Spread Betting

Financial spread betting involves speculating on the rise and fall of market prices. For instance, you can choose a particular company stock on which to bet – will the value of the stock rise or fall in your specified time?

Forex Trading    CFD Trading    Futures Trading    Spread Betting    Share Dealing

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Spread Betting Information    Spread Betting Risks

Spread betting requires a person to be pretty open to the risk factor – as this is a fast-paced, highly speculative way to invest, you are placing your money at a far greater risk of loss than on other investment tools.

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COMPANYESTCOM TYPECOMINITIAL MARGINO/N INTEREST LONGO/N INTEREST SHORTMIN ACCMIN TRADEBINARY BETTINGFEATURESMORE INFO
Capital Spreads
Capital Spreads		1996
FSA 182110		Fixed / Variable1 pip3-15% Depending on contract+2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate)-2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate)$0100p per pointYesMarkets

Markets

1. 14 Global Equity Markets
2. 14 Global Equity Indices
3. Over 35 Spot FX pairs
4. Over 20 Commodity Markets (Energies, Metals and Soft commodities)
5. 9 Government Bonds/ STIRS (short term interest rates)
6. Futures on Indices, Equities, FX, Commodities and Bonds
7. Binary Trades


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Contingent Orders
Trailing Stops


Platform

Platform

Capital Spreads
 
The Capital Spreads trading platform is available via HTML (the internet); therefore you do not need to download any additional software.


Capital Spreads
Capital Spreads claim to have the best margin requirements you will find, which means you do not have to put up huge sums of cash to get started on spread betting. You can trade from as little as $1 a point on any of their Indices, Shares, Currencies, Commodities and Bonds.
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Services

Forex Trading, Spread Betting and Binary Betting.
 
 
Initial Margin 3% - 15% depending on contract - Clients who hold open positions require what is called margin. Margin is calculated as the amount of money you must have in your account to satisfy Capital Spreads that you are able to honour your debt should your bet lose money.
 
Overnight Interest Charge - LONG +2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate). The RFR is generally equivalent to the base rate of the underlying currency of the country of the market concerned. If your position is long, this equates to real market cash exposure and so interest maybe charged for each day the position is held overnight. For further details please see the FAQs section on our website.
 
Overnight Interest Charge - SHORT: -2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate). See explanation above. However, if your position is short, an interest return may be paid on these equivalent cash funds.
 
Forex Trading: Yes
CFD Trading: No
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. Some of the best value spreads in the market
2. Low margin requirements, wide range of markets
3. Demonstration account
4. Automatic stop-losses (stop-losses are not guaranteed so subject to slippage)
5. Flexible orders
6. Knowledgeable and friendly customer support team
7. Free educational tools
8. No commissions


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No live chat facility.
2. No Scalping or Hedging.
3. No Discretionary Management.
4. No Islamic Swap-Free Accounts.
5. No Interest On Balance.



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Hedging: No
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: Yes

ETX Capital Spread Betting
ETX Capital Spread Betting		2002
FSA 124721		Fixed / Variable1-4 pips1-50% Depending on contract.+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent$10050p per pointNoMarkets

Markets

Stock Index Futures, Daily Stock Indices Daily Rolling Cash Indices, Daily Rolling Future Indices, Currency Futures, Daily Rolling Spot Currencies, UK Shares, US Shares, Euro Shares, Metals, Foodstuffs, Oils, Daily Rolling Commodities, Commodity Futures, Government Bond Futures, Interest Rate Futures.


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

Indices, FX, Equities, Commodities, CFDs, Options, ETFs


ETX Capital Spread Betting
ETX Capital is a spread betting company based in the City of London. Their recently launched trading platform gives you access to the world's markets with minimum bet levels of 50 pence per point to maximum bet levels of £500 per point or more depending on the markets and type of service. ETX additionally offers free advanced spread betting charting packages, educational webinars and seminars.
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Services

CFD's, Options, Educational webinars and seminars.
 
Forex Trading: No
CFD Trading: No
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. Feature rich easy to use trading platform
2. Free integrated advanced charting.
3. Multiple online order types
4. Tight dealing spreads
5. Aggressive leverage rates
6. Low minimum bet sizes
7. One click dealing
8. 24 hour trading


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No US customers
2. No discretionary management
3. No DMA



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: No

City Index Spread Betting
City Index Spread Betting		1983
AFSL 336957		FixedFrom 1 pipFrom 1% Depending on product.+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent-2.5% LIBOR or equivalent$050p per pointYesMarkets

Markets

Over 14,000 markets covered including:
 
1. Over 20 Worldwide Equity Markets (inc UK, European, US & Asian)
2. 43 Major Global Indices Markets
3. Over 70 Spot & Futures Forex Pairs
4. UK Sector Trades
5. 38 Commodities Markets (inc Metals, Energies, Softs, Grains & Livestock)
6. Interest Rate Products
7. Government Bonds from UK, US, Europe & Asia
8. Daily & Futures Options on Commodities & Worldwide Indices
9. Over 85 different Binary trades (inc Indices, Commodities & FX)
10. iShares trades


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

City Index - In House
 
Our new online trading platform provides a wealth of information and sophisticated trading tools to help you make the most of market movements as they happen. With no software to download you can login to your account and trade Whatever, Wherever, Whenever.


