Q. What are Preference Shares? Recently I’ve heard of banks issuing preference shares – how are these different to ordinary shares and am I better or worse with preference shares (when compared to ordinary shares...
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Analysts Jargon, Underweight, Neutral and Overweight
Q. What are Broker Tips? A: Broker tips are recommendations to buy, sell or hold shares made by brokerage firms. These range from well-known, international brands such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan through to much smaller...
What is IG Index’s Autochartist?
Q. What is IG Index’s Autochartist? A: If you are with IG Index it’s well worth spending some time experimenting around with their new toy (free of charge to clients, just open an account). Most traders who base...
Elliot Wave, Gann, TED Spread and ATR
Q. What is your opinion of Elliott Wave Theory and Gann Theory? Do these methods work? A: William Gann was a stock market trader of the early 1920s. Basing his theories on very old maths and the study of numbers as well as...
Binary Betting and In-Running Bets
Q. Will binary betting companies limit my account if I’m winning consistently? A: In order to answer your question you would need to consider the type of company that you are betting against -: In the case of...
Do Spread Betting Providers Close Winning Accounts?
Q. Do you know if this human accepting every transaction is standard or differs between companies? OK, so I had my first problem with Cantor Index and price rejected due to volatility..etc. This was made double’y worse...
Systems Testing, Fair Value and More…
Q. I use eSignal software and follow the DJIA to place bets using Finspreads Wall Street Daily cash index which (apart from their bias) closely matches the real prices on the Dow. I want to be sure the market I’m...
Pricing of Rolling Bets Out-of-Hours
Q. How do CMC calculate their rolling cash prices 1.) during market hours 2.) out-of-hours for the FTSE? A: The CMC Helpdesk were very helpful in replying to my emails: How CMC calculate the price they quote during market...
Trading After-Hours/Out-of-Hours with Spread Betting
Q. I noticed that the FTSE daily is open on IG before even the UK market was open? I thought FTSE opens 08:00 GMT and closes 16:30GMT? The spread on IG Index before the market opens is about 6 but comes down to 2 when the...
How the FTSE/Dow Future Spread Bets are Priced
Q. How are the Daily FTSE and Wall Street prices calculated? A: The most popular reported figure for index markets such as Wall Street (Dow Jones) or the FTSE is the cash level which is essentially computed from the weighted...