This section concerns questions about spread betting, CFDs, futures, options, warrants and turbos and how these products compare to each other. We also look into the safety of client funds and how companies segregate client...

If you have a spread betting question that we have not already addressed please submit it to us. Please note that our experts will only answer questions that are new and of general interest. Q. When are dividends paid out? Q...

On this page we invite you to send us trading questions. We cannot guarantee to have answers for you, but we will try to help. Some of the questions asked will be listed here, if we think that the questions and answers are of...

Questions Answered by the Experts. The following questions address some of the common, important, and/or interesting spread betting issues related to margin and financing: Q. I still don’t get initial margin requirement...

These days, I’m regularly receiving questions regarding spread betting from some of you. Since I thought some of them might be of interest to our visitors I’m publishing the answers which I’ve researched here: Q...

Q. What are Trading Channels or Bands? A: These are basically two parallel lines drawn to the moving average, one aboe and one below designed to show up to 90% to 95% of the underlying action. Channels helps a trader time...

Q. What is the Head-and-Shoulders Formation? A: This is considered by many traders to be one of the most reliable analytical tool available and is becoming increasingly popular among traders as an indicator of a sizeable...

Q. Do candlestick patterns actually work in practice, or are they just a load of superstitious, eastern-mysticism hooey? A: Well, you must have heard of the saying ‘A picture tells a thousand words’? This has...

Q. What is a Correlation Indicator? A: Correlation is a measurement of the interdependence of the price of a given share compared to an index or share. In ShareScope, this defaults to the FTSE 100. The value lies between 1...

Q. What’s the difference between a 1 day 5 min chart and 1 day 1 min chart? I’m using a 1 day 5 min chart with MACD and Stoch to day trade oil and gold.delighted with it because it invariably works. I’ve...