City Index Spread Betting
City index provide a market leading spread betting service based on fair and transparent prices, accessible technology and great customer support. Whatever and wherever you want to trade, their trading platform provides all the tools you need. They have a team of expert dealers and customer service specialists is constantly available to provide personal support.
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Services

Spread Betting, Binaries and FX. Our online trading platform contains a comprehensive charting package as well as Market News from the Dow Jones Newswire, Thompson Financial and the LSE’s Regulatory News Service. At the moment it’s all about the new City Trading iPhone App which is a groundbreaking piece of innovation that has generated a great deal of interest in the first few months since its launch.
 
Forex Trading: No
CFD Trading: Yes
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. Free to open Account.
2. Transparent Prices.
3. Spread Betting and CFDs on one platform.
4. iPhone App.
5. OCO Orders.


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. No DMA access.
2. No Trailing Stops.
3. No US Citizens.



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: Yes

Gekko Global Markets Spread Betting
Gekko Global Markets Spread Betting		2007
FSA 184333		Fixed / VariableFrom 0.001%5-15% Depends on productBOE rate +2%BOE rate -2%$5020p per pointNoMarkets

Markets

Full range of markets covering global equities, indices, commodities, fx and bonds.


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders.
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee.
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

Proprietary PRIME™ platform
 
User-friendly platform built on Flash technology. The platform consumes much less PC resources compared with common Java platforms; hence execution speed is much faster on our platform. The platform is web-based and requires no download.


Gekko Global Markets Spread Betting
Gekko Global Markets Ltd is a dedicated service provider for Financial Spread Betting, CFD and FX trading. Gekko’s proprietary trading platform is designed by a team of experienced traders. The platform’s user-friendliness and execution speed have gained trust from both new and sophisticated traders.
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Services

We have our proprietary live prices, live charts, historical charts and trading signals. Phone trading service and Free evening seminars.
 
Forex Trading: No
CFD Trading: Yes
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. 25% Cash Bonus on initial deposit, up to $500 (T&C apply).
2. Free guaranteed stops on many markets (T&C apply).
3. User-friendly platform with easy navigation and fast execution speed.
4. Permanently low minimum trade size.
5. Permanently tight spreads.
6. Full range of markets covering global equities, indices, commodities, fx and bonds.
7. Fast loading Flash charts.
8. Min deposit £50 only to start trading.


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. To protect customers from downside risk, all trades come with mandatory stops.
2. Does not currently support 'tear-off' deal ticket.
3. Does not currently support dealing from chart.



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: No

ProSpreads
ProSpreads		2005
FSC 91368		Fixed0.25–0.5 point5–15% Exchange margin x 5No interest chargesNo interest charges$1000300p per pointNoMarkets

Markets

CBOT, CME, EUREX, LIFFE, ICE, NYMEX, NYBOT


Orders

Orders

Stop and Limited Orders
Guaranteed Stop Orders with Fee
Contingent Orders


Platform

Platform

Pro Spreads - In House Unique platform providing the same functionality available from a Direct Market Access platform, enabling you to execute a spread bet in a fraction of a second


ProSpreads
Prospreads offer customers a professional platform providing the same functionality as Direct Market Access resulting in a much faster and reliable way to spread bet the major indices, commodities and currencies. Prospreads can offer tight prices, with execution in a fraction of a second and no re-quotes.
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Services

Spread Betting on Major Indices, Currencies, Commodities and Options
Forex Trading: No
CFD Trading: No
Futures Trading: No
Share Dealing: No


Advantages

Advantages

1. DMA Functionality - The advantages of DMA functionality are numerous and ultimately gives the user advanced trading functionality that professional traders demand when tackling today’s financial markets
2. Speed of Execution
3. No-Requotes
4. Tight Spreads
5. Award Winning Platform
6. Scalping and Hedging


Disadvantages

Disadvantages

1. Experienced Individuals Only
2. No US Citizens – NB – no SB companies allow US Citizens
3. No If Done Contingent Orders
4. No Automated trading or API Access



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Hedging: Yes
Scapling: No
US Citizens: No
API Access: No

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