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Spread Trading Index Market Review, 16 December 2011
Downgrades here and downgrades there with S&P and Fitch chopping the ratings of various banks not just in Spain and Europe, including the UK, but in the US too.
The moves caused a conundrum amongst spread betting account holders who had welcomed yet another well subscribed Spanish bond auction and positive economic data. This indicated glimmers of hope for both the Eurozone and the US, where initial jobless claims fell to their lowest level since May 2008.
This jobs data from the US is very encouraging for their unemployment and overall economy which has just been through the biggest Thanksgiving and Christmas sales ever and seen its rate of unemployment decline just this month.
It’s little wonder that Bernanke didn’t mention anything about any further stimulus or extension of keeping the Fed Funds rate at low levels beyond the middle of 2013 when their economy seems to be turning a corner.
Not much can be said for our side of the Atlantic, however yesterday did see some encouraging signs from the services and manufacturing core of Europe. PMI data took a little jump higher, although much of it still in contraction territory.
Investors continue to battle against the back drop of this European debt storm and indecision continues to remain rife.
The FTSE is just about grinding out a gain this morning, holding onto the 5400 level. A downward channel has formed in the past couple of weeks, the upper trend line of which comes in around 5450 and the lower below 5300.
With such little economic data out today and next week being effectively the last one of the year, with Christmas in the way after that, many people are probably tempted to net off their books and call it a year.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 15 December 2011
Yesterday’s sell off indicated that investors are getting more and more nervous about the state of affairs in the Eurozone.
The fact that the indices spread betting markets haven’t sold off further, and that they are bouncing in early trade so far this morning, comes as something of a surprise.
Despite all of the efforts being made by European leaders, a possible break up of the Eurozone is becoming more and more likely.
Signs that people are preparing for such a break up are already being seen as money presses for individual currencies such as the Drachma and even Deutsche Mark are ready to go at a moment’s notice.
In addition, the world’s biggest inter-dealer broker has been testing its execution systems for currency deals in the event of anyone exiting the Eurozone.
As a result the euro has taking a pounding, most literally too as sterling looks increasingly like more of a safe haven than many other currencies.
GBP/EUR has been heading back towards €1.2000, but just this morning is running out of steam and the interest on UK gilts continues to head lower as investors buy up UK government bonds as a safety precaution.
This once again indicates the faith the bond spread betting market has in the coalition’s deficit reduction plans, even if they are going slightly off target due to the lack of growth.
Even though the European debt crisis has dominated financial markets throughout 2011, and seems to have been all this column has been writing about, there seems to be little prospect of that changing into the New Year.
As mentioned the FTSE 100 is in bounce mode this morning and, as we are now in the middle of December, this tends to be the time that the bullishness in the run up to Christmas really gets going. However, for the index to get back into positive territory for the month it has to climb another 90 points from its current price of 5415.
UK retail sales will be closely watched today and already we’ve had some German PMI data that has come out much better than expected, giving equities this little early boost.
There will also be lots of US economic data around after lunchtime with the weekly initial jobless claims, industrial production and then the Phili Fed.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 14 December 2011
The FTSE is holding up pretty well considering that earlier we were calling the index to open flat to lower and the US session didn’t exactly get the bulls rolling back into their equity markets.
A credit crunch across Europe is underway which can explain why the euro took such a bashing yesterday. However, despite this crunch, the equity markets seem to be largely ignoring the similar situation that we faced just over four years ago.
Just as back in the middle of 2007 when the last credit crunch lead to the then banking crisis, this time there’s a real threat that this one could fan the flames of the sovereign debt crisis.
As banks deposit overnight money with central banks as opposed to other banking institutions the lack of liquidity means that less cash is available to drip feed through to the wider economy.
This causes the vicious circle to continue going round as the lack of funding to businesses and individuals knocks growth on the head. This in turn puts further stress on countries' budgets which are already feeling the squeeze from austerity.
The one major thing that Europe really lacks at the moment is confidence and that confidence doesn’t exist because there is no clear growth strategy.
It’s all about austerity and imposing fiscal discipline, which is required to a certain degree, but without any real growth plans the problems will only get worse.
A little bright spark from yesterday was the decline in inflation from its peak, which will be received as welcome news for shoppers around the UK, particularly at this time of year.
This is the second month in a row that inflation has declined and as we enter the New Year, when this January’s VAT hike will come out of the numbers, the headline rate should continue to drop.
It would really be nice to see petrol stations take a leaf out of the supermarket’s books and pass on lower oil prices to motorists as it still costs a fortune to fill up the tank. Despite the fact that the commodity spread betting markets have eased somewhat in the latter part of this year, prices at the pump have remained high.
