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Indices Spread Betting Comment, 7 Dec 07
Another move higher in the US has given the bulls the upper hand this morning. Needless to say after the volatility of the last few days it would be premature to think that the market will sit at these levels, especially as we have non-farm payroll figure later. Yesterday's move by the BoE seemed to catch a few people off guard, which seems strange considering the market had rallied in the previous session. A rally driven by banking stocks. With the decision going in favour of equities yesterday another positive piece of data today would be required to test the year's highs. Clients remain skeptical selling into the strength and it wouldn't seem an unreasonable view to take considering the news flow over the last few days.
Non-farms will be released at 13h30 so its all hands on deck and a few analysts have been revising their estimates higher. A figure of around 100k would come as no surprise and anything too high may cause people to think there's room to keep interest rates on hold rather than cut and we might see a little profit taking. The worst case scenario would be if the figure came in much lower, the unemployment rate rose and the hourly earnings also came in higher. The higher earnings and higher unemployment would be the first indication that stagflation is a real threat and this could certainly spoil the party for the bulls. Everyone watches the headline figure when the data is released and then picks up on the other pieces afterwards. So a lower headline figure might be construed as a signal for lower rates and send the indices higher, but more likely than not, this is giving us the first signs that the US economy is on the back foot.
At the time of writing we are calling the Wall Street spread betting market to open lower around 50 points lower at 13570 which just shows how nervy the market is about today's figure. It is seen as a real precursor to next Tuesday's interest rate decision in the US where the market expects a further cut of 0.25%, with some hoping for more.
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Indices Spread Betting Comment, 6 Dec 07
A whippy session last night in the US ended well with Wall Street ending on a high. The optimism felt in the US is clearly contagious as European indices are higher this morning. Despite all the doom and gloom reported by retailers things seem to be going in the right direction for equity markets at the moment. The underlying fact that there is still low unemployment has remained the support for equities and, to assist the bulls, Oil and metal prices have tempered for the time being. Looking at the FTSE the 6500 marker offered little resistance and the next level on most people's radars is 6650. Clients have been slightly caught of guard in the last couple of days believing that the news flow was heavily stacked in favour of the bears, so it would seem that many are hoping for rates to remain on hold to take a little froth off today's and yesterday's moves.
The economic releases today and tomorrow could easily shape the direction for indices into the year end. The latest moves higher only prove people's optimism about the prospect of cut from the BoE today. There is certainly mounting pressure for them to take action and its no wonder that members of the MPC admit that their decisions in the coming months will be more difficult than any they've made in the past 10 years. The majority still believe we'll see them hold, partially because they're playing the waiting game to see what will happen during the rapidly approaching wage rounds.
Indices Spread Betting Comment, 5 Dec 07
Markets are looking a little happier this morning with the FTSE called some 30 pips up and the Dow regaining much of yesterdays lost ground in overnight Far East activity.
The FTSE continues to be far more volatile than US markets with the high/low range for the FTSE 100 being 115 points. The Dow, twice the size of the FTSE 100, is only putting in 90 point swings. The FTSE 250 fell below the 10200 marker, a 300 point drop.
The performance of the FTSE 250 bears some watching as they are now at around the lows for the year (again), down 10% from last years close. The FTSE 100 is still in positive territory by some 120 points. The lows for the FTSE 100 were back in August at 5825 but the FTSE 250 is now well below here as investors quietly pull out of UK focused stock. Whilst the major stock index is mainly focused on foreign earnings the percentage of overseas earnings in the 250 index is not as high and it is educational to see how the less heralded stocks are doing.
Banking stocks remain under pressure and yields on many are now hovering at the 7% level again. Investors have seen this as a good point to buy in recent weeks but the continued return to the downside is beginning to worry some of the Financial Spreads clients. It appears that there is a solid section of major stock holders who are not convinced by the 'value' argument and are happy to sell out even at these returns.
The last two days has seen some pull back from the recent 400 point rally. However today sees a return to the upside (at least for the open). The first hour of trading is becoming increasingly volatile and punters are starting to focus on the opportunities available in just this period of the trading session. The last seven days (and 11 out of the last 12) has seen the first hour’s direction reversed in the remainder of the session. That has been noticed by a few punters.
