Finspreads

I Like Finspreads

Having traded through Echelon at the beginning of my spread betting career I now use Finspreads.

I find their platform to be incredibly easy to use and also very comprehensive. They also give plenty of information to do with trades and a very useful chart facility.

I always found their customer service to be very efficient, even if not the most personable.

Finspreads

Find them overall very good, with a wide range of markets online and many more not quoted online. They always give me the price I see, though occasionally I have to hold them up for fills, but they are very good at re-instating incorrect fills, overall I find the platform clunky but simple and easy to use. I have been informed of future developments of their platform and am excited by what they have described. I' m sticking with them....

Finspreads.com

I regularly use Finspreads. They are still the cheapest spread bet company around at 50p a point ( it used to be 1p min ). I like to try out my latest whizzo system until it crashes in flames and not at too great a cost. They are a bit slow to log onto the account page though. Min £100 account. Cheapo and not too baddo !

Finspreads Review

I am writing this after reading the last 3 negative responses. I was quite surprised to read them, as FinSpreads are my SB of choice !!
I tend only to use SB as a means of experimenting with ideas, and rarely trade more than £5 a point, £1 - £3 a point is more usual. ( and mainly the DOW ).
I have been using them for just over a year, and have found them to be most effective.
I have always got the price I wanted, and you do get a chance to buy/sell at the price indicated - you get a buy/sell and a set amount of time to take the trade. So I dont understand the previous posts remarks about prices "slipping". The main reason for using FinSpreads is because of the stops, this gives me piece of mind. I have always had my stops taken at the indicated price. Maybe I am just lucky.
The trading course is quite frankly pants !!
The 8-week set of pamphlets, all show the same examples of what happens if you buy or sell, and what the effects if you are right or wrong. They effectively repeat themselves over the 8 weeks. This "course" is patronising. ( I think its just to get you to trade at the minimum of 50p a trade; as once you have finished the course, you can no longer trade at 1p a point ).

Overall, they are good. The support is overwhelmingly average.
However, overall, I rate them above average.
( this in comparison to my experience of SpreadEx and D4F. I would say CityIndex as well, but after 3 weeks, they still cant set up an account for me !! )

PS: I tend neo to give "top" marks for anything, as it implies its perfect - so for me, a 4 is as good as it gets !

Financial Spreads

Fins were my introduction to spread betting. I found their site easy to understand and operate. When they introduced online stops this improved their service for me immeasurably.

I also find their addition of daily movement very useful, much easier to follow than actual prices.

They can be a little slow on fills sometimes, and rarely fill at the price quoted on screen.

Fins do not do daily statements, just contract notes, with rolling bets I think statements will become necessary.

Regarding stops. I have never had a stop actioned that was not exactly at what was placed.

Overall, their service is good with reasonably quick responses to e-mails.