Lloyds Spread Betting
Where Can I Spread Bet on Lloyds? |
Currently, you can financial spread bet without paying any brokers' fees on Lloyds, and a wide array of other spread trading markets, with firms like:
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Broker Ratings - Sponsored by IG |
A look at the latest Lloyds broker ratings:
16-Mar-16 | | Market Perform | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | 68.77 | 80 | 16.30% | 11-Mar-16 | | Buy | Natixis | 70.55 | 85 | 20.50% | 10-Mar-16 | | Underperform | Exane BNP Paribas | 69.12 | 70 | 1.30% | 09-Mar-16 | | Underperform | Exane BNP Paribas | 70.47 | 70 | -0.70% | 07-Mar-16 | | Buy | Societe Generale | 72.92 | 98 | 34.40% | 03-Mar-16 | | Neutral | Macquarie | 73.36 | 70 | -4.60% | 24-Feb-16 | | Neutral | Macquarie | 62.64 | 60 | -4.20% | 16-Feb-16 | | Underperform | Bernstein | 59.62 | 60 | 0.60% | 15-Feb-16 | | Outperform | RBC Capital Markets | 59.35 | 95 | 60.10% | 11-Feb-16 | | Overweight | J.P. Morgan | 56.73 | 90 | 58.60% | 04-Feb-16 | | Buy | AlphaValue | 62.54 | 86.2 | 37.80% | 28-Jan-16 | | Buy | Nomura | 64.68 | 90 | 39.10% | 27-Jan-16 | | Buy | Grupo Santander | 63.9 | 96 | 50.20% | 20-Jan-16 | | Buy | Natixis | 63.64 | 85 | 33.60% | 15-Jan-16 | | Underperform | Bernstein | 66.53 | 60 | -9.80% | 11-Jan-16 | | Outperform | RBC Capital Markets | 70.15 | 95 | 35.40% | 07-Jan-16 | | Buy | AlphaValue | 69.14 | 89 | 28.70% | 31-Dec-15 | | Buy | AlphaValue | 73.11 | 89.9 | 23.00% | 24-Dec-15 | | Buy | AlphaValue | 73.13 | 90.1 | 23.20% | 18-Dec-15 | | Outperform | RBC Capital Markets | 71.63 | 95 | 32.60% | 17-Dec-15 | | Buy | Grupo Santander | 71.95 | 96 | 33.40% | 15-Dec-15 | | Underperform | Bernstein | 69.75 | 60 | -14.00% | 09-Dec-15 | | Buy | Nomura | 71.35 | 95 | 33.10% | 07-Dec-15 | | Overweight | J.P. Morgan | 73.42 | 98 | 33.50% | 04-Dec-15 | | Underperform | Bernstein | 73 | 60 | -17.80% |
For the latest UK broker ratings see Daily Trading Tips.
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Where Can I Find Live Prices and Charts for Lloyds?
The CFD trading chart below gives you a useful overview of the Lloyds share price.
The above chart, provided by Plus 500, normally shows the Lloyds futures price.
If you want access to real-time spread betting charts and prices for Lloyds, you may require a spread trading account.
A spreads account also lets you trade on shorter-term daily prices. Please note that all accounts are normally dependent on credit, suitability and status checks.
Should your account application be accepted then you can log on and look at the prices and charts. On most platforms, these will be free. What's the catch? You might get an occasional newsletter and/or call from your chosen spread betting broker.
If you decide to trade then, before you start, you should note that CFDs and financial spread trading do involve a high degree of risk to your funds and you could lose more than your initial investment.
See below for more on advanced Lloyds charts.
