If you want to make a profit from spread betting on the New Zealand dollar versus the Canadian dollar (NZD/CAD) then you need to understand firstly the fundamentals of how their economies run. Both countries have a number of...
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Spread Betting: Trading GBP/ZAR
When you spread bet on the GBP/ZAR, you are placing a bet on the currency exchange rate between the pound sterling and South African rand. To be able to make a sound judgement on how this is going to fluctuate, you need first to...
Spread Betting: Trading EUR/JPY
Spread betting on the EUR/JPY is very popular, because these are active currencies with which most people can relate. The value of the currency is a reflection of the country’s economy, and most people know about Japanese...
Spread Betting: Trading EUR/NOK
When you look at the fortunes of the euro versus Norway’s krone, you can see how Norway has taken advantage of its situation without direct participation in the European economic slide. Certainly, Norway depends on exports...
Spread Betting: Trading EUR/NZD
When you first start trading the Forex currency pairs, you are taught that there are really six main pairs that everyone spread bets on. The euro versus the New Zealand dollar is certainly not one of them, but there are some...
Spread Betting: Trading EUR/ZAR
The EUR/ZAR is usually ranked as an exotic foreign currency pair, although IG Index lists it in the minor FX category. It is the currency exchange rate between the euro and the South African rand, and most traders also consider...
Spread Betting: Trading GBP/AUD
You can see from this chart that the pound sterling versus the Australian dollar is a stable and predictable currency pair, giving good “doji” (candlestick) signs for reversals and following the Bollinger bands. The two economies...
Spread Betting: Trading GBP/CAD
If you spread bet on the GBP/CAD, the pound sterling against the Canadian dollar, then you are taking a bet on the strength of “the other” North American currency, which can be quite different from the US dollar...
Spread Betting: Trading GBP/CHF
When you spread bet on the currency pair GBP/CHF (the British pound sterling versus the Swiss franc) you are betting on two major long-standing currencies. Both the UK and Switzerland decided for their own reasons not to join the...
Spread Betting: Trading GBP/EUR
The sterling versus euro currency exchange rate is one of the major Forex pairs, with both currencies being large players in world economics. You can also see this exchange rate quoted the other way round, as EUR/GBP. Of course...