Indices Spread Betting Comment, 4 Dec 07
The FTSE is called just a tad lower on the off this morning at around the 6380 level and punters remain on the Short side having ridden the fall yesterday. The markets appeared to be calmer yesterday but the high/low range was still over 90 points which hardly a comatose level of trading. Mining and Retail stocks were the losers and Banking the gainers overall. The high street remains a bit of a battle ground and the remaining sectors are not exactly over extended which will give bulls optimism.
Today sees almost no economic data aside from EU producer prices and very little corporate news out of the UK majors so there may be a quiet opening in the early session.
The Dow looked to have weathered the afternoon sell off but the late evening saw the market give up some 70 points to close near the lows for the day. The total range for the index was just 110 points only slightly greater than the 50% smaller and more comprehensive FTSE100 which was something of a relief for our hard pressed dealers. Today doesn’t look much more inspiring and there are hopes for a calmer run up to the Christmas trading period.
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Indices Spread Betting Comment, 3 Dec 07
So the markets continue to wing all over the place and the Dow made no exception on Friday night falling and then rising 120 points in the last two hours of trading. Not one for the faint hearted.
The Far East has been pretty mixed this morning and this has caused some profit taking in US futures in early activity which means that the FTSE is being called about 10 lower on the off. The FTSE 100 spread is around 6420-6421 a mere 380 pips up on the lows of last week. I would like to say that our clients called the recent move higher correctly but the sharp falls last Monday brought the bears out to play which caused quite a bit of pain on Wednesday and Friday.
Sellers remain in the majority with all our most popular indices (Dow 30, S&P 500, FTSE 100 and Dax 30) showing clients holding strong overall short positions. The opening levels today will be give a bit more confidence to the doom mongers. The report from Morgan Stanley over the weekend on the state of the UK economy will not be giving sellers cause for concern.
The analysts have commented that the UK has wasted 15 years of growth by splurging the wealth created on useless government expenditure. The Public deficit is one of the worst in the OECD and this is after years of growth AND with one of the highest tax regimes in the western world. If there is a slowdown the governments finances will very ,very, swiftly turn into a disaster story. If the Public sector deficit is not brought under control Gordon Brown risks going down in history as one of the worst Chancellors of the Exchequer ever and probably one of the shortest serving Prime Ministers.
Resistance is at the 6455 level, which was confirmed by being the recorded high on Friday. It will probably take a serious FTSE assault to get through that level without some help from the US and Continental indices. Early German trading is sending the Dax slightly lower but market action is some of the quietest that we’ve seen recently. FTSE support is at 6400 which proved in September and October to be a good buying opportunity but it must be said that the extreme oscillation between bull and bear activity is making it difficult to call. One thing that is coming through is that, in recent trading sessions, once the trend has been established it has (in the main) continued throughout the session.
Indices Spread Betting Comment, 30 Nov 07
Quotes are up again today after the Far East managed a good performance and the FTSE 100 is called at 6365-6366. That’s up around 15 points. We now look to Europe and the US for the impetuous with a raft of EU inflation and consumer confidence numbers this morning and then the Chicago PMI at 14.45 this afternoon. This has been a very unpredictable month with massive falls, rises, reversals etc etc on an almost daily basis and whilst this is good for trade volumes overall investor confidence gets dented too many times. As we now run into the Christmas trading period we might expect a slowdown. However it must be remembered that the 'non-Christian' financial markets are growing ever larger so we can foresee that even without the input of London and New York markets will probably be just as busy and unpredictable.
The FTSE is now at the top of the 'lower' of the two trading ranges that have dominated the UK for the last year or so. The higher range 6400 to 6775 may prove difficult to get to but the markets do (generally) rally towards the end of the year so bulls will be optimistic. The lower range around 6000 to 6400 has seen the greatest volatility as bulls and bears have battled it out. But, as mentioned, a few days ago the opportunities available down at 6000 have prompted some spectacular rallies as long term investors have sought out value stock.
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Indices Spread Betting Comment, 29 Nov 07
The FTSE has fallen from its highs this morning. It started today's trading session higher following a big rally in the US last night. However it doesn't look like the FTSE will be able to avoid posting its worst November in history. Currently over 6% lower for the month, this has not been the best of times for investors and there has been a great deal of talk about "flight to safety" with the utility and pharmaceutical sectors performing better than most. Clients remain bearish however, largely sellers of the FTSE expecting tougher times ahead as the year draws to a close. Despite the positive news from the likes of Alliance & Leicester this morning and upbeat news from John Lewis earlier this week, financial stocks have continued to be a burden on the indices. This will not be a month that investors will wish to remember and they can only hope that their fortunes will turn around in the run up to Christmas.