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Advanced Charts for Lloyds Shares |
Although the charts can vary between providers, to help you with your analysis, most charts come with tools and features that include:
- A variety of time periods - 3 minutes, 15 minutes, 2 hours and so on
- A variety of display options - candle and line charts
- Drawing tools - Fibonacci time zones, arcs and fans
Charts with Tradefair Spreads also include advanced features:
- BackTesting, Custom Indicators and Optimisation functions
- Important overlays - Ichimoku Clouds, Parabolic SAR, Linear Regression and so on
- A wide selection of indicators - Relative Volatility Index, ADX, Commodity Channel Index and so on
- Automatic alerts that trigger when your chosen market reaches a specific price
Sample equities chart
The following spread betting firms give clients access to real-time trading charts and prices:
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Where Can I Spread Bet on Lloyds for Free? |
By its very nature, speculating is never risk free, however, if you would like to open a Practice Account (free), that lets you trial financial spread betting and look at candlestick charts, see below for more details.
When considering which trading option might work for you, also remember that in the UK, financial spread betting is free of capital gains tax, stamp duty and income tax*.
If you're interested in a low cost financial spread betting website then you should keep in mind that you can spread bet on Lloyds without having to pay any brokers' fees or commissions with firms like:
If you'd like to open a completely free Practice Account / Demo Account that allows you to try out financial spread betting on markets such as EUR/GBP, the DAX 30, gold and Lloyds, then you could always have a look at:
Each of the above provide a risk free Practice Account that lets investors look at charts, practice with a host of orders and test theories.
How to Spread Bet on Lloyds? |
Should you want to speculate on UK listed companies such as Lloyds then one solution could be to spread trade on the Lloyds share price.
Looking at a spread betting site like capital spreads, we can see they have priced the Lloyds Rolling Daily market at 40.5p - 40.8p. Therefore, an investor could spread bet on the Lloyds share price:
Increasing above 40.8p, or
Decreasing below 40.5p
Whilst making a spread bet on FTSE 350 shares you trade in £x per penny. As a result, if you choose to invest £4 per penny and the Lloyds share price moves 26p then that would change your P&L by £104. £4 per penny x 26p = £104.
Rolling Daily Shares Markets
One important thing to note is that this is a 'Rolling Daily Market' and therefore unlike a normal futures market, there is no closing date. You do not have to close your trade, should it still be open at the end of the trading day, it will stay open and roll over into the next trading session.
If a position is rolled over and you are speculating on the market to:
Move up - then you normally pay a small overnight financing fee, or
Move down - then you'll normally receive a small credit to your account
To learn more please read Rolling Daily Spread Betting.
Lloyds Rolling Daily - Shares Spread Betting Example |
So, if you continue with the above spread of 40.5p - 40.8p and make the assumptions that:
- You have done your analysis of the shares, and
- Your research leads you to think the Lloyds shares look like they will move above 40.8p
Then you may decide that you are going to buy a spread bet at 40.8p and invest, for example, £25 per penny.
With such a spread bet you win £25 for every penny that the Lloyds shares go higher than 40.8p. Nevertheless, you will make a loss of £25 for every penny that the Lloyds market moves lower than 40.8p.
Looking at this from another angle, if you buy a spread bet then your P&L is calculated by taking the difference between the settlement price of the market and the initial price you bought the market at. You then multiply that price difference by the stake.
Therefore, if after a few hours the stock rose then you might consider closing your spread bet to lock in your profit.
Taking this a step further, if the market rose then the spread might change to 44.4p - 44.7p. You would settle your position by selling at 44.4p. Therefore, with the same £25 stake this trade would result in a profit of:
Profits (or losses) = (Settlement Value - Opening Value) x stake
Profits (or losses) = (44.4p - 40.8p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or losses) = 3.6p x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or losses) = £90.00 profit
Trading equities, whether by spread trading or otherwise, is not simple. In this example, you had bet that the share price would go up. Of course, the share price might go down.
If the Lloyds share price began to drop then you could choose to close your spread bet to limit your losses.
If the market fell to 36.6p - 36.9p you would settle your position by selling at 36.6p. That would mean you would make a loss of:
Profits (or losses) = (Settlement Value - Opening Value) x stake
Profits (or losses) = (36.6p - 40.8p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or losses) = -4.2p x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or losses) = -£105.00 loss
Note - Lloyds Rolling Daily spread betting market correct as of 19-Oct-12.
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'Lloyds Spread Betting' edited by Jacob Wood, updated 03-Oct-17
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