One of the key advantages of spread betting is that you are able to make money on falling prices as well as rising ones – that is to say that you can bet that the share price of a company (or group of companies) will go...

The world of financial trading loves nothing more than a bit of jargon and ‘going long’ simply refers to the practice of opening a position on the market with the expectation of the price rising in value. This may...

Perhaps you’re a seasoned stock market player tired of hefty commissions and tax eating into your investment gains, or maybe you’re a novice investor intimidated by traditional stockbroking houses. Whatever the...

Financial spread betting is one of the most tax efficient ways of speculating on the stock markets and other financial products. All profits you make from financial spread betting are free of Income Tax, Betting Levy and Capital...

Every investor dreams of earning their first million but the vast majority only have small amounts of money to trade with, comparatively speaking. However, there is a way to increase potential profits in trading and that is by...

Ever thought you would like to trade stocks and shares more frequently, but were somewhat worried that the commissions you pay your stockbroker every time you trade eat into the value of your shares portfolio? Financial spread...

What’s in a name? Hold on to your seats if you thought this would be an easy bit! Some call it spread betting and some call it spread trading. I have no real problem with the term spread betting but I find that people get...

The concept of spread betting is very simple. The sell and buy price are called the bid and offer price. If you believe a market is set to rise, you buy at the offer price, or if you think the market will fall, you sell at the...