Silly Mistakes Spread Traders Make In this section we look at some common and expensive errors traders make spread betting and at ways to avoid them… Here is the text from a friend who spread bets and is in love with FWY (a stock). The note distresses me as he has 3 kids and has […]

Spread Betting Tips for 2014 and Beyond! The following thoughts are what has worked for me so far. I certainly wouldn’t claim they apply every time or for everyone but I wanted to put my thoughts in writing and provide some useful tips to would-be spreadbetters or those relatively new to the subject. What to […]

Strategies: Good Uses of a Spreadbet (Part 1) # Take part in all the IPOs you want If, and when, internet search engine Facebook finally goes public, you can bet it will be oversubscribed. And small investors from the UK will come very, very low down the list of participants, as far as US brokers […]

Trading the Daily Cash Dow and minimising the effect of bias – Spreadbetting Spreadbetting the Dow Cash should be a simple exercise which when you get it right is very profitable. In practice, it is made difficult by the number of methods which can be used to judge entry and exit points and the uncertainty […]

Strategies: Clever Uses of a Spread Bet (Part 2) # Bet on sector mean reversion In 1999, IT Hardware was the best performer out of 32 FTSE sectors. A year later, it was 30th, and a year after that it came bottom. That pattern is fairly typical for sectors. Forestry came top in 1994, and […]

Basics of trading the Dow using Support and Resistance Method: Trading Support and Resistance in a sideways market Trading at support and resistance levels using the following method is a good way of trading a market which is largely moving sideways and is range bound with regular peaks and troughs. These occur a number of […]

Basics of trading the Dow using Support and Resistance The Daily Cash Dow method performs very well in a trending day but can lead to a number of failed trades in a sideways or choppy market. The previously presented rules/guides for stake sizing, capital management and stoploss usage should be applied as appropriate. Trading the […]

Method: Trading the Daily Cash Dow using Moving Averages for Entry Trigger Trading the Daily Cash Dow (280 Kb) It is recommended that you have read and understood the previous trading method before reading this document. The following method is my current preferred trading method. It performs very well in a trending day but can […]

Trading the Daily Cash Dow – a simple Mechanical Method It is recommended that you have read and understood the previous trading methods before reading this document. The following method is a mechanical trading method. What this means is that when certain entry criteria are met a trade is always opened and when the exit […]

Scalpers and Trading the News!! A successful spread betting scalper shares his experience… Scalping is a technique used by intraday traders who try to benefit from small price changes on larger transaction sizes in anticipation of a profit. The practice involves selling the trade almost immediately after the trade becomes profitable. This is a very […]