Q: Can you help a complete novice find the way to begin a new spread betting career…? This might sound corny, or even naive, but can you help a complete novice find the way to begin a new spread betting...
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Risks of Trading Spreadbets
Q: What are the Risks? A: What are the risks of spread betting? We have to tell you that there is risk involved in spread betting or for that matter any leveraged traded product be it CFDs, options, futures or spreadbets. Yes...
Is Spread Betting Gambling or Investing? The Real Answer Revealed!
Q: Is Spread Betting Gambling? I have been thinking about opening a spread betting account with but having only traded in shares I have been asking myself (and sometimes worryingly) this question – Is spread betting...
Derivatives and the History of Spread Betting
Derivatives and the History of Spread Betting Q: How does it differ to conventional betting? A: In normal fixed odds betting, you take a view on a horse race or a football game and look for a win or lose situation. However...
Choosing the Right Order
Applying a Stop Loss A stop loss is an essential tool in the spread betting punter’s armoury. Stop losses enable the punter to limit the downside if a market moves against them. Unfortunately they sometimes fail. To explain...
Stop Losses – Survival Instinct for the Market
Surviving the rigours of the financial markets demands not just a good risk management technique but also the strength of mind to stick to it. Staying disciplined may sound easy enough but the emotions are never far from the...
Trade Time-Frames
The term swing trader usually refers to anyone who takes positions based on support and resistance on a chart, regardless of the time-frame that they trade in. But generally it is used to describe a non-daytrading approach, where...
A Story of a Beginner CFD Trader – Inspiration
Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day by Alex. Hahn It must have been one of these cold, dark and rainy days in November 2002 when I first realized the importance of knowing how to invest one’s money. Back then, I had just...
Warning Signs That Tell You When A Bear Market is Imminent…
In Jim Slater “Beyond the Zulu Principle” chapter 16 Bull and Bear Markets: 13 points to recognise when a bear market might be imminent: Cash usually regarded as a very undesirable asset. American saying “Cash...
Spread Betting Examples
Q: How much capital do I need to start trading? A: In theory, £1. There is not really a fixed amount; you can open a spread betting account for as little as £100 if you wanted to! However you MIGHT want to...