Financial Spread Betting

Spread betting is a margined (or leveraged) investment tool allowing traders to invest in and speculate on the financial markets. It is easy to understand and appealing trading option targeted at retail investors and covers a wide range of markets, such as commodities, individual equities, stock indices, currencies and much more. Despite being around for almost 40 years it really took off with the growth of internet and rapidly expanded in the early 2000's. Financial spread betting showed a great appeal to many traders as it is tax-free, exempt from Stamp Duty, and provides access to a wide range of markets. Besides that, it is simple to grasp and a straight-forward tool, especially for those who are already familiar with the stock markets.

Whether you're an experienced trader or a novice to spread betting this guide will help you to exploit the benefits of leveraged trading with simple navigation and intuitive tutorials. You don't have to read every section but instead you can easily navigate to the topics of your interest and gain more insights and knowledge on every aspect of financial spread betting.

Top Financial Spread Betting Brokers:

Spread Betting Brokers	FTSE100 Spread	DJ30 Spread	GBP/USD Spread	Brent Crude Spread	FTSE Shares Spread
	1 (5)	2	2	5	0.10%
	1 (6)	2 (6)	3	5	0.10%
	1 (5)	2	2	5	0.10%
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Spread Betting Sections and Guides:

• Broker Reviews: Looking for competitive spread betting account? Use our comprehensive and independent broker comparison service to find a cheap and reliable financial spread betting broker. We compare more companies than any other website on the internet and provide the benefits and pitfalls for every one of them. If you only trade particular markets you can compare the spreads offered for this particular product. If you have had a good or bad experience with any particular broker feel free to share your experience with our visitors.
• History of Spread Betting: Trace the history of spread betting, where and when it's all started and how it developed over the time, including where it stands now and what the future holds.
• Spread Trading Overview: Comprehensive review of advantages and disadvantages and how spread bets are different from other trading tools.
• Financial Spread Betting Guide: Everything you need to know about spread bets, including types of bets, types of orders, how margin works and how to go around with short-term and long-term investing.
• Spread Betting Markets: Financial spread trading offers a wide range of markets to choose from, such as commodities, forex or currencies, indices (FTSE, Dow, DAX), equities and many more, and thorough understanding of them is valuable for successful trading.
• Spread Betting Strategies: Financial spread betting without a clear and defined strategy is like playing darts blindfolded - the chances of success are highly limited, and more often than not as a result of luck rather than skill. In this section we review most commonly known trading strategies.
• Frequently Asked Questions: The most frequently asked questions about spread bets and trading brokers answered by professional traders.
• Trading News: Latest market developments in the industry, trading news and trading strategies regularly updated and reviewed.
• Spread Trading Books: List of the best books on the markets. The list is manually revised to include only highly recommended resources and most of the books are below £15.

We endeavoured to make this tutorial as simple as possible and cover every topic but if you feel that we missed something or think some sections should be improved we welcome your feedback and recommendations. Do not hesitate to contact us at feedback@independentinvestor.co.uk.