Where Can I Find Live Prices and Charts for Alcoa?
This CFD trading chart will provide you with a good guide to the Alcoa share price.
The above Plus500 chart is typically based on the Alcoa futures contract (not the spot market).
To access real-time spread trading prices and charts for Alcoa, you might require a financial spread betting account.
This would also let you access spot markets. Please note that all such accounts are subject to suitability and status checks.
If your account application is approved then you will be able to log in and view the real time trading charts/prices. On most platforms, these will be provided as part of the service. What's the catch? You might get the occasional email or letter from your online spread betting company.
Of course, if you decide to trade then, before you start, be aware that financial spread trading and CFD trading involve a high degree of risk and losses could exceed your initial investment.
For more details, see Advanced Alcoa Trading Charts below.
Technical Charting Packages for Alcoa |
Though the charts can differ from firm to firm, in order to help your technical analysis, they usually come with useful features and tools that include:
- A broad range of time intervals - 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 week etc.
- A variety of display options - OHLC, line and candlestick charts
- Tools for adding features - Fibonacci fans, arcs and time zones
The charts with Inter Trader also have other benefits such as:
- Back Testing, Customisable Indicators and Optimisation tools
- Chart overlays - Ichimoku Clouds, Parabolic SAR, Chande Kroll Stop etc.
- Over 30 indicators - Chaikin Volatility, MACD, CCI etc.
- Automated alerts that trigger when a market reaches a particular price
Sample chart from Financial Spreads
The following spread trading firms let their users have access to real-time trading prices and charts:
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Where Can I Spread Bet on Alcoa for Free? |
Trading the financial markets does involve risks, but if you'd like to try an entirely free Test Account, that allows you to try financial spread betting, see below.
When looking at which investment option might work for you, also remember that spread betting, in the UK, is exempt from income tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty*.
If you are looking for a low cost spread trading platform, keep in mind that you can financial spread bet on Alcoa without having to pay any commissions with providers like:
Should you want a completely free Demo Account / Test Account that allows you to try out online spread betting, including markets such as Alcoa, then have a closer look at:
Each of the spread betting companies listed above currently provide a risk free Practice Account that allows users to test new theories, analyse professional level charts and gain experience with a variety of trading orders, like OCO and GFD orders.
How to Spread Bet on Alcoa? |
Should you want to invest in firms such as Alcoa then one option could be spread betting on the Alcoa share price.
Looking at a financial spread betting website like Capitalspreads, you can see that they are pricing the Alcoa Rolling Daily market at $8.89 - $8.92. This means an investor could put a spread bet on the Alcoa share price:
Rising above $8.92, or
Falling below $8.89
When spread betting on US shares you trade in £x per cent. Therefore, if you invest £4 per cent and the Alcoa shares move $0.24 then that would make a difference to your profit/loss of £96. £4 per cent x $0.24 = £96.
Note that you can also trade this market in Euros or Dollars, e.g. €x per cent.
Rolling Daily Shares Markets
You should note that this is a Rolling Daily Market which means that unlike a normal spread betting futures market, there is no closing date. If your position is still open at the end of the day, it just rolls over into the next day.
If your position is rolled over and you are speculating that the market will:
Go up - then you'll pay a small overnight financing fee, or
Go down - then you'll often receive a small payment to your account
For a fully worked example see Rolling Daily Spread Betting.
Alcoa Rolling Daily - US Shares Spread Betting Example |
If we consider the spread of $8.89 - $8.92 and make the assumptions:
- You have done your equities analysis, and
- You think the Alcoa shares look like they will move higher than $8.92
Then you may decide that you are going to buy a spread bet at $8.92 and invest £10 per cent.
With such a spread bet you win £10 for every cent that the Alcoa shares push above $8.92. Conversely, however, it also means that you will lose £10 for every cent that the Alcoa market moves lower than $8.92.
Looked at another way, should you buy a spread bet then your profits (or losses) are calculated by taking the difference between the final price of the market and the price you bought the spread at. You then multiply that price difference by the stake.
Therefore, if after a few trading sessions the shares rose then you might want to close your position in order to guarantee your profit.
So if the market moved up then the spread might move to $9.07 - $9.10. You would close your position by selling at $9.07. So, with the same £10 stake your profit would come to:
Profit = (Final Price - Initial Price) x stake
Profit = ($9.07 - $8.92) x £10 per cent stake
Profit = $0.15 x £10 per cent stake
Profit = 15¢ x £10 per cent stake
Profit = £150 profit
Speculating on shares, by spread betting or otherwise, is not always easy. With this example, you had bet that the share price would rise. Nevertheless, the share price might decrease.
If the Alcoa share price decreased, contrary to your expectations, then you could close your position in order to restrict your losses.
So if the spread pulled back to $8.75 - $8.78 then you would sell back your position at $8.75. If so, that would mean you would lose:
Loss = (Final Price - Initial Price) x stake
Loss = ($8.75 - $8.92) x £10 per cent stake
Loss = -$0.17 x £10 per cent stake
Loss = -17¢ x £10 per cent stake
Loss = -£170 loss
Note - Alcoa Rolling Daily spread betting price correct as of 06-Feb-13.
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'Alcoa Spread Betting' edited by Jenna Cutly, updated 03-Oct-17
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