Why spread bet on the S&P 500? Well for one it is less volatile than the Dow Jones. Even spread betting the S&P at £1pp you can have a stop say about 10 points (lose a tenner max – no problems) but potentially catch...
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Unlocking the Dow: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Spread Betting on the Dow Jones
The Dow Jones is a major US index, and is a popular choice for spread betting. “Dow” is short for Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and it is one of many indices produced by the Dow Jones company, which also...
Spread Betting the FTSE 100: How to Trade the FTSE
As one would expect the FTSE 100 is the most popular spread betting index to bet on, not least because most spread traders are located in the United Kingdom and more likely to be familiar with this benchmark than other markets...
Mastering Spread Betting on the Nikkei 225 – A Trader’s Guide
Spread betting the Nikkei 225 futures and rolling daily. The Nikkei 225 was first recorded in 1950 and remains one of the most widely quoted Japanese stock indices. As of June 2011, the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) listings...
Spread Betting Indices | Betting on Stock Market Indices
This tutorial is aimed at newbies who want to spread bet on shares and share indices. Indices have always proved popular with traders and typically account for over 50% of trading volumes at spread betting providers with the FTSE...
Money Supply Announcements
When you are spread betting, how can you turn money supply announcements to your advantage? Money supply is something that governments control, in essence by freely printing more bank notes. In practice, so much finance is...
Trading the News
Another strategy is to simply trade the news. Most of the trading strategies we have reviewed so far are based on technical analysis and charts that rely on price action to predict the future direction of an asset in time...
Charting Patterns
Charting Patterns Sandy Jadeja, a technical analyst, says that it is important to focus on chart patterns. Sandy says that prefers to examine particular Fibonacci-based patterns that enable him to forecast potential price targets...
Method: Trading the Daily Cash Dow Using Moving Averages for Entry Trigger
Trading the Daily Cash Dow (280 Kb) It is recommended that you have read and understood the previous trading method before reading this document. The following method is my current preferred trading method. It performs very well...
Volatility Untruths and Skullduggery
Volatility Untruths and Skullduggery by Chris Tate. One of the most interesting things about times of profound volatility and investor uncertainty is that it seems to give free rein to idiots who spout all sorts of drivel about...