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Introduction This article refers to financial spread betting. This means that we are talking about stock, index, future, forex, treasury, commodity and market sector spread bets. If you are looking for information about sporting spread bets then unfortunately this article will be of no use to you. Depending on your geographical location and the legal jurisdiction you fall under, spread betting may or may not be available to you. For example, gambling laws in the US may prohibit spread betting as it is classified in the same bracket as visiting a casino. Spread betting has evolved in, and is dominated by, specialist UK firms. The concept was first introduced over 30 years ago when a bookmaker devised a way of betting on futures...
This article is aimed at those who fancy a go at spreadbetting, but haven't a clue what to do. The hope is that by the end you'll know enough to get started with a tiny bit of confidence. It goes on a bit, but compare it to books on the subject and you'll realise it's admirably brief. Trading requires deep pockets, right? Nope. I'm pretty sure that out of the 20 odd thousand T2W members not every one of them has £500,000 - £1,000,000 to invest - in fact I'd take a long right now on the probability that thousands and thousands would consider £1000 quite a big lump to invest, especially as so many of us are struggling to learn how to survive, let alone win. So let's assume you have a few hundred, or a couple of thousand, to invest...
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