The December rally is proving hard to come by this year, with the FTSE below where it commenced the month.
At the time of writing those Christmas bulls are trying their best to push us higher with the FTSE spread betting market trading at 5465, but we’re still some 0.7% lower so far.
Even though the rallies seem short lived at the moment there is still that feeling that a Christmas rally is possible. The closer we get to the festive holidays, the closer we are to the more bullish part of the month from a historical point of view.
Economic data today comes in the form of UK unemployment figures which are set to make for gloomy reading. The jump to 8.3% last month was worse than expected and today the financial spread betting markets are expecting to see this push higher to 8.4%.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 13 December 2011
Indices spread betting markets are pausing for breath after yesterday’s big sell off that could be enough to mean that this December might be one of those rare ones where Father Christmas doesn’t give investors what they’re after.
As we approach the end of 2011, it will be a year that many will want to forget. It's been a terrible year for stocks, the European debt crisis has deepened and, with global growth slowing, the outlook for 2012 isn’t all that much better.
Fund managers have had it tough this year as the pressure on them continues to mount with investors becoming more and more demanding for capital appreciation during these times of record low interest rates and high inflation.
The ability to stock pick is becoming increasingly difficult. Many investors have thought they’re onto a bargain only to see their holding down 5% the next day because of a wider sell off in the market due to the ongoing risk aversion caused by the Eurozone crisis.
Yet another summit passes and investors have been left scratching their heads as to whether anything is going to be any better in six months time.
With all the big credit ratings agencies circling above the Eurozone, as well as ten year bond yields spiking, it remains difficult to get excited about equities and, as we’ve seen in the past, rallies tend to be short lived.
The FTSE is just in the black at the time of writing at 5440 after US markets bounced off their lows towards the end of trading last night.
Support areas are near by seen at 5410/5395 and then 5350 with a bit of a downward trend line forming in the short term putting resistance around 5500 and then 5555 and 5605 to the upside.
Our spread betting account holders have been tentatively buying into the recent weakness, hoping that the support will hold out and, despite yesterday’s sell off, the Christmas rally could still materialise.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 12 December 2011
David Cameron made a big call last Friday to veto the new EU treaty, which was much to the dismay of the Lib Dems.
They had even considered quitting the coalition until they saw two major public opinion polls, from The Times and Daily Mail, which sided with the Tories’ decision on the veto.
Lib Dem Clegg, believes that Britain will become isolated and the move won’t actually do anything for The City or jobs up and down the country. Only time will tell whether Cameron has made the right choice and if it pays off.
Whilst the UK attempts to sort out their problems, the world is still waiting to see what will become of the Eurozone’s problems.
IMF Chief Economist Blanchard agreed there had been some progress, but we haven’t actually reached a full solution, and every time we get a statement out of Europe we see volatility in the spread betting markets.
The summit last week attempted to agree on boosting the Eurozone’s loans to €200bn, which would accelerate the European Stability Mechanism in order to increase its lending capacity.
After last week’s volatile intraday market swings, we have seen the FTSE start the week on a downer, floating around the 5500 mark.
We could see further volatility as we have the release of some data this week, in the form of UK RPI and CPI inflation data.
We are currently seeing a bit of a bearish stance on the FTSE with 5555 as a key resistance level, and so we could expect some short term consolidation.
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Spread Trading Index Market Review, 9 December 2011
After closing at 5483.7, its lowest level in more than a week, the UK 100 index looks set to mimic losses in the Wall Street and Asian markets today with disappointing news coming from the EU summit.
Data released yesterday also showed China’s annual inflation rate dropped to 4.2% in November, the lowest level in more than a year. This heightened expectations of more monetary policy easing to fight the worsening global economic issues.
Not only this but a much steeper drop in producer inflation to 2.7% in November, down from October’s 5.0%, showed that the Chinese economy is hastily losing speed.
Today’s domestic data releases from the UK come in the form of British wholesale inflation, released at 09:30 London time, with British trade figures at the same time.
From across the Atlantic, US international trade numbers are being put out at 13:30 and the preliminary December Reuters/University of Michigan consumer confidence survey is released at 14:55.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 8 December 2011
The European trading session gets underway and all eyes will be on the summit that gets started today.
It's being billed as make or break for the survival of the EU in its current form. Politicians will attempt to impose a deeper fiscal union amongst the member states and try to put an end to the escalating debt crisis.
The problem is that it's yet another question of 'haven't we heard this all before?'
