A good result is by any means ending up with more money then you initially began with. The best result is when you've materialized goals and objectives that you wanted to reach after a predetermined timespan. Now lets say you want to buy a brand new TV, setting you back about 2,000 quid. You start out with 10,000 pounds, then you need at least 20% profit to realizing your objective, buying that flat screen TV. If you rather would buy a car for 10,000 quid, you need at least 100% profit. Buying a house.. well, you'll need 3,000% profit.
Since you now know what your objective is and thus what YOU expect to earn, you can ponder what kind of investment scheme can deliver such a result within your predetermined timespan. The TV-set could be realized within 1, 6 or 12 months. The car maybe 1 or 2 years. The house, 5 to 10 years. You want to do some spread betting, which is fine but a very volatile type of investment, not really suited for beginners if you'd asked me. You can make money fast, but lose it even faster. This is due to all kinds of "problems" like "playing the house". Search this forum about Spread betting if you wanna know more about it.
The examples I suggested can all be met with less volatile investments schemes, taking in account a reasonable timespan. Look for instance at the small cap companies. Some will out do the benchmarks easily, but that's also on the downside... which you can profit going short. :smart:
Now I will tell you what you probably want to hear. You can make mountains of money. Profits of 100%, 200% or more are possible, just within a year.. maybe even half a year or less. I've heard stories of guys becoming millionaires within a year and you can join their club. Hell, get your friends in this as well and all become millionaires. You're going to space and beyond... (sarcastic mode: off) ..but you need to know what you are doing before that will ever happen. I'll even bet you that ones your have more knowledge and you'll understand the risks involved, specifically with spread betting, you'll see the value of this advice.
I hope I've helped you and saved you from going broke.