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How About Financial Spread Betting?

Many people have seen their wealth decline massively in the last few years. Less people believe what the ‘experts’ are telling them about financial markets. They want to take control and trade on their own decisions. People are using financial spread betting to do this as there are lots of advantages which I will tell you about.

The reason that a lot of people have done poorly is because they only ever have what is called a ‘long’ position. That is they buy something and only benefit when the price goes up. With financial spread betting you can actually go on the opposite side of the trade… you can initiate a short trade. This means that you have the ability to profit when an asset declines in value.

So what enables you to go short? With financial spread betting you don’t own the asset. You will put a bet on the way you think the price of the asset will go. If you think it will move down you may place a short of £10 per point. If it declines then you make a profit of £10 for every point that it did. For every point it goes up you lose £10.

I have most likely put many people off with that explanation but stay with me. Yes it is complicated… well it will seem that way at he beginning but you will get there. Why not practice with a demo account offered by the spread betting companies?

If you are from the UK then there is an extra benefit of financial spread betting. That benefit is that you don’t pay capital gains tax. Tax laws can change so always seek advice prior to you starting.

I have only spoken about some of the pluses of financial spread betting. There are some disadvantages of it that I encourage you to check out before opening an account.

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