At the time of writing US futures are pointing to a lower start this afternoon and we are calling Wall Street to open around 40 points lower at 13250. 13h30 and 15h00 London time sees GDP, personal consumption and housing figures released in the US. It's one thing to hint at possible rate cuts next year, but another to say that the breadth and depth of the credit crunch could cause much slower growth than expected next year.
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Indices Spread Betting Comment, 28 Nov 07
Equity markets are very jittery this morning and although they are trading pretty much unchanged with the FTSE spread at 6138-6139 after the first hour we are seeing very sharp shifts on a moments notice. 10 - 15 pip moves every few minutes. Dealers are getting in and out very quickly as the temptation to take any quick profit kicks in. In this environment the probability increases towards a sharp shift lower as investors decline to take on new risk. The fear will increase that if there is any large surplus of unsold stock that stock price could subside.
On the plus side is the undoubted value that is now presenting itself. Banks always loath to lower dividends and yields on most of the majors are now well above 6% and threatening on dips to go above 7%. With rates at 5.75% and at the moment unlikely to go higher this makes long term value almost a certainty, it is just the short term worry that is holding the big boys back. Plus, of course, the fact that they are probably already holding large portfolios of banking sector equities and all very much under water. And as mentioned yesterday any print in the 6000's does seem to bring out the buyers.
Punters are now in two minds. We’re seeing buying of the FTSE and European indices whilst sellers are much more noticeable in the US markets. This is obviously a natural factor of the physical location of most of our clients but it does give a general indication of the perceived fear for the US economy over the European.
Indices Spread Betting Comment, 27 Nov 07
So, these days it isn't the US cavalry that comes to the rescue it is the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
After a truly appalling day on the markets the Middle Eastern saviours are either getting in at the bottom or catching a falling knife. The cost to Citigroup for the cash injection seems to be quite extreme. Selling securities that possibly pay a yield of some 11% compares to US Government 2 year yields of sub 3% an 8%, plus premium. The company has obviously run into rather a bigger capital adequacy problem than was first thought and this should put it back into line. The difficulty now is that the bank will increasingly be seen as an Oil owned institution which may not go down too well in its US heartland.
That being said the reaction this morning is rather heartwarming (especially for Capital Spreads clients who were sitting on some very nasty longs at the close last night) with the Dow being called over 100 points up from the close and the FTSE 'only' 40 off at 6138-6139 after closing in after hours action down at 6090.
There is solid support in the 6000's from where (aside from one trading spike in the August fallout) we have bounced quite strongly on many occasions. Whether investors will cling on this time remains to be seen but the repeated failures seem to be beginning to worry buyers. We are not seeing quite so much 'bottom picking' this morning,
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'Indices Futures Trading' by DB, updated 07-Dec-07
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Index market news: The last day of the year is either very, very, boring or wildly variable and we would probably only need the FTSE to climb to around 5450-60 to start some...read article: Indices Spread Bets December 2009.
Indices Spread Trading December 2009, updated 18-Dec-09
Index market news: This morning sees the FTSE opening around where it closed last night. In fact it is maybe just in the black and some 30 points above the lows that...read article: Indices Spread Trading December 2009.
Indices Spread Betting December 2009, updated 04-Dec-09
Index market news: Yesterday saw our clients selling in the mid to high 5300's on the quite reasonable basis that the market had failed up there a few times already so...read article: Indices Spread Betting December 2009.
Indices Spread Trading November 2009, updated 20-Nov-09
Index market news: The Nikkei has lost some 3.5% this week and other Asian indices have been weak. The German Dax has still failed to mark new 2009 highs lagging both...read article: Indices Spread Trading November 2009.
Indices Spread Betting November 2009, updated 06-Nov-09
Index market news: This morning we are calling the FTSE at 5145 in pre-market action about 20 up on yesterday's close. As mentioned earlier the...read article: Indices Spread Betting November 2009.
Indices Spread Trading October 2009, updated 23-Oct-09
Index market news: The FTSE 100 is being called at 5250 up 40 points - where we closed the evening session yesterday. The bulls will be eyeing the...read article: Indices Spread Trading October 2009.
