Simon Smith – Betting on House Prices Simon Smith takes risky but informed punts on how much house average prices, supplied by the HBOS or the Land Registry, will rise or fall in three, six or 12 months’ time. He is...
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Spread Betting Interview with ‘John Trader’
Jack of all Trades Apply the lessons that spread betting can teach you and you can turn initial losses to your advantage. Philip Battley talks to one trader who has learned – and profited – from experience...
Getting Started: How Dervla Entered Trading – Interview Insights
Dervla’s story is a fantastic reminder that trading success doesn’t require a financial background—it’s about mindset, adaptability, and learning from both wins and losses. This month we get the opportunity to...
Spread Trader Interview with an Oil Trading Specialist – Why Focus Matters
This month we get the opportunity to talk to a professional oil spread trader – While the time and effort involved in his trading day is far beyond what most of us have to spare – it is interesting to see his approach...
Highlighting the Advantages and Hazards of Spread Betting
First the general advantages for both products: One in the eye for the tax man. By using spread betting you avoid paying the 0.5% stamp duty that you would pay if you purchased actual shares. The money you make from spread...
Making Money from Spread Betting
This study aimed at beginners or those with no knowledge at all and also at intermediate investors who wish to improve their returns. The author of this study is veteran stockbroker and spreadbetting guru Charles Vintcent...
What is Spread Betting?
Spread betting has been the big noise in the private investor trading market for a number of years now. Ever since Stewart Wheeler, the founder of IG Index, hit upon the idea a couple of decades back of simply trading on the...
The Majority of Day Traders Lose
It is well documented that the majority of spreadbetters lose money. Estimates vary between 80% and 90% lose. It is less well written that the majority of traders also lose money. That includes all types of trading –...
Contracts for Difference, Spread Bets or Covered Warrants?
The point of this round table is to help readers compare and contrast spread-bets, contracts for difference (CFDs) and covered warrants. With that in mind, we invited a covered warrant issuer, the managing director of a spread...
Trading Spreads vs Spread Betting
Most American traders get confused when seeing the UK Spread Betting sites. They get completely the wrong idea of what spread betting is in the UK. So to clear up this misunderstanding [and to give UK residents an idea of what...