IG
Index Review- Online Spread Betting
Financial spread betting companies
IG Index Review
IG Index was the
first, and are probably the best
known of the financial
spread betting companies in the UK.
Once again,
they were voted Shares
magazine's Best
Spread Betting Firm in
2009,
for the third year in a row. - IGIndex offer an
award
winning
charting software package and a range of market analysis.
 If you are looking for a
new spread betting home, IG
Index is one of
the best of the leading
financial
spread betting companies online.
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 including the iphone.
Summary of benefits of Online Spread
Betting from IGIndex
- Ttrade
Sense beginners course
- Tight
Spreads
- No
commissions or brokers fees
- Automated
stop losses
- Go
Long or
Short
- 24hr
Trading
- Mobile
dealing
- Wide
range of markets
- Options
trading
- Low
Stakes
- Tax
free trading (Tax Law can
change and may differ in other jurisdictions outside the UK.)
- Low
margin requirements
Key Features
IG
Trade
Sense beginners course - Free Educational starter package.
- Learn
how to spread bet at IG with small stakes and build your
confidence with this
free 6 week spread betting education course. Open an account with IG
Index and you will recieve a 100+ page guide to spread betting.
Spread bet
from 10p in weeks 1-2, from 20p in weeks 3-4 and from 50p in weeks 5-6.
Tight
Spreads
- IG
Index offer some of the tightest
spreads available from any of the
leading financial spread
betting companies
- 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 IGINDEX
website for more information about out of hours spreads***
PureDeal
Platform
- Deal anywhere, any time with the award-winning PureDeal platform
from IG on your web browser, mobile phone or iPhone.
- IG PureDeal Features
- Charting - Real-time quick charts
for basic analysis. Regular traders can access standalone charting
package with direct dealing from the charts, dozens of technical
indicators, alerts, Backtesting and much more.
- Autochartist - A pattern
recognition recognition tool.
- Price improvement - In May 2010,
IG clients saved more than £500,000 thanks to Price Improvements.
- One click dealing* - No dealing
tickets, one click dealing for faster trade execution. *Only available
on the Plus account
Visit IGINDEX uk to take a
quick tour and find out more about
PureDeal's extensive range of tools and resources.
Control
Risk
- IGIndex
offer all the usual stop
loss options but in addition, they also offer a controled risk account
with guaranteed stops **conditions apply
Seminars
- IG
offer a wide range of FREE
online seminars and tutorials for you to browse at your
convenience. IG also offer regular spread betting seminars
covering a range
of topics at their offices in London.
Free
Research and Data
- Free access to a wide range of
market
information, technical analysis tools and daily market comments.
Spread betting indices
Spread
betting indices can offer a useful alternative to spread
betting 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 betting indices - example
Indices spreads at IG Index***
- Daily Ftse 100
- 1 point
- Daily Wall St (dow) - 2 points
- Daily S&P500
- 0.5 points
- Daily DAX30
- 1 point
- Daily ASX200
- 2 points
Spread betting Forex
The
Forex market is now the worlds most traded market and spread betting
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
betting on currencies at IG.
Forex spread betting - example Forex
spreads at IG index***
- GBPUSD - 2 pips
- EURUSD - 1 pip
- EURGBP - 2 pips
- AUDUSD - 1 pip
Spread betting commodities
Spread
trading 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 betting commodities - example
commodity spreads at IG Index***
- Daily Brent crude
- 4 pips
- Daily US light crude - 4 pips
- Daily spot Gold
- 0.5 points
- Daily spot Silver
- 3 points
***Please note, IG 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.
How To Place a Spread Bet at IG Index
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