Indices Spread Betting October 2009, updated 09-Oct-09
Index market news: The FTSE 100 is looking to open at around 5145 still within striking distance of the 5200 resistance which is where we have been for much of the last...read article: Indices Spread Betting October 2009.
Indices Spread Trading September 2009, updated 25-Sep-09
Index market news: The FTSE 100 is sitting on the back of a few declines and on the daily chart we are nearing the 20 day moving average which is hovering around the 5000 level, so a test of...read article: Indices Spread Trading September 2009.
Indices Spread Betting September 2009, updated 11-Sep-09
Index market news: Everything is looking quite solid first thing this morning, with the FTSE exactly where it was when I was writing yesterdays comment (5020), having weathered an attempt to...read article: Indices Spread Betting September 2009.
Indices Spread Betting August 2009, updated 28-Aug-09
Index market news: Spread betting clients continue to sell anything near the top. That was initially very profitable for them in yesterday's session. Dealers will be watching for a break out and anything above 4925 in the FTSE or...read article: Indices Spread Betting August 2009.
Indices Spread Trading August 2009, updated 14-Aug-09
Index market news: Comments yesterday were written with Crude Oil, Gold, Indices and Sterling etc all probing the lows and the musings were over the possibility of support levels being broken. All a waste of time in hindsight as the markets promptly...read article: Indices Spread Trading August 2009.
Indices Spread Trading July 2009, updated 31-Jul-09
Index market news: Spread betting clients will be happy to see the lower start to the FTSE Index as they remain firmly in the bear camp and after such a good run higher to the...read article: Indices Spread Trading July 2009.
Indices Spread Betting July 2009, updated 17-Jul-09
Index market news: Now that the S+P 500 has rallied to beyond the high of its right hand shoulder, the pattern is meant to have been negated. The underlying question though is can we maintain this momentum? For all the...read article: Indices Spread Betting July 2009.
Indices Spread Bets June 2009, updated 03-Jul-09
Index market news: This morning sees our Financial Spreads clients very heavily long of all the indices and the initial move is very nice for them with a return to the...read article: Indices Spread Bets June 2009.
Indices Spread Trading June 2009, updated 19-Jun-09
Index market news: Even the Dow and S+P seem to be moribund with no appetite to sell the S+P 500 below 900 or the Dow Jones below 8400. Whilst there was a late rally...read article: Indices Spread Trading June 2009.
Indices Spread Betting June 2009, updated 05-Jun-09
Index market news: Big rallies and falls in Gold, Oil, Indices and Currencies have kept everyone on their toes, in fact the only major market that has really done nothing very much is the one most of our clients are interested in...the FTSE 100 Index. The current range...read article: Indices Spread Betting June 2009.
Indices Spread Trading May 2009, updated 22-May-09
Index market news: From a technical point of view the FTSE has formed a perfect 'double top' around the 4500 mark which sometimes indicates that we will continue lower. However the bulls may not have...read article: Indices Spread Trading May 2009.
Indices Spread Betting May 2009, updated 08-May-09
Index market news: So the FTSE is a little perky this morning and we're back around the 4450 mark. The test for the market now is whether it has the momentum to keep going and breach the 4500 level and close above it recording a new 2009 high. The recent rally has...read article: Indices Spread Betting May 2009.
Indices Spread Trading April 2009, updated 24-Apr-09
Index market news: Anyone spread betting would seldom have had such a favourable market situation and many have been taken good advantage of the constrained ranges to make money on...read article: Indices Spread Trading April 2009.
Indices Spread Betting April 2009, updated 10-Apr-09
Index market news: Relief that the supports all held yesterday has given a boost to traders this morning and buyers are continuing to fill up on stock. Early calls in the FTSE 100 were for a move...read article: Indices Spread Betting April 2009.
Indices Spread Trading March 2009, updated 27-Mar-09
Index market news: The FTSE 100 is still constrained by the 4000 level, even though we had an attempt on it late on Monday. 4000 and 4050 also has quite a bit of legacy volume resistance and failed...read article: Indices Spread Trading March 2009.
Indices Spread Betting March 2009, updated 13-Mar-09
Index market news: The DAX 30 was briefly trading underneath the FTSE 100 towards the end of...read article: Indices Spread Betting March 2009.