The Cannes G20 summit only a few weeks ago was supposed to be the make or break deal for the EU but that ended in a damp squib. It was followed by pleas to emerging economies to assist in beefing up the EFSF's firepower, to which they simply said no.
Even though the task faced over the next couple of days to pave the way for a new Europe is almost insurmountable the markets continue to remain positive about the prospects for equities.
US shares markets remained well supported overnight and yesterday's sell off in Europe, which followed reports that the proposal to combine the EFSF and ESM was rejected by Germany, was very short lived.
In fact most sell offs so far this month have been short lived showing that investors are buying the dips and the bulls seem to be happy with the prospects for equities into the year ahead.
They are brave bulls indeed as there's still a huge amount of bearish sentiment out there and belief that this year's Christmas rally, if it continues, could be met by substantial barriers in the New Year.
It's still difficult to get too excited about stocks when the outlook for growth is so bleak and the threat of another recession is still very much apparent.
So the FTSE spread betting market is floating around in positive territory at the moment trading at 5565 at the time of writing.
Yesterday's weakness saw the index dip back to 5500 but as mentioned this was for a very short time before recovering in conjunction with the strength from US stocks.
You get the feeling that US investors are brushing aside the concerns surrounding Europe at the moment, but they will be sure to be keeping a close eye on proceedings of the next couple of days.
Levels to watch remain the same as they've been for the last couple of days with near term resistance at 5675 and 5720 and support at 5490/20 and 5350.
Trading might be slow ahead of the central bank meetings today with the BoE first and then the ECB. The ECB is seen as the more important one as a cut of 0.25% is expected with the new President unwinding the tightening done by his predecessor.
Given the ongoing turmoil there is a slim chance of more of a cut to take the base rate below the 1% level but this might spook the market.
The statement that follows the decision will also be closely listened to in order to see what more Mr Draghi has to says about a possible increased role for the ECB.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 7 December 2011
We have seen European government debt yields begin to fall in recent days as investors gain confidence ahead of the EU summit at the end of the week.
This has improved investor sentiment and helped to boost stock market indices across Europe, with the FTSE 100 up 2% in December alone.
For more about how European confidence is boosting the stock markets also see out feature Indices Spread Betting Markets Rally Ahead of EU Summit on Fiscal Integration.
Currently the FTSE 100 is trading at 5625 and technical analysis suggests that the near term resistance levels are 5650/75 and then 5720.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 6 December 2011
US markets reacted negatively to credit rating agency S&P’s announcement that they’ve got all but two of the Eurozone nations cards’ marked for a possible downgrade within three months.
This has had a knock on effect for European markets this morning, in particular the Dax 30, as a bit of selling tests the metal of the bulls.
It comes as little surprise that S&P has taken to carpet bombing Eurozone members as it’ll hopefully be the kick up the proverbial that European leaders have needed.
Over the past few weeks bond auctions have hardly been impressive and in the run up to Christmas there’s almost another €20 billion or so of German, Italian and Spanish bonds to flog to investors.
We have to remember as well that the coveted triple A rating effectively means that your assets are a risk free asset. All the S&P has done is to call that into question for the six Eurozone nations that still have one.
Remember the sub prime days not all that long ago when triple A ratings were dished out left, right and centre? Ratings agencies still need to build back confidence and a move like this simply attempts to build that confidence back.
In time we’ll see whether EU leaders can persuade them to rethink following the outcome of this week’s summit.
Already early on we’re seeing a bounce from the FTSE, which was called at one point to be opening almost as low as 5500. This early bounce shows that many spread betting investors are happy to brush aside the comments from S&P and continue to look ahead to Thursday and Friday where expectations are building.
At the time of writing the FTSE is trading at 5570 on the indices spread betting markets, having now eradicated all of its losses from the open.
Spread Trading Index Market Review, 5 December 2011
This morning it seems that we are clinging onto last week's gains.
At this stage it’s purely a continuation of last week’s bullishness as investors look ahead to this week’s crunch EU summit believing that politicians won’t fall short this time because the ramifications of inaction are far too great.
December is also historically the most bullish month of the year and so those fund managers who’ve struggled to perform will not want to miss out on any potential rally into the year end.
The FTSE has commenced the week in relatively a bullish mood just putting itself in the black although it’s hardly a convincing rise.
We’re only just clinging onto gains at the moment but it’s better than where we thought we’d start back on Friday night when US markets ended the week on a small downer.
You won’t be surprised to hear that the main highlight of this week is an EU summit to be held on Thursday and Friday where greater fiscal integration is expected to be proposed.
