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Spread betting sounds very risky from what I've researched. I kind of know where i am with these execution only sites. XO, HL etc...

How do i get my hands on a list of all ftse shares which are stamp duty exempt. Its hard to day trade when your already 0.5% down so short term buy sells i think need to to be with tax duty exempt companies. For example randgold which indecently just paid for my new office today !!

dividends So am i right in thinking a good time to buy a share is a day or 2 before everyone gets paid out there dividends as the majority will just reinvest ?

i've used stockflare, britishbulls and a couple of traders which have high following ratings.

dividends Hi Kaeso, To whom is the dividend of benefit to, if the stock balances out at the same price ?

Thanks magaluti, Its currently peaking 68p and dropping slowly, Hypothetically speaking if the divi was 4% ish then the share price will sit around 65p just before the 20th. I'm going to leave it in and see how it pans out, hopefully after the ex div date the share price rises and win win...

Can anyone shed light onto this, using lloyds as an example. On the 20th this stock goes ex dividend. My question is; If i purchase x amount of shares on the 18th and sell them on the 24th of this month am i still entitled to the dividend payout on the 29th of may. or do i need to keep...

Hello all, After working for 26 years and saving a nice pot feel ready take the plunge trading. I look forward to chatting to traders for the do's and dont's of trading. Just set up with XO share dealing ready to take the plunge. cheers Phil