Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
The FTSE 100 stock market index in the United Kingdom typically closes at 4:30 PM (16:30) London time (GMT/BST). However, it is possible to still trade the FTSE 100 when the main index is closed. In this guide, we will explain more about what happens when the FTSE 100 closes and how you can trade …
Trading 212 can be bad because it offers high-risk leverage products like CFDs alongside an app that is aimed at new and inexperienced investors. That is the answer to the question you may have asked if you’ve stumbled onto this page because you are looking for reasons not to trade with Trading 212. But Trading …
No, forex is not a good side hustle. I cannot begin to say how annoyed I get when I read, watch, or listen to something when there words “forex” and “side-hustle” are used in the same sentence. Yes, forex may well be one of the most heavily traded markets in the world, but it is …
In this guide, we look at the best indices for trading & investing. We explain what they are, the risks involved and also how you can potentially profit from stock market indices. Plus, what are the best indices to trade for beginners and experienced investors. What is a stock market index? A stock market index …
The best currency pairs for most traders to trade are those with good round-the-clock liquidity that are liable to trend. That is the price following a particular direction for a fixed period of time. The more illiquid currencies whose prices move erratically are less desirable, though some active short-term specialist traders known as scalpers can …
To make money trading options you need to long calls when the market goes up, or long puts when the market goes down. Or you can be short calls when the market does down or short puts if the market goes up. It may sound complicated at first, but trading options is easier than you …
Forex brokers make money through commissions, spreads and other commission charges, and their hedging or B-book activities. Commissions Each time a client trades with a broker, they pay the bid-offer spread – the difference between the price that you can sell an instrument at and the price at which you can buy that instrument. You …
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City Index, one of the UK’s oldest margin trading and Spread Betting brokers has announced the introduction of extended trading hours in a range of US equities. How can City Index customers trade US equities pre and post-market? City Index clients will be able to trade US equities in the pre and post-markets through either …
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The best times of the day to trade forex are the points where the main sessions overlap and business moves from one region to another. This happens first thing in the morning GMT, as Asian markets wind down for the day as London opens for business, and then again mid-afternoon London time, as US markets …
In this guide to pairs trading, we explain how you can potentially profit from trading two stocks or markets against each other whilst remaining relatively protected from overall market movements. Pairs trading benefits from a simultaneous rise and fall in two instruments Convergence is betting on two securities moving closer; divergence is that two instruments …
