This document discusses different techniques for spread betting: position trading, day trading, and swing trading. Position traders take long-term positions over weeks or months based on fundamental trends. Day traders close all positions by the end of each day, focusing on markets with high volatility. Swing traders seek short-term opportunities over days or weeks. The document also provides an overview of the spread betting firm Finspreads and their services.
2. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
When spread betting, it is important to develop a
technique that works for you. No spread betting
tactic will work all of the time, but having a plan in
place will ensure you are not just trading on
instinct and gut feelings. Spread betting provider
Finspreads offers the following approaches:
3. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
Position Traders
Position traders place spread bets for the long
term, holding trades for weeks or months on end.
This style of financial spread betting relies on the
trader understanding the long-term fundamental
trends of a stock by using daily, weekly, and
monthly charts to determine the market’s eventual
direction.
4. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
Day Traders
Day trading means never holding your spread
betting positions for longer than a day – and
certainly never overnight. Day traders tend to
place numerous spread bets during the
day, focusing on narrow spreads and markets
with plenty of movement. Spread betting in this
way can be time-consuming and requires close
market analysis to select appropriate stocks and
prices.
5. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
Swing Traders
For the swing trader, spread betting is about mining
the markets to find stocks which have the potential to
move significantly in a relatively short space of
time, which can be anything from a couple of days to
a couple of weeks. Swing traders are similar to day
traders in that both seek to profit from a financial
spread bet with a fast turnaround.
Whichever technique you choose, back up your
trading decisions with extensive research and
analysis. Learn more about spread betting with
Finspreads here
Spread betting is a leveraged product which can
result in losses greater than your initial deposit.
Ensure you fully understand the risks.
6. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
About Finspreads
Finspreads is a leading online financial spread
betting firm, offering access to thousands of
instruments on the world’s financial markets. We
pioneered fully interactive online spread betting in
1999 and we continue to invest in technology to
ensure that our service remains amongst the
market leaders.
7. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
Our goal is to make spread betting as
straightforward as possible for every trader,
whatever their level of experience. We focus on
delivering quick and easy access to the tools and
information our customers need to make their
trading decisions, act on them, then monitor their
performance. We also offer a comprehensive
education and support package to help our
customers understand and take advantage of the
opportunities offered by spread betting.
8. Spread Betting Techniques and
Approaches
As a result of our commitment to price
transparency, trading education, and great
customer support, we have attracted tens of
thousands of traders ranging from beginners
through to those with decades of experience.
Finspreads is a trading name of City Index
Limited, one of the world’s largest providers of
derivative trading services for retail investors.
Visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/ for more
information.