FTSE Spread Betting
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Welcome to Clean Financial's guide to FTSE spread betting.
Quick and simple answers to common FTSE questions:
Q) Where can I Spread Bet on FTSE?
Q) Where can I Trade for Free on FTSE?
Q) How to Spread Bet on FTSE?
Q) Where can I find Free Live Prices on FTSE?
Q) Where can I find Free FTSE Charts?
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Where can I Spread Bet on the FTSE?
You can currently spread bet on the FTSE and other related markets at:
Where can I Trade for Free on the FTSE?
It depends upon what you mean by free. If you're looking for a free Demo Account where you can practice spread trading see below.
Tax Free. If you are looking for a free spread betting platform then don't forget that in the UK spread betting is tax free*
You can also spread bet on FTSE commission free and with no brokers fees at:
Free Demo Account
If you're looking for a free Practice Account / Test Account where you can trial spread betting, including markets like FTSE, then you can you can always try:
Each of the above currently offers a free demo account.
How to Spread Bet on the FTSE?
As with many financial markets, you can spread bet on Indices, like the FTSE 100, to go up or down.
The current price of the FTSE 100 (December) market is 6662 - 6666 with Financial Spreads. This Index spread bet expires on 21-Dec-07.
Therefore you can spread bet on the FTSE 100 settling:
- Above 6666 on 21-Dec-07, or
- Below 6662 on 21-Dec-07
With the FTSE 100, you trade in £X per point, where a point is 1 point of FTSE movement. Example, if your stake was £10 per point and the FTSE moves 8 points then that would be an £80 difference to your profit and loss.
FTSE Spread Betting Example
Taking the above spread of 6662 – 6666, let’s say that after your market research, you feel that the FTSE will finish above 6666 by 21-Dec-07.
Therefore you buy at 6666 for a stake of £5 per point.
If, let's say, the Index settles at 6702, then your profit is found by taking the difference between the settlement level, ie 6702, and the price you made the spread bet at, ie 6666 and then multiplying that by the stake per point.
Profit / loss = (6702 - 6666) x £5 per point stake.
= 36 x £5 per point stake.
= £180 profit.
But if the market did not move as expected and had the FTSE decreased in value and closed lower at 6634, then you would have lost on this trade.
Loss = (6634 - 6666) x £5 per point stake.
= -32 x £5 per point stake.
= -£160 loss.
Note: FTSE prices quoted: 26-Oct-07.
Where can I Find Free Live Prices on the FTSE?
If you want to access quick live market information then you could do worse than opening an account with a firm like Financial Spreads.
Also, you don't have to trade with them, if you just open an account (which is free to do) then their data is free. The catch? You'll get the odd email or letter from them. In the example below you can also see that their free charts are also useful.
There are also live prices available at:
Where can I Find Free FTSE Charts?
As mentioned above, you can get free charts with spread betting companies like Financial Spreads.
You can alter the charts to see market data by the minute, by the hour, by the week etc, plus many other settings to help you analyse the charts.
As you can see the charts show how the market's are not perfect and how you can expect the prices to "gap".
FinancialSpreads.com also have another pretty handy tool in their free Demo account (mentioned above). You can open a Demo account and place demo trades whilst you practice with no risk or cost attached.
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About the FTSE and the LSE
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges. It’s been trading for over 300 years. According the LSE website it started life in the coffee houses of 17th century London (pre Starbucks).
FTSE Definitions
- FTSE: Financial Times Stock Exchange. These firms (FT and LSE) are jointly responsible for the compilation and maintenance of the main stock indices reflecting the performance of the UK's top shares
- FTSE 100: The index of the UK's top 100 companies, as ranked by their market capitalisation. Also referred to as UK100
- FTSE 250 or FTSE MID 250: The index of the next 250 FTSE companies as ranked by their market capitalisation
- FTSE 350: The index of the top 350 UK companies by market capitalisation. A combination of the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 stocks
- FTSE ALL SHARE: An index covering about 800 shares representing 98% of UK stock market value
For more details visit the official LSE Website: londonstockexchange.com
Also see Spread Betting Glossary and Definitions
Risk Warning: Spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital. You may lose more than your initial investment. It may not be suitable for all investors. Only speculate with money that you can afford to lose. Please ensure you fully understand the risks involved and seek independent financial advice where necessary.
'FTSE Spread Betting' by DB, updated 20-Jan-12
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