of the financial betting market in less than a day, some traders opt to roll their bets over to maximise their chances of getting a good return. This can be a good strategy, but...
Explaining Short Selling
Pinpointing the right investment opportunity can be tricky and with the economy still in the doldrums fewer traders than ever are earning a decent return from stocks and shares. However, when the market is only rising...
Can I Lose Money Spread Betting?
I think the most simple answer to this question is… Yes, you can lose money spread betting. Most traders will tell you that they have lost some money at some point during their trading career. The benefit of spread betting...
Can You Make Money Spread Betting?
The biggest question we always get is can you make money spread betting? Can you make a living trading the financial markets? Well the answer, absolutely 100% you can make money Spread Betting. That is the whole point. A lot of...
Spread Betting vs CFDs
Spread Betting vs CFDs In the world of finance, a number of instruments allow investors to trade in products they need not actually own. The popularity of such products has increased in the last decade following the advent of the...
Becoming a Good Trader: How to Learn from the Best
If you want to achieve the best results with your trading, you need to understand how to act like the best. You can have access to a gold price chart, an economic calendar and the best software possible but it’s only by analysing...
Counter Trend Trading Strategy
Counter Trend Trading Strategy You may have heard the traders’ expression ‘Let the trend be your friend’, which means you should, by and large, trade with the trend. So it appears contradictory to talk about...