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Understanding the amount of movement in a share price or index.
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| | September 03, 2008 | | Average Directional Index can help you evaluate trends | One of the tools you can use to help you assess trends in a variety of markets is the Average Directional Index (ADX).
The ADX can be used with a variety of markets, including currency, stock, bond and others. It is an indicator that can help you establish how strong a current trend looks.
ADX
The ADX is not something to use on its own, but it can be a valuable tool as you make spread betting decisions based on market trends. The ADX generally looks at prices from the previous 14 trading days to create a picture of trend strength.
If a trend is strong, then that can help you decide how to place your spread bets on a financial instrument.
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| | August 29, 2008 | | Practice spread betting account from GFT | If you are concerned about how to learn spread betting before you risk your own money, there is help available for you. GFT offers a free practice spread betting account.
You can learn how spread betting works, and get practice on how to trade CFDs, as well as spot forex trading. This can be very helpful, since it gives you a chance to practice before you risk your own money.
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| | August 28, 2008 | | Placing spread bets on performances | While placing spread bets on financial markets and instruments is fairly straightforward (the numbers that show gains and losses are easy to read), performance spreads are a little more ambiguous. However, performance spreads can be fun for many spread betters.
Performance spreads
This type of spread betting takes place when you want to wager as to what possible outcomes are available in certain circumstances. This includes wagering on such items as whether or not one company will buy another, or which stock exchange would win a bidding war to buy the London Stock Exchange.
The indexation company creates a spread for possible outcomes, and you decide which scenarios you will favour.
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| | August 26, 2008 | | Learn to use DealBook 360 | If you want to make better spread betting and contracts for differences decisions, it can help to know the platform. GFT offers free training seminars that can help you learn how to use DealBook 360 to improve your trading performance.
Various classes are available in London to help you learn to use DealBook 360. These are free training seminars that can help you better learn spread betting, contracts for differences and spot forex trading.
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| | August 22, 2008 | | Reserve and central banks set monetary policy | One of the things that can help you with your financial spread betting strategy is paying attention to what is done by reserve banks and central banks in diferent countries.
These bodies set monetary policy that can have an impact on a variety of markets, including currency, bond, stock, commodity and others.
Here are some of the more prominent and influential reserve and central banks:
- Federal Reserve (Fed): U.S.A.
- European Central Bank (ECB): Euro-zone economy
- Bank of England (BoE): Great Britain
- Bank of Japan (BOJ): Japan
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| | August 21, 2008 | | You need to know how to leave your spread bets | One of the most important things you need to consider when placing spread bets is how you will leave them. Having a spread betting exit strategy is important, since it can help you come with a system for taking profits and cutting losses.
Some ideas for creating an exit strategy include:
- Taking profits: Planning to leave a spread betting position when you have made a profit.
- Running profits: Continuing a profitable position until it looks ready to retreat. (This is riskier, and should only be attempted by the advanced.)
- Cutting losses: Leaving when you want to limit losses rather than hang on and wait for a turnaround. A stop loss order can help you with this.
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| | August 15, 2008 | | Placing spread bets with GFT Global Markets | One of the advantages of placing spread bets with GFT Global Markets is the fact that there are some spreads as low as one point. With such narrow spreads, it makes it easier for you to earn money when spread betting.
Here are some of the financial instruments in which you can place spread bets with a spread of only one point:
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| | August 13, 2008 | | Financial spread betting strategy and interest rates | Another thing to consider about interest rates is how they are often considered indicators of how well an economy is doing.
Indeed, interest rates affect these financial markets, either directly or indirectly:
Another thing to consider about interest rates is how they are often considered indicators of how well an economy is doing. When interest rates are on the rise, an economy is usually growing. When they are being cut, it is usually a sign that things have been slowing down.
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| | August 11, 2008 | | Political news can affect financial markets | Some of the things that can have the greatest effects on financial markets are world events. When considering spread bets, it is important to take stock of world events.
Some of the countries that have the largest impacts on financial markets are the major oil producing countries. This is because oil is a commodity of immense importance affecting stock markets and currencies, as well as commodities markets.
Right now, the worry over a possible conflict betwen Russia and neighboring Georgia illustrates this point. The Caspian Sea region is important for world oil production, and if supply is disrupted by war, it can cause oil prices to rise, thus affecting other financial markets.
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| | August 07, 2008 | | Placing spread bets from anywhere | The changes to cell phone technology in recent years have made it possible to do any number of activities from wherever you are. Placing spread bets and CFDs is no different.
With DealBook Mobile, it is possible to engage in spread betting and contracts for differences right from your cell phone. This makes it easy and convenient to take care of your trades -- no matter where you are.
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| | August 05, 2008 | | There are several advantages to placing spread bets | When it comes to spread betting, it can be helpful to thing of the advantages. Here are some of the advantages to placing spread bets:
- Use leverage to increase your gains.
- Ability to short.
- No capital gains tax or stamp tax.
- Variety of markets and instruments to choose from.
- Placing spread bets on performances.
Of course, it is also important to remember that spread betting can be very risky, and that while there are many advantages to placing spread bets, it is possible to lose a great deal of money.
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| | August 04, 2008 | | Learning nicknames for financial terms | When you read financial market news, you are likely to come across a few nicknames. It can help to know these British financial market terms, used commonly throughout the UK (and beyond) to describe certain facets of the financial market:
- Sterling = UK pound
- Gilt = UK government bond
- Cable = US dollar/UK pound currency pair
- Footsie = FTSE stock index
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