Summary 💸 Overnight Charges A fee for holding positions overnight, calculated as a percentage of the notional position value. Charged daily at a rate based on LIBOR plus a margin. ⏰ Day Trading Advantage No financing charges for...
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Lesson 8: Spread Betting Margin – What it is and How it Works
💰 Margin Explained: A percentage of the notional value of a trade required to fund the position, offering leverage. ⚖️ Leverage Advantage and Risk: Allows smaller investments but magnifies gains and losses. 📉 Margin Calls:...
Lesson 7: Taxes in Spread Betting
💰 Tax-Free Benefits: Spread betting profits are generally tax-free for UK residents as they are treated as gambling winnings. 🛡 Stamp Duty Exemption: No stamp duty is applied when placing spread bets. 🌍 Country-Specific Laws: Tax...
Lesson 6: Order Types – Market, Limit and Stop Loss Orders
Summary 📉 Market Orders: Buy or sell immediately at the current available price, ensuring quick execution. 📊 Limit Orders: Place a trade at a specified price or better for controlled entries/exits; may not always be filled. 🛑...
Lesson 5: How Spread Betting Works
Summary 🎯 Spread Betting Basics: Involves buying or selling based on whether you expect the market to rise or fall. 💰 Stake Size: Profits or losses are determined by your stake per point and the movement of the market. ⚖️ Spread...
Lesson 4: History of Spread Betting
Summary 🕰 Origins in the 1970s: Started in London as a way to speculate on gold prices without owning bullion, pioneered by Stuart Wheeler. 🌍 Expansion to Mainstream Markets: Initially a city-centric tool, spread betting expanded...
Lesson 3: What Moves a Market? The Players
Summary 💹 Market Movement Basics Prices rise when buyers become more aggressive, willing to pay higher prices. Imbalances in supply and demand create trading opportunities, driving prices significantly up or down. ⚖️ Supply and...
Lesson 2: What Moves a Market? Determining Price
Summary ⚖️ Supply and Demand Mechanics Market prices are determined by supply and demand dynamics. Prices adjust based on buyer and seller activity in an auction-like process. 🌍 Market Structure Centralized exchanges, like NYSE...
Lesson 1: Spread Betting Trading Course
An Introduction to Spread Betting: Key Insights from Lesson 1 Spread betting can be an exciting but highly risky venture, as emphasized in Lesson 1 of the “Spread Betting Trading Course.” The lesson serves as a...
Spread Co Interview
Interview with the Head of Marketing at Spread Co: Ian O’Sullivan Introduction FSB: Tell us a little about Spread Co and its founders. Ian, Spread Co: Spread Co was founded by the former CFO of CMC markets who wanted to...