Recent content by tulaine

I think companies are forced by law to collect a lot of information when you open an account - something to do with money laundering. Finspreads have a special starter / trial account you can open with £100 and they'll take stakes as low as 1p (one penny) while you find your way (max 8 weeks I...

:!: Be careful about what you accept as 'an external source for your data'. I can't see many firms trawling though and collating raw trade data to come up with their own tables and charts when there are providers out there with a white-label kit ready to be branded/badged. If your intention is...

I consider this a big plus. I'm risk averse so welcome an automated action to limit my losses. I'd like an option to set my own stop at the time I place the trade though - rather than having to accept the default (which may expose me to a greater risk than I'm comfortable with) and then...

Excellent timing for me! It's good to get confirmation of 'common sense' while I'm still gathering information and learning the ropes. Not sure I agree with the figures though. Setting a maximum risk at 2% of the bank and 1 open trade at a time means it could be ages before any significant...

I think I just wanted confirmation that i wason the right track, and that there were no other undeclared charges that may affect my calcualtions while I'm 'paper trading' to build my confidence. Thanks for that. Funnily enough, I get the concept really easily. I understand the options...

Thanks for this. I'm just finding out about trading generally, and spread betting specifically and the info I have so far tells me the hows and whys but yours is the first example I've found of actual data. I'm too new to risk anything just yet, and don't want to open an account anywhere until...