Welcome to the next part of your Financial Spread Betting course. Before you can start trading, you need to set up a spread betting account. But which one to choose? Well, read on. You’ll also see how to make use of a stop...

So as we have seen in the earlier lesson when you have open trades, your available margin will go up or down constantly depending on whether the market is moving in the direction of your trades or not. This means that as your...

TYPES OF SPREAD BETS Futures Styles Daily Rolling Daily FUTURES STYLES This bets usually expire on a quarterly basis i.e. March, June, September and December. Generally, the pricing of the spread bet is based on the underlying...

Peter Temple, author of the Investor’s Toolbox talks about bet size factors and the NTR To you open a trading account with a spread betting provider you have to deposit some money in advance. For every trade you deal, a...

Margin trading is a form of trading where you only pay a fraction of the actual cost of the trade up-front. Margin trading is also one of the key advantages of spread betting and the margin requirement is usually 10%. Each trade...

For everyone just starting out with spread betting, one of the biggest unknowns is ‘how much trading capital do I actually need to start out?’ This post isn’t about the maximum amount you can trade with...

Simulated trading accounts are a MUST if you either haven’t tried spread betting before, or are new to spread trading. In fact, they’re important even if you are experienced in other markets, so you can see how...

There are a number of companies that offer financial spread trading and all you have to do is go onto their website to find out how to open an account. It is very simple and with most companies you can open an account on-line in...

So far we have looked at the entry and exit and the difference between the two expressed as a number of points (share pence) gained or lost. Why? Because that is the most important measure of the success of your trading. The...

Watch the Spread! The spread changed from the open to the close. This is quite normal. The spread can change throughout each day as the market spread changes. One of the things you need to do is be aware of, or even note down...