Not another EU summit I hear you cry. What can they possibly do to provide a definitive answer to the whole Eurozone crisis that they couldn’t already have proposed at the previous ones?
Well this one is largely seen as being the be all and end all summit, with the spread betting markets hoping for the big bazooka, namely the ECB, having a greater role in ending the crisis once and for all.
The coordinated action from central banks last week has been complimented by lots of announcements of austerity measures over the weekend.
Italy and Ireland are the latest to announce their measures to reign in their debt which in Ireland’s case is yet another round.
They are the only country to prove that austerity can work. Unfortunately for them however, their deficit was so large that another dose of austerity was always going to be needed and this can’t be ruled out for other EU members too.
In the run up to this week's summit it’s hard to see index spread trading markets doing much unless there’s a surprise to catch us off guard such as the central bank move last week.
This was the main contributor to the rally we’ve seen thus far this month and, with the FTSE trading at around 5560 at the time of writing, there’s lots of near term resistance levels. These resistance levels are seen at 6515/50/85 and to the downside support is seen at 5490/00 and 5340.
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'Spread Trading Index Market Review' by DB, updated 16-Dec-11
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Index market news: As my newspaper tells me this morning the FTSE has managed 7 straight winning days for the first time in a year. Consequently it is...read article: Indices Spread Trading June 2010.
Indices Spread Betting June 2010, updated 04-Jun-10
Index market news: In some circumstances they are not too far from their highs of April, with the German Dax a mere 3% away from its...read article: Indices Spread Betting June 2010.
Indices Spread Trading May 2010, updated 21-May-10
Index market news: The FTSE hit a low of 4970 in after hours trading last night as the Dow and S&P slumped but his morning has seen something of a reverse reaction with...read article: Indices Spread Trading May 2010.
Indices Spread Betting May 2010, updated 07-May-10
Index market news: The air of nervousness is palpable in all the markets after the chaos of yesterday evening when some programme trading in the US caused mayhem. The Nasdaq, on which...read article: Indices Spread Betting May 2010.
Indices Spread Trading April 2010, updated 23-Apr-10
Index market news: The FTSE is back to near the bottom of the current range at 5670. The support is at 5650 which proved a barrier on the way up and is now proving to...read article: Indices Spread Trading April 2010.
Indices Spread Betting April 2010, updated 09-Apr-10
Index market news: A little bounce in US indices means the FTSE 100 is set to open around 5745. Metal and energy prices are a bit stronger this morning so...read article: Indices Spread Betting April 2010.
Indices Spread Trading March 2010, updated 26-Mar-10
Index market news: The Dow Jones made a spirited attempt at leaping to 11000 but just ran out of steam at around 10960. The close on the FTSE at 5730 is the...read article: Indices Spread Trading March 2010.
Indices Spread Betting March 2010, updated 12-Mar-10
Index market news: Other indices continue to catch up with the FTSE which breached its 2010 high last week, whereas the likes of the Dow and German Dax are...read article: Indices Spread Betting March 2010.
Indices Spread Trading February 2010, updated 26-Feb-10
Index market news: Things have been pretty ugly so far this week but last night the US markets proved that any issues in Europe are not much...read article: Indices Spread Trading February 2010.
Indices Spread Betting February 2010, updated 12-Feb-10
Index market news: So far this morning the FTSE is putting in a decent show back above the 5200 mark some 45 points to the good. The little bounce we've seen...read article: Indices Spread Betting February 2010.
Indices Spread Trading January 2010, updated 29-Jan-10
Index market news: The FTSE is opening reasonably well after the late sell-off yesterday pushed the index to its lowest closing level since...read article: Indices Spread Trading January 2010.
Indices Spread Betting January 2010, updated 15-Jan-10
Index market news: The positive news for the mining sector yesterday allowed markets to record modest gains after the FTSE looked like it might...read article: Indices Spread Betting January 2010.
Indices Spread Bets December 2009, updated 01-Jan-10
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
Where to trade Indices Futures plus updated Indices trading news and the most popular Indices questions answered....read article: Indices Futures Trading.
Indices Broker, updated 23-Nov-07
Where to find free Indices Brokers plus regular Indices financial trading news as well as the most popular Indices questions answered....read article: Indices Broker.
Indices Platform, updated 09-Nov-07
Where to find free Indices Platforms plus updated Indices trading news as well as the most popular Indices queries answered....read article: Indices Platform.
Indices Software, updated 26-Oct-07
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Indices Prices, updated 04-Feb-08
Where to find free Indices Prices plus updated Indices news as well as your top Indices questions answered....read article: Indices Prices.
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