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By clicking below to submit this form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms. First a base camp must be established. This includes getting set up with the right corporate data, charting and accounts software, deciding what to bet on and what your time frame should be, learning the nuances of operating an account, controlling risk, and learning from other people's mistakes.
Many spread bettors don't even get this far. Next, we start climbing the mountain; this means having strategies that are right for us. The whole of this section is devoted to illustrating strategies which can be used for spread betting, for example trend following, counter-trend strategies and delta-neutral strategies such as pairs trading.
Finally, we make our assault on the summit of the mountain. This is where the winners set themselves apart from the losers. By focusing on one security, we vastly increase our chances of success in spread betting. Enter your email to receive my free UK stock trading handbook, packed with professional techniques to manage risk and consistently profit on AIM stocks. However, just because we can does not necessarily mean that we should.
They take oversized positions, or stake sizes, and end up blowing their accounts. Position size sensibly, and use stop losses to protect yourself.
You can use my free spread betting calculator to quickly calculate your position size. A stop loss is an automatic trigger that closes a position at a certain point. It is designed to protect our positions from moving too far against us and costing us money. One advantage of spread betting is that we can set stop losses on every security that we trade.
But on the SETSqx platform , which is market maker driven, there is no option to place a stop loss order. Successful spread bet traders use stop losses effectively to minimise their downside and protect themselves from losses so that they can live to trade another day. Here is how to set a stop loss on IG Index :. You can set a guaranteed stop loss before opening the position, but I prefer to first open the position to ensure that the liquidity is there and the position can be opened, and then I input the stop loss.
In this example, I have opened a position at If the bid ticks down to 23p, my position will be closed and I will be stopped out. This ensures that if the price continues to fall, my losses will be capped at 23p. The best traders are rational and ruthless. They exercise discipline. They are never uncertain because they plan in advance and know what they want to see in the price of an asset and how they will act. They have strict strategies that they follow.
Spread bet trading can be high risk, but with IG Index you at least have a fair playing field. You can also use the demo account for as long as you wish to learn the platform and backtest trading strategies and ideas. Remember to use stop losses too.
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