Where Can I Find Live Prices and Charts for Tesco?
The live CFD chart below offers a nice guide to the Tesco share price.
The chart above is provided by Plus500 and normally shows the Tesco futures market (not the daily market).
If you would like to review real time financial spread betting charts/prices for Tesco, you may require a spread trading account.
In addition, a spreads account will let you have access to shorter-term daily markets. Please note that opening any such account is normally dependent on suitability, credit and status checks.
If your account application is approved then you can log in to look at the real-time charts and prices. On most platforms, these will be provided as part of the service. So what's the catch? You'll probably get the occasional email and/or letter from the relevant spread betting company.
If you do decide to trade then be aware that financial spread trading and contracts for difference involve a high degree of risk to your capital and it is possible to incur losses that exceed your initial deposit.
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When deciding which investment option is right for you, don't forget that, in the UK, financial spread betting is free of stamp duty, income tax and capital gains tax*.
If you are trying to find a low cost spread trading site, you should note that you are able to spread bet on Tesco with no brokers' fees or commissions via providers like:
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The companies listed above provide a Test Account that allows investors to review professional level charts, apply a host of trading orders and test new theories.
How to Spread Bet on Tesco?
If you decide to invest in UK listed companies like Tesco then one possibility could be spread betting on the Tesco share price.
Logging onto Capitalspreads, we can see they have priced the Tesco Rolling Daily market at 317.8p - 318.3p. Therefore, you can spread bet on the Tesco shares:
Going higher than 318.3p, or Going lower than 317.8p
When spread betting on FTSE 350 shares you trade in £x per penny. As a result, should you choose to invest £3 per penny and the Tesco shares move 35p then that would alter your bottom line by £105. £3 per penny x 35p = £105.
Rolling Daily Equities Markets
Be aware that this is a Rolling Daily Market which means that unlike a futures market, there is no closing date. If your trade is still open at the end of the trading day, it just rolls over to the next trading session.
If you do roll over a bet and you are spread betting that the market will:
Rise - then you will usually be charged a small overnight financing fee, or Fall - then you will normally receive a small credit to your account
Tesco Rolling Daily - Shares Spread Betting Example
Now, if you consider the above spread of 317.8p - 318.3p and make the assumptions that:
You've done your analysis, and
Your analysis leads you to think that the Tesco share price will go higher than 318.3p
Then you could decide that you want to go long of the market at 318.3p and invest £10 per penny.
This means that you win £10 for every penny that the Tesco shares move above 318.3p. Nevertheless, such a bet also means that you will lose £10 for every penny that the Tesco market decreases lower than 318.3p.
Looking at this from another angle, if you were to ‘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 difference in price by your stake.
Therefore, if after a few trading sessions the shares started to rise you might decide to close your trade to lock in your profit.
So if the market rose then the spread, set by the spread betting company, could change to 328.5p - 329.0p. To settle/close your trade you would sell at 328.5p. So, with the same £10 stake you would calculate your profit as:
Your P&L = (Closing Price - Initial Price) x stake
Your P&L = (328.5p - 318.3p) x £10 per penny stake
Your P&L = 10.2p x £10 per penny stake
Your P&L = £102.00 profit
Trading shares, whether by spread betting or not, doesn't always go to plan. In this example, you had bet that the share price would go up. Naturally, it could go down.
If the Tesco stock began to fall then you might decide to settle/close your spread bet in order to restrict your losses.
If the market fell to 306.4p - 306.9p then you would close your spread bet by selling at 306.4p. Accordingly, your loss would be:
Your P&L = (Closing Price - Initial Price) x stake
Your P&L = (306.4p - 318.3p) x £10 per penny stake
Your P&L = -11.9p x £10 per penny stake
Your P&L = -£119.00 loss
Note: Tesco Rolling Daily spread betting market quoted as of 19-Oct-12.
'Tesco Spread Betting' edited by Jacob Wood, updated 03-Oct-17
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The UK equity is currently trading above the 20 day MA of 185.2p and above the 50 day MA of 182.5p.
52 Week Low: 
Going higher than 318.3p, or
Going lower than 317.8p
