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City Index
Here we will focus mostly on the City Index spread betting account, which allows investors to take advantage of the many benefits that financial spread betting has to offer:
Tax Free Investments*
No Capital Gains Tax
No Income Tax
No Stamp Duty
You can buy or sell Indices, Equities, Forex, Commodities, Interest Rates and Bonds
Risk Warning: Spread betting, CFDs and Forex trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.
* Spread betting and CFD trading are exempt from UK stamp duty. Spread betting is also exempt from UK Capital Gains Tax. However, tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Please seek independent advice if necessary.
City Index Spread Betting
City Index highlight the following as key features of their spread betting service:
Competitive spreads and margins
Risk management tools to help limit your downside
An innovative trading platform that offers a comprehensive research centre with the latest market news, company announcements and economic data
The ability to trade shares, currencies, indices and commodities for the European, US and Far Eastern markets from a single account. Also see City Index Markets, Spreads and Prices.
A spread betting account with instant access, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
City Index Award Winning Mobile Trading App
The 'City Trading' mobile trading app has won a number of awards since it was launched in October 2009.
Of the more recent awards, the City Index mobile trading app was voted by Shares Magazine readers as 'the industry's best mobile trading app' (November 2011).
The City Index mobile trading app is available for the iPhone as well as Android and BlackBerry devices.
The live charting package gives traders access to multiple technical indicators and live financial news from the Dow Jones Newswires.
The mobile app gives City Index clients full and secure access to their trading accounts. With an iPhone trading app, investors can:
Check the latest prices and market moves
Open and close trades
Access live charts
Set Stop and Limit orders as well as 'If Done' and 'OCO' orders
Amend existing orders
Look at their trade history and pending orders
Review and amend their Watchlists
Get the latest financial news from Dow Jones
City Index iPad App
Like the City Index mobile apps, the iPad app offers clients full and secure access to their City Index account.
This means City Index account holders can trade live prices, access charts, use the deal through charts, add and update trading orders, view and amend Watchlists, review their trading history etc.
The app is available for free from the AppStore.
City Index - The Award Winning Service
The City Index platform has won numerous awards over the years including:
2011 Shares Magazine award for Best Online Trading Application
2011 Money AM award for Best Mobile Trading Platform
2011 Money AM award for Best Online Spread Betting Service
2010 Money AM award for Best Online CFD Provider
2010 Money AM award for Best Mobile Trading Platform
2010 Financial Times and Investors Chronicle award for Innovation of the Year (Mobile)
2009 Money AM award for Best Online CFD Provider
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One key feature for many spread bettors is City Index's "commitment to price transparency that gives you a level of price and execution certainty that is invaluable in trading financial markets". Put another way, City Index:
Stream tradeable prices through their online and mobile platforms. This lets you act on the latest price movements in real-time
Offer firm quotes up to "Our Size". This provides certainty that for every spread betting and CFD market that City Index trade, they will deal at the quoted prices for any trade within that size
Accurately base their prices on the underlying financial instruments. This helps to ensure that your trades will result in the profit (or loss) that you would expect
City Index 'All the Trading Tools You Need'
According to their website, City Index say they offer, "around-the-clock access to equity, index, currency and commodity markets all over the world through our innovative trading platform.
"Whatever and wherever you want to trade, our trading platform provides all the tools you need.
"Online and mobile trading services ensure that you are never more than a click or two away from your next trade, and a team of expert dealers and customer service specialists are constantly available to provide personal support".
About City Index
As a group, City Index has more than 600 employees worldwide and offices in the UK, American, Australia, China, Poland and Singapore.
City Index transacts over 2 million trades every month for individuals in over 50 countries.
According to the City Index website "We provide access to a wide range of instruments including financial spread betting and CFDs.
"We constantly look to expand our range of services and improve the performance of the trading platforms.
"The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with competitive spreads, transparent pricing and a high level of customer support.
"In volatile markets we continue to offer fair prices. We continue to do everything we can to provide the market access you need to open / close positions when you want to."
City Index is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority. FSA Register Number: 113942.
City Index Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, number: 1761813. Registered office: Park House, 16 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EB.
Risk Warning: Spread betting, CFDs and Forex trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.
Here, City Index offers a quick look into spread betting.
City Index Video Guide to CFD Trading
Another video guide from City Index, this one gives a quick overview of CFD trading.
Risk Warning: Spread betting, CFDs and Forex trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.
'City Index' edited by JW, updated 23-Apr-13
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