What is Spread Betting?
Spread betting does not involve owing the underlying equity, and have resemblance with options and futures trading. The general procedure of spread betting is as follows. Imagine a stock with bid price of $100 and offer price of $102. If you feel the price will be down you can bet for a certain money, say $3, with every decrease in $1 or one point. If the market follows your thoughts and the price is decreased to $95, then you will receive $3x 5=$15. If market goes against you and the price be $105 you will lose $15.
Spread betting is also riskier strategy. Traders can implement stop loss and stop win options with the bookmaker. The main advantages of spread betting includes tax exemption on profits (in UK), freedom to trade wide range of markets, chance to profit in both market direction, no commissions, etc. The main practice of spread betting is in UK, American stocks are also available for spread betting.
This information is provided by NobleTrading.com, a worldwide brokerage firm, offering direct access services for online stocks trading, options trading, futures trading, commodities trading and forex trading on a variety of trading software platform.





















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