Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
The CFD industry has taken a bit of a battering over the last few years. In some cases rightly so, in some, rather unjustly. The regulators have done a pretty good job of tightening up the rules on introducing clients from unscrupulous affiliates. Mainly on the back of lifestyle scams on Instagram. Also, negative balance […]
If you’ve ever sat there at home, wondering whether or not you should be an FX trader or a Forex broker we hear from Abdul Salad, a Forex sales trader at ETX Capital to find out what it’s like and what he does all day… How long have you been a forex broker and how/why
What does a forex broker actually do? Read More »
If you are wondering if trading with direct market access is for you and what the difference is, then here is the breakdown. Trading with direct market access (or DMA) enables you to place your orders direct with the exchange through a broker. Which means instead of having to buy at the offer (the higher
What’s the difference between equity DMA CFDs and spread betting? Read More »
If you like volatile stocks, then we’ve got a bit of vol for ya ere son… As they say, or did say, back when broker wore piped jackets, suits and hung around on “the floor”. I digress, however, if you like trading tech stocks which are generally the more volatile main market constituents, XTB has
There’s now an index for the top ten tech companies… In the world… Read More »
The Japanese Yen is always viewed as a ‘safe haven’ currency. What this means is that investors/traders flocked into the currency in times of heightened market fear. Understandably, the currency rose sharply in the last quarter of 2018 – culminating in a huge spike earlier this year. However, as this fear starts to recede in
Japanese Yen to weaken? Read More »
We’ve always liked City Index, from the old school spivvy client base to the City Supremo founder Michael Spencer. Granted there have been a lot of changes over the years, including, and not limited to the fact that they are now owned by our friends across the pond. But City Index still remains one the
City Index has a shinny new Web Trader platform for your trading pleasure Read More »
Comparing Currencies With Burgers The Economist magazine regularly compiles a table of Big Mac prices across the world. The idea is to see if exchange rates are under- or over-valued against the US Dollar using a simple good. The latest data (Jan 10, 2019) shows Pound Sterling undervalued by a whopping 25%. Does it mean that
How To Use Big Mac Index To Value & Trade Currencies Read More »
There have been quite a few changes at ETX Capital recently. Andrew Edwards the long-standing CEO left in October 2017 to run Saxo Capital Markets. Following that Arman Tahmassebi was promoted from COO to CEO and hired Philip Adler as COO. Now Arman Tahmassebi has left and COO Philip Adler is now joint CEO with John Wilson, who has
Phil Adler and John Wilson take over as ETX Capital co-CEOs as Arman Tahmassebi resigns Read More »
If you want to trade Canadian shares as a CFD here’s a quick rundown of three decent brokers to trade through. Three Top CFD brokers for trading Canadian stock CFDs IG – huge range of Canadian stocks as a CFD or spread bet Saxo – equally large range as a CFD, physical stock plus options trading and DMA too.
Where to trade Canadian shares as a CFD – plus the pros and cons of doing so Read More »
If you are a CFD trader, you may not have noticed that there was a conference called Finance Magnates earlier in the week. To be fair though, for retail CFD traders, it’s not really relevant as it’s an industry conference. If you want to know what conferences are worth going to if you are a
Here’s a quick run down of Saxo’s Awards at Finance Magnates mean if you’re a trader Read More »