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FOREX.com’s demo trading account lets you trade currency risk free

Richard BerryRichard is the founder of the Good Money Guide (formerly Good Broker Guide), one of the original investment comparison sites established in 2015. With a career spanning two decades as a broker, he brings extensive expertise and knowledge to the financial landscape. Having worked as a broker at Investors Intelligence and a multi-asset derivatives […]

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How to trade tax free on AIM shares with financial spread betting

Trading / By Richard Berry

Now that the IHT on AIM shares has been reduced, they are not quite as tax efficient as they once were, but there are still ways to reduce your tax exposure liabilities when trading AIM stocks. But it is still possible to trade AIM shares and reudce the amount of tax you pay on profits.

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Pepperstone and Aston Martin F1 Team strike top sponsorship deal

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

Trading platform Pepperstone has struck a deal with the Aston Martin F1 Team to become the latter’s official global forex and trading partner. Under the new partnership, Pepperstone branding will debut on the AMR25 Formula 1 racing car when it is launched ahead of the 2025 F1 season. Pepperstone CEO Tamas Szabo said: “We are

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XTB ETF coverage rivals HL and AJ Bell with new additions

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

XTB ETF (exchange-traded fund) coverage has expanded with the recent addition of new products to its platform, bringing the broker further in line with its larger rivals. Following a recent update, which sees the addition of more ETFs from the largest issuers, XTB now offers around 1,350 in total. Seven hundred of these are now

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Interactive Brokers improves charting for technical analysis based traders

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

The charting enhancements allow users to add multiple assets to the same chart, as well as compare multiple symbols on a single chart, to analyse relative performance, correlation and trend patterns. Other graphical additions are volume candles, which visualise price movements, customizable date ranges and a slew of new price and correlation indicators. New Charting

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China H-shares trading comes to Spreadex

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

Spreadex customers can now engage in China H-shares trading through the platform, following a recent update. China H-shares are shares of companies based in mainland China that are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These typically have more liquidity than China A-shares, which are listed in the mainland, as they are easier for foreigners

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Will Aggressive Expansion Dent The London Stock Exchange’s Long-Term Uptrend?

Leave a Comment / Analysis, Trading / By Darren Sinden

The London Stock Exchange share price has come in for more than its fair share of criticism this year. However, many of the problems facing the London equity markets are down to structural and legislative issues, outside of the Exchange’s remit, and under the purview of the regulator and the government. For its part the

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Interactive Brokers Integrates AI News Feeds

Interactive Brokers integrates AI into news feeds

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has introduced artificial intelligence (AI)-generated news summaries for users of the trading and investment platform. The new feature, which comes at no extra cost, provides quicker summaries of news articles to investors. It is available to eligible clients of the Interactive Brokers affiliates in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia,

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Failed launch of retail prop trading firm highlights sector risks

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

A retail prop trading start-up, Ascetic Capital, has shut down after just one week after making only four sales. In a 3 December post on X (formerly Twitter), the firm revealed its failure to meet “even the most modest expectations” after its launch in November led to a breach of contract with its investors. Its

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IG fees slashed as broker sets zero commission for US stocks

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Robin Amos

IG fees have been significantly reduced across several of the broker’s share dealing services. Among other changes, the trading and investment platform now charges no commission on the trading of US stocks, where it previously charged £10. It also now charges no commission on the trading of European or Australian shares, where it previously charged

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