Recent content by Lepope

I don't know, they're mentioning needing 23k in your account just to do 10pp on Ftse. as opposed to £155 now. That's quite a jump in my eyes. That being said, I have my doubts as to whether they know the true figures.

No it's everything.

Got an email from my spreadbetter, telling me that margins are likely going through the roof on all instruments. This is due to ESMA's plan to restrict the leverage available to retail clients to a maximum of 30:1. In plain english, unless you have hundreds of thousands of pounds in your...