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Spread betting entity IG broadens trading hours for U.S. based stocks

Financial spread betting firm IG Group reportedly made extensions in its trading hours on more than twenty plus primary U.S. stocks in order to further assist traders and investors in making most of possible good trading opportunities during the last weeks of the earnings season. Moreover, IG clients just recently [...]

The Importance of Elections in FOREX Markets

The Forex market is considered the only marketplace that is in fact connected on a global scale. This just shows that a marked difference from stock markets are primarily used in a much more traditional form of investments. Because such turn of events in the marked areas, the market will [...]

Five Years On: IG Tops CFD Markets

An independent study by the Australian CFD market has identified IG as the primary choice for CFD traders, with an estimated 38 % employing IG as their main service provider. This placed IG 20 % ahead of its closest competing company and for the fifth successive year in a row was able [...]

Trade forex CFDs via MT4 – IG Index announces a brand new platform

By adding MetaTrader 4 service to an account, people will notice the reason behind so many investors delight in trading forex with the use of MT4. This is made possible with the ability to import scripts, write custom technical indicators and even the most intricate automation of trading using MT4. [...]

IG Group: The need to add stock broking to their spread betting activity

IG Group is set to provide clients with stock brokering services as an adjunct to their existing spread betting operator's long term plan in order to diversify its business opportunities. The move by the UK's largest spread betting operator by sales came about as several of its peers have been [...]

Diversifying the options: The new trend for investors

As confidence slowly gets back into the Aussie market, investors are now contemplating their next move. Analysts point out that diversifying more asset classes including ETFs over offshore indices, and investing with borrowed funds using CFDs can prove to be a wise approach. The ETFs sector is anticipating a 15 % [...]

Algo Betting: Trading Without Emotions

Financial spread betting will always invoke two negative emotions in every trader in the FX market; these being are fear and greed. Traders often commit the tremendous mistake of shifting to stop losses or in simple terms, closing a position too early. This is often done in haste by the [...]

The Usefulness of the VIX in Spread Betting and CFD Trading

The VIX is the stock symbol that is being used in order to refer to the Volatility Index of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market. This is one of the most popular measures that specifically imply the volatility of the instrument S&P500 index options. In most cases, this is also [...]

Tradefair Spreads Opens Up Autochartist Access To Client

Spread betting company Tradefair Spreads is now offering clients the ability to use Autochartist, an automated application designed to help with technical analysis and making investment decisions. Spread betting broker Tradefair Spreads has announced that its clients can now access Autochartist, an automated technical analysis application which helps pinpoint investment [...]

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