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

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

Family offices are typically private companies or special purpose vehicles (SPVs) that manage the wealth of high, and ultra-high-net-worth families. Today, family offices offer more than just investment and money management to their principals. They can often oversee philanthropic and charitable activities and lifestyle management – that’s the management of private jets, yachts, residential properties,