Q. What is AIM? A: AIM stands for the Alternative Investment Market, an exchange regulated market also run by the London Stock Exchange home to about 1,200 companies, most of which with a market capitalisation lower than...
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What about Penny Stocks?
Q. What about Penny Stocks? I’m interested in trading the few very low priced shares in the order of under 0.20. If a share is trading at say 0.06, what is the next step up or down? Is that different if a share is...
Market and Limit Orders, Trailing Stop Orders, OCO and Parent and Contingent Orders
Q. What is the difference between Market and Limit Orders, Trailing Stop Orders, OCO and Parent and Contingent Orders? A: Ok, the differences at a glance… Market order – An order to place a spread bet, to be filled...
Shorting with Guaranteed Stops
Q. Can you always use guaranteed stop losses with a short? I have a question regarding shorting – can you always use guaranteed stop losses with a short? Because a short exposes you to unlimited losses in case of a...
Shorting and Short Selling Questions
Q. But isn’t shorting complicated? A: Shorting isn’t anymore complicated than buying stocks on the cheap and selling them when they’re expensive and the darlings of the investment community. Short selling...
Shorting and Making Money Spread Betting
Q: What is Shorting? A: Financial spread betting allows you to take advantage of falling prices as well as rising prices. Traditionally, share traders would ‘go to cash’ and stay out of the stock market when it...
Amount to Risk per Trade / 2% Rule
Q. How much should I risk? A: Most traders simply pick a number out of thin air or choose the same amount on every trade they place but this is a blunder. Trading the same amount on every trade means that the absolute risk...
An Introduction to Stop Loss Orders and Leverage in Spread Betting
Q. What is a Stop Loss Order? A: Nobody, but nobody has a 100 percent success rate which is why you need the discipline to cut losses early. A Stop Loss Order is a safety net which limits your losses should the market move...
But aren’t they just Bucket Shops?
Q: A thing I’ve been seeing in reading reviews of spread betting brokers is the word bucket shops… From what I gather these were joints in the late 19th century where they did not actually buy the share for you...
Trading Spreads from the USA or other EU countries
Q: Can you trade a spread betting account from other EU countries (as non UK resident)? A: You do not really have to live in the United Kingdom to spread bet, all you need is to create a spread betting account with a FCA...