Capital
Spreads is a
division
of London Capital
Group and is one of the best financial spread betting
companies based
in
the UK. They were
voted the Best Spread
Bet Provider of
the year in 2009 by Financial
Times/Investors Chronicle .
They, offer a convenient and extremely versatile way to trade
in a wide
range of the worlds stock markets, by telephone and through online and
mobile trading
platforms. Capital Spreadshave
an
excellent CFD trading and spread betting
software package that also
offers some of the tightest financial betting spreads
available.
Risk
Warning
Spread betting and CFD trading carry a high level of risk to your
capital and can result in losses that exceed your initial deposit. They
may not be suitable for everyone, so please ensure that you fully
understand the risks involved.
Capital Spreads is
a division of London
Capital Group, authorised and
regulated in the UK by the FCA. Find out more about financial betting
and apply for a Capital
Spreads Spread bet account.
Summary of benefits of an Online
Spread
Bet Account from
Capital Spreads
Tight
Spreads
No
commissions or brokers fees
Automated
stop losses
Go
Long or
Short
24hr
Trading
Mobile
dealing
Wide
range of markets
Low
Stakes
Tax
free trading (Tax Law can
change and may differ in other jurisdictions outside the UK.)
Low
margin requirements
Practice
online spread betting with a demo account
Key Features of Spread Trading at
Capital Spreads
Tight
Spreads
Capital
Spreads accounts
offer some of the tightest spreads available from
any of the
leading financial spread
trading companies. Wall Street
spreads have recently been reduced to 2 points***. Remember,
profits are tax free**, and there are no other broker or dealing fees,
The spread is the financial spread betting companies profit margin.
Some Key Market Spreads***
Rolling
Daily FTSE
1 point
Rolling
Daily DAX
1 point
FTSE
100 shares
0.1%
Rolling
Daily Wall Street
2 points
Rolling
Daily EURUSD
1 points
Rolling
Daily GBPUSD
2 points
Brent
crude oil
5 points
Gold
5 points
**Tax Law can
change and may differ in other jurisdictions outside the UK**
*** visit the Capital Spreads
website for more information about out of hours spreads***
Trade
in Your preferred currency
Avoid costly exchange rates, You
make your bets in one of three currencies (GBP, Euros or US Dollars)
Control
Risk
Capital
Spreads system automatically generates a stop loss on
every opening
trade to
help protect clients interests. Stops can be then be adjusted to custom
levels. Please be aware, these stops are not guaranteed and
if
the market gaps, you can still lose more than your initial stake.
However,this does encourage good practice as many traders 'forget' to
place stops, and can find themselves with a big hole in their accounts
when the market moves against them.
SpreadBetting
Seminars
Learn more about how to financial
spread
bet by attending one of the FREE monthly seminars which cover a
range of topics .
Free
Research and Data
Free access to a range of market
information, technical analysis tools and daily market comments.
Learn
how to spread bet online completely risk free through a Capital Spreads
demo account. It you are still unsure about exactly how
financial betting
works and would like to practice by paper trading before
committing actual cash, apply
for an online spread betting demo account from Capital
Spreads
to get a virtual cash balance of £10,000 for you try out your
trading
skills with first.
The
demo spreadbetting account offers a selection of products from the live
system to
paper trade with and gain a better understanding of the live platform
and how it all works.
Capital
Training
Available to new account holders once they have deposited a minimum of
£100, you can then request a copy of the Capital Training Programme is
a guide to
financial spread trading in the financial markets
covering a range of topics.
How financial betting works
Opening and closing trades
Trading on margin and dealing
with the risks
Introduction to technical analysis
Introduction to funamentals
analysis
Markets information
Spread Trading in Indices
Spread
trading in indices can offer a useful alternative to a spread trading in stocks
individually. Diversify your portfolio to
reduce the
risk of being exposed to the volatility of an individual stocks price
movements. Stock indices are baskets of individual stocks, some of
which will do better than others, potentially providing a more balanced
investment vehicle.
Spread bet in indices -
example
Index spreads at Capital Spreads***
Daily Ftse 100
- 1 point
Daily Wall St (dow) - 2 points
Daily S&P500
- 0.4 points
Daily DAX30
- 1 point
Daily Nasdaq
- 2 points
Spread Bets in Forex Markets
The
Forex market is now the worlds most traded market and spread trading
forex and on indices is now among the fastest growing
investment
options available in the UK. There are a large number of popular forex
pairs that are available for spread
trading on currencies.
Forex Spread
Trading - example Forex spreads***
Example Forex Spreads
GBPUSD - 2 pips
EURUSD - 1 pip
EURGBP - 2 pips
AUDUSD - 3 pip
Spread Trade commodities
A
Spread
bet on commodities
can be an additional means of diversifying your investment portfolio as
another alternative to trading stocks. There may be better
opportunities elsewhere as commodities are wide ranging and some will
still be in demand even in the toughest of markets.
Spread Trading commodities - example
commodity spreads at Capital Spreads***
Brent crude futures - 5
pips
US crude futures
- 6 pips
Daily spot Gold
- 0.5 points
Silver Futures - 3 points
***Please
note, spreads may be wider when the underlying market is
closed
Remember,
the spread is a financial
spread betting companies profit margin so
there are no brokers
commission fees to pay on trades.
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10 part stock market beginners trading course. This trading course
offers an introduction to understanding how the financial markets work
and how to trade successfully.
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