Overtrading your Account Don’t over-stretch – leave plenty of headroom on the account for adverse price movements in the underlying share. I would say that one should never really gear up more than say double the value of your equity. Whereas in reality it’s easy to end up geared 3,4,5 or more times with spread […]

Managing Trades and Profits One basic tip would be to never, ever, risk more money than you have the potential to make on a trade. It’s totally pointless. It should be more like risking x to make 2x, 3x, 4x, etc. This might sound unrealistic, but the best traders make money because they milk good […]

Stop Loss Strategies and Tactics Most people risk £100 to make £10 but at the very basic level you need to reverse this and risk £10 to make £100. For instance, buying ABC stock at £10, placing a stop loss level at £9 and a sell limit order at £10.50, so in practice risking losing […]

Make use of Stop Loss Orders With trading we all will have disappointments and losses. That is just a fact you have to be able to accept and manage according to your rules and stick to it as we say. Anyone can manage a winner it takes a trader to take a loss. So when […]

Starting Out: Check your Stakes and Don’t think you know better than the Market Be careful and try a few small bets first when trading for real money – do look at the graphs, the highs and lows are crucial!! When starting out it is sensible to keep the stakes low to understand how the […]

Practical Spread Betting Tips and Tricks Start on a very small scale and also strictly limit your gearing at this stage! Remember: if you are a beginning trader or new to spreads, leverage always works against you! Always start smaller than you think you can handle as you will make little mistakes at first. When […]

Quick Spread Betting Tips for 2024 Spread betting is more accessible for new investors than CFDs, but less cost-effective due to the wider spreads (which is usually more than compensated by its tax-advantaged status). Open up a DEMO ACCOUNT with a spread betting firm such as Pepperstone or Trade Nation. You will get £10,000 to […]

Hints, Tips and Strategies for Budding Spread Betters Practical Spread Betting Tips Quick Spread Betting Tips for 2022 Practical Spread Betting Tips Limit your Stakes & Don’t be Overconfident! Make use of Stop Loss Orders Stop Loss Strategies and Tactics Managing Trades and Profits Overtrading/Overstretching your Account Do’s and Don’ts Don’t Procrastinate & Stick to […]