Trading

The short answer is that they are really complicated, and because they are not mainstream in the UK, people don’t talk about them and because people don’t talk about them, people don’t trade them. Plus, in the UK, if you want to trade on margin with leverage, we have financial spread betting, where you don’t

Prediction markets are one of the hottest areas of the financial markets right now. In the US, platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi are attracting record numbers of users. But can you trade prediction markets in the UK? Let’s take a look at the landscape. What are prediction markets? Prediction markets allow traders to bet on

I was at a presentation about options trading from the Cboe in London last night, in conjunction with Interactive Brokers (which offers CFD trading and options trading) and one of the presentations was about options versus contracts for difference. Now obviously, the agenda is for the Cboe to convince people that options are better because

Can you trade 0DTE Options in the UK? Yes, you can trade 0DTE options in the UK by trading normal options on the same day they expire or by having a professional trading account. Zero-day options, or ‘0DTE’ for short, have become popular trading instruments in recent years. Today, they account for around half of

Prime brokers facilitate investment activity on behalf of a hedge fund very often with capital borrowed against the hedge fund itself. As hedge funds can be active with numerous brokers, a prime broker enables greater visibility on performance as all trades are settled through the prime broker. Their responsibilities can vary depending upon what is