Indices Spread Trading February 2009, updated 27-Feb-09
Index market news: Weakness throughout the late afternoon and evening sessions weighed heavily on the markets yesterday after a bright start and the FTSE 100 is now back in...read article: Indices Spread Trading February 2009.
Indices Spread Betting February 2009, updated 13-Feb-09
Index market news: The Dow had the most impressive try for freedom breaking through the support mentioned yesterday at 7850 to get as low as 7695, down over 200, before...read article: Indices Spread Betting February 2009.
Indices Spread Bets January 2009, updated 31-Jan-09
Index market news: The market is unlikely to be exactly exciting this morning as there are virtually no corporate announcements and the treasury data releases confined to money supply numbers. It will be no surprise if...read article: Indices Spread Bets January 2009.
Indices Spread Trading January 2009, updated 16-Jan-09
Index market news: Another day another decline and 4000 is looming. Yesterday we recorded the longest losing streak since 2004 as the news flow descends into...read article: Indices Spread Trading January 2009.
Indices Spread Betting January 2009, updated 02-Jan-09
Index market news: Today traders are pushing the markets up in the usual first day rally and the FTSE is grinding its way up. The view of the charts is that...read article: Indices Spread Betting January 2009.
Indices Spread Trading December 2008, updated 19-Dec-08
Index market news: The value in world terms of the FTSE indices has taken a real battering over the last few months. We might think that the FTSE 100 has rallied 18% from...read article: Indices Spread Trading December 2008.
Indices Spread Betting December 2008, updated 05-Dec-08
Index market news: Markets continue to jump around all over the place but the total effect seems to be very little. After the close at 16.30 yesterday the FTSE futures market initially traded almost...read article: Indices Spread Betting December 2008.
Indices Spread Trading November 2008, updated 21-Nov-08
Index market news: The S+P 500 is now almost exactly 50% from the highs of October '07. For those of you who think that investment mangers are actually any good at all at their jobs it is instructive to point out that this high was reached many months after...read article: Indices Spread Trading November 2008.
Indices Spread Betting November 2008, updated 07-Nov-08
Index market news: The FTSE 100 is being called some 30 points to the good at around 4300 having traded as low as 4150 last night. It is probably inadvisable to...read article: Indices Spread Betting November 2008.
Indices Spread Trading October 2008, updated 26-Oct-08
Index market news: The bottom has well and truly been snipped out of the markets this morning and we are looking at a near 200 point fall in the FTSE on the open. The FTSE 100 is now back at the support levels mentioned yesterday...read article: Indices Spread Trading October 2008.
Indices Spread Betting October 2008, updated 10-Oct-08
Index market news: Today looks to be starting off as a complete bloodbath. The FTSE 100 is being called an astonishing 300 points lower on the open which will mean a massive 7% off yesterday?s close. The news that...read article: Indices Spread Betting October 2008.
Indices Spread Trading September 2008, updated 26-Sep-08
Index market news: The FTSE is looking to open at around 5135 and investors will be hoping that there is no follow through to attack the 5050 support. In reality we are likely to see low volumes causing volatile moves as liquidity on the Futures exchange...read article: Indices Spread Trading September 2008.
Indices Spread Betting September 2008, updated 12-Sep-08
Index market news: This morning the Miners are leading the way. They are all up around 4% to 5% and the sector remains an incredibly important supporting factor for the FTSE 100. Miners have fallen some...read article: Indices Spread Betting September 2008.
Indices Spread Trade August 2008, updated 29-Aug-08
Index market news: If the FTSE maintains these levels to close the week above 5600 then that could be seen as a good indication that higher prices are to come. However, this week's move has been on the back of low volume so investors remain...read article: Indices Spread Trade August 2008.
Indices Spread Betting August 2008, updated 15-Aug-08
Index market news: Trading ranges over the last month have been exceptional in the US spread betting markets with 250 points a day being quite normal for the Dow. The trend since mid July has...read article: Indices Spread Betting August 2008.
Indices Spread Trading July 2008, updated 01-Aug-08
Index market news: The FTSE is opening 50 points lower after the late action in the US (again) and our...read article: Indices Spread Trading July 2008.
Indices Spread Betting July 2008, updated 18-Jul-08
Index market news: The FTSE is looking to open around 50 points to the good this morning some 140 points off the lows at Midday yesterday but this still only leaves us at around the closing price of Tuesday and well below...read article: Indices Spread Betting July 2008.
