How Much to Risk? Guest contribution by Henry (experienced technical chartist) -: Is there any such thing like a winning or losing mentality? My understanding is that if an issue relates to your state of mind, then it must be a risk or money management problem. I don’t believe there is a winning or losing […]

Lesson into Controlling Stake Sizes Guest contribution by Alex Docharty who gives his insight into the psychological barriers involved with spread betting -: This is one of the biggest hurdles I had to overcome in learning to trade profitably, and was probably the hardest thing to learn. Why is it so important and why was […]

Lessons from the Pros – Is Spread Betting for Me? by Tony – Kent – UK Beware Leverage Creep… Part of my decision to use spread betting is partly to avoid CGT exposures, but also I’ll freely admit the ability to use some degree of leverage is also part of the reason for me. I […]

A Trading System A trading system is essential to every trader. I cannot stress how important it is, purely for the reason that a decent trading system will help eliminate FEAR and GREED, the two ogres of bad trading. With a trading system you simply have to follow the signals, and with some decent good […]

Guaranteed Stop Losses & why often its a Bad Idea to Use Them It probably makes sense, especially in somebody’s first year, and particularly where he is unable to constantly monitor the pc charts/news/action to use guaranteed stop losses. But the reader needs to be aware that it is an expensive form of protection; thanks […]

Stop and Stop Limit Orders in Spread Betting If you already know the difference between stops and stop limit orders you can skip this and go directly to my workings with them Stop loss orders in spread betting are some of the best techniques available to investors. But make sure you know the difference between […]

Trading with spare money and trading full time to make a living is very different… Guest contribution experience by a trader who tried to quit his job to try his hand trading full-time -: Back in early September I decided to quit my full-time job to trade full time. Whilst I wanted to get straight […]

Fear and how it Grips You Guest contribution by Dom Davis who has recently tried his hand at spread betting follows -: Despite the name, spread betting isn’t quite gambling. A reasonable strategy and good risk management will make you money. Let’s assume your strategy wins 40% of the time. That’s losing on 6 out […]

Common & Expensive Spread Betting Errors Don’t chase your losses… Chasing my losses – going long on FTSE Friday afternoon as it “must go up” (used my stop on this one though!). What is happening here is simple human nature. You start doing well, so load up a bit more…then a bit more. Then, things […]

More on Mistakes and Blunders Don’t confuse a limit with a stop order… You have previously opened a position buying £10/point of the December FTSE at 5650. Several days after opening the position the December FTSE is trading at 5563. You place an order to close your position by selling £10/point should the December FTSE […]