Trading Spreads

Spread betting allows you to trade the world’s financial markets from the comfort of your own home. Some of the main advantages of spread betting include:

Exposure to markets
Most spread betting firms have a wide selection of markets available. You can bet on the movement of indices, share prices, commodities, currencies and a whole host of other financial instruments through one easy to use platform.

Short & Long
One of the biggest advantages to spread betting is the ability to bet on a market going up as well as down. This means you can still make big money in a falling market. Ever heard the phrase ‘they fall faster than they rise’?

Currency
Spread betting firms allow you to deal in one currency across any market. This means you don’t need to worry about the exchange rate falling while your money is tied up in over seas investments. You can trade US shares in GBP.

Software
Spread betting is big business and competition between spread betting firms is fierce. You will find many of these companies offer very sophisticated trading platforms. The investment many of these companies have made in to developing spread betting software means the platforms are very easy to use, your exposure, positions, profit/loss etc are all automatically calculated. You will also have access to graphs, charts, the latest news, tips, current trends, etc.

Tax
All profits are tax free.

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