Considering the similarity that I noted previously between the Capital Spreads iPhone app and the one provided by ETX Capital, I had been toying with the idea of not reviewing the Capital Spreads one at all.

MARCH is going to be a defining month for the eurozone yet it’s still unclear whether the region will emerge on the other side with a spring in its step.

My previous trading trail update attracted the following comment from Andy: I’m a little puzzled by your reluctance to buy back a share unless at a lower price. I know most people have a mental block against buying back higher, but surely this is something which needs to be overcome?

I’m approaching this GFT iPhone review from a rather different perspective than the others. At the time of this review I didn’t already hold an account with GFT, so I set up a demo / practice account.

If you placed a guaranteed stop order at the same price with two different spread betting companies, you would expect them both to stop out at the same time — or neither of them. But if you think that your guaranteed stop-out is guaranteed to stop out, you can think again,.

This is a review of the IG Index iPhone offering. As one of my favourite spread betting account providers, I was most interested to find out how the IG Index iPhone app stood up to my scrutiny.

In this feature I look at the Spreadex iPhone App. Unlike some mobile spread betting apps, the Spreadex app offers your four different watch lists: a Popular Makets watch list, a Top Risers watch list, a Top Fallers watch list and a My Portfolio watch list.

I thought I’d use this week’s short Trading Trail update to mark the point at which my reference position trading account got back to par with the performance of the FTSE 100 index as demonstrated in the equity curve below.

Is the cold snap about to end? My friends in the City certainly think things are warming up. The January PMI surveys suggested a strong start to 2011 for the private sector with expansion in the services, manufacturing and construction sectors.

Continuing my series of reviews of the iPhone spread betting apps, I now turn my attention to the ETX Capital iPhone app.