Spread Betting: Trading GBP/AUD You can see from this chart that the pound sterling versus the Australian dollar is a stable and predictable currency pair, giving good “doji” (candlestick) signs for reversals and following the Bollinger bands. The two economies are very different in the way that they work, which would tend to inspire changes […]

Spread Betting: Trading GBP/CAD If you spread bet on the GBP/CAD, the pound sterling against the Canadian dollar, then you are taking a bet on the strength of “the other” North American currency, which can be quite different from the US dollar. Although they are on the same continent, and joined by a very long […]

Spread Betting: Trading GBP/CHF When you spread bet on the currency pair GBP/CHF (the British pound sterling versus the Swiss franc) you are betting on two major long-standing currencies. Both the UK and Switzerland decided for their own reasons not to join the European monetary union and convert to the euro, and kept control of […]

Spread Betting: Trading GBP/EUR The sterling versus euro currency exchange rate is one of the major Forex pairs, with both currencies being large players in world economics. You can also see this exchange rate quoted the other way round, as EUR/GBP. Of course there is no fundamental difference in the analysis; simply the order of […]

Spread Betting: Trading GBP/JPY When your spread betting on the GBP/JPY, you are betting on the relationship between the British pound and the Japanese yen, and this is highly dependent on the state of each country’s economy. This is a major currency pairing, as there is a lot of trade between the UK and Japan, […]

Spread Betting: Trading GBP/NZD When you place a bet on the GBP/NZD, you are betting on the number of New Zealand dollars that you can get for one pound sterling. The current value that you will be quoted is around 19,000, and because of the way that Forex is written, you have to move the […]

Spread Betting: Trading EUR/GBP Spread betting on the euro vs. pound sterling in the Forex market means that you are on familiar territory, and may be confident that you have some ideas about how the currencies will move. As with all trading, it is wise not to be too confident, but let the market tell […]

Spread Betting: Trading EUR/CHF If you spread bet on the EUR/CHF, then you are making a bet on how the euro does against the Swiss franc. The Swiss franc has a history going way back to 1798 when its exchange rate was pegged to silver and the French franc – in fact it is said […]

Spread Betting: Trading EUR/CAD There are several influences on the exchange rate between the euro and the Canadian dollar (EUR/CAD), and it is a volatile pair to spread bet, with moves of several hundred points sometimes occurring. The economies are very different, and you can expect the rate of exchange to change over time. The […]

Spread Betting: Trading EUR/AUD When you spread bet on the EUR/AUD, you are placing a currency bet on the relative merits of the economies of a number of European countries, the ones which partake in the common currency, and Australia. These economies are very different from each other, and you need to understand the characteristics […]