Independent Investor

There is a common misconception that Spread bets and Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are immune from the laws that govern insider trading.  This is simply not the case.  Anyone who is investing in spread bets or CFDs should be doing this because of their opinion on the market, and not through some privileged information.
Insider trading covers all types of trading on financial derivatives, and not simply the trading of the underlying shares as is commonly believed.  This has meant that there have been a string of prosecutions of insider dealers …