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TD Waterhouse Drop CityIndex

London Capital Group Holdings, the financial services and online spread betting company, is pleased to announce that it has entered an agreement with TD Waterhouse to provide a white label financial spread trading platform. The trading platform, which will operate as TD Financial Spread Trading, is now live. TD Waterhouse [...]

Direct Sharedeal Collapses Leaving Traders Out Of Pocket

Glasgow-based CFD broker Direct Sharedeal has gone into administration, leaving a number of traders and investors out of pocket and sparking a fierce row between the company and the independent financial advisers responsible for the majority of their client referrals. Recently-collapsed Glasgow-based CFD broker Direct Sharedeal has today been caught [...]

City Index Warns Of Sugar Price Slump

The price of sugar looks set to fall as a result of a glut of supply, following the possibility of a second consecutive year of production outstripping demand, according to leading brokerage outfit City Index. CFD broker City Index has warned traders to expect a slump in sugar prices should [...]

Spread Betting Opportunities In Differentials Markets

Traders look more closely at opportunities in the differentials markets, which are becoming an increasingly widespread addition to the traditional markets offered by spread betting brokers. Differentials offer spread bettors the chance to trade on the different between two markets, such as the FTSE100/DAX 30, and enable traders to profit [...]

IG Group Ahead Of The Pack In CFDs And Spread Betting

Market innovators IG Group are leading the markets in both spread betting and CFD trading, according to the results of a study, which shows IG as holding the largest market share in both brokerage markets. Leading brokerage outfit the IG Group is leading the market in both spread betting and [...]

Chi-X Europe Enjoys Significant Turnover Growth

European equities and CFD exchange Chi-X Europe has announced a substantial growth in turnover over the first quarter, as a result of its increasing reach and the rising popularity of CFDs as a tradeable instrument, leading to higher total transaction values while driving down prices for traders. Chi-X Europe, the [...]

Warning Against Risks of Over-leveraging with CFDs

We urge traders to maintain vigilant for over-leveraging, in order to guard against the dangers of highly leveraged exposure to volatile, fluctuating markets which can be fatal to even experienced investors. With low margin requirements an industry standard, CFD investing brings the constant allure of aggressively inflated returns, which can [...]

Trade CFDs With The Trend

CFD traders should trade in support of overarching price trends, in order to guarantee the lowest risk returns from leveraged trading, as a particular response to turbulent global markets and a volatile commodity trading climate. CFDs are naturally leveraged transactions, and as such rely on smaller positive market movements [...]

FinancialSpreads Launches New Differentials

Financial spread betting broker FinancialSpreads has launched a series of new differentials markets, allowing traders to speculate on the difference between market pairs over monthly or quarterly intervals. FinancialSpreads.com, one of the UK's most prominent spread betting companies has launched a range of new differentials markets, enabling spread bettors to [...]

Capital Spreads Takes On Paddy Power Traders

Leading financial spread betting firm Capital Spreads is to take on active trading accounts from Paddy Power Trader, the spread betting arm of Paddy Power, as they wind up their spread betting operation. Capital Spreads, one of the UK's largest financial spread betting brokers, will take over the accounts of [...]

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