Indices Financial Spread Bet July 2008, updated 04-Jul-08
Indices market news: The danger of jumping in now of course is that it could well be a little too early. The temptation must be great considering the market the FTSE has fallen some 900 points (14%) in the last 6 weeks, the old adage...read article: Indices Financial Spread Bet July 2008.
Indices Financial Spread Trading June 2008, updated 20-Jun-08
Indices market news: Precious little reason to get involved on the buy side these days has left the FTSE 500 points off from the highs of last month. But with the foreign legions of mining and oil still propping us up to a certain extent there have been moments of light. Unfortunately for...read article: Indices Financial Spread Trading June 2008.
Indices Financial Spread Betting June 2008, updated 06-Jun-08
Indices market news: With a new scent of confidence around even a poor number may be taken in the markets stride. In the meantime we do not expect much activity in the morning session after the opening levels are secured. The call on the FTSE 100 is for a rally to around 6025, 30 points higher than the close yesterday. The support at 5950 remains...read article: Indices Financial Spread Betting June 2008.
Indices Spread Bet May 2008, updated 23-May-08
Indices market news: The FTSE 100 is struggling to maintain current levels as more sellers coming into the game over the past few days. The squeeze up to 6390 of last week now seems a distant memory but of course dealers are generally hopeful of...read article: Indices Spread Bet May 2008.
Indices Trading May 2008, updated 09-May-08
Indices market news: Indices are a tad weaker after the US indulged in one of its late night sell offs with the Dow Jones dropping 200 points from its highs and the S&P giving up on the 1400 level for now. The FTSE is called to come in 30 points lower at around...read article: Indices Trading May 2008.
Indices Trading April 2008, updated 25-Apr-08
Indices market news: The trading range of the FTSE almost exactly matched the previous days efforts with the ultimate result also almost identical. The markets continue to wrestle with the 5970 to 6100 range and my comment about many traders waiting for one or the other to be defeated still remains in place. Yesterdays action was an absolute boon to FinancialSpreads.com clients who as mentioned in yesterdays comment have been heavy sellers at anything above...read article: Indices Trading April 2008.
Indices Spread Bets April 2008, updated 11-Apr-08
Indices markets: Despite slightly negative taint to todays report, the FTSE 100 this morning has opened much better than expected causing a Gap higher on the open. Yesterdays reversal from the lows at around 3pm yesterday was so sharp and took many Financial Spreads clients by surprise that it could be a signal that...read article: Indices Spread Bets April 2008.
Indices March Spread Trading, updated 28-Mar-08
Indices markets: The FTSE 100 is likely to open almost unchanged at around the 5710 level having looked weaker overnight in the US late trading session but deciding, on reflection, to hold onto the gains of yesterday. As mentioned in yesterdays comment there is a small sense of confidence brewing with our Capital Spreads clients, not huge, but enough to be noticeable on our books. The next...read article: Indices March Spread Trading.
Real-time Indices Prices and Charts, updated 15-Feb-08
Indices pricing information: The FTSE rather disappointed yesterday after a very late sell off took us from 30 or so up on the day into negative territory. Today we are looking to come in just slightly to the downside at around the 5875 level. There is hope that...read article: Real-time Indices Prices and Charts.
UK Indices Spread Trading, updated 01-Feb-08
UK Indices Spread Trading: The FTSE 100 Spread is called 30 up this morning at 5910-5911 which is just below a bit of a resistance level at 5920. For all of the bad news around it is wise to remember that...read article: UK Indices Spread Trading.
Indices January Spread Betting, updated 18-Jan-08
Last night, with the Dow closing over 300 points lower, the call was for the FTSE to open this morning at around 5820 (another 80 points off Thursday's close). Cue this morning and Far East dealers have obviously decided...read article: Indices January Spread Betting.
Indices Trading Online, updated 21-Dec-07
Find out where you can Trade Indices Online for free plus your Indices trading questions answered, tips on getting free Indices charts, real time prices and...read article: Indices Trading Online.
Indices Futures Trading, updated 07-Dec-07
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Indices Broker, updated 23-Nov-07
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Indices Platform, updated 09-Nov-07
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Indices Software, updated 26-Oct-07
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Indices Prices, updated 04-Feb-08
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