Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
IG has added Tipranks to its platform. Tipranks is an Israeli-based fintech that specialises in financial data and tools that power smarter investment decision-making. Tipranks is probably best known for tracking broker recommendations, that is upgrades downgrades changes to target prices earnings forecasts etc. However the firm offers much more than that. Tipranks on IG On […]
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If you want to know what a stock broker does all day, you may be surprised to hear that it’s not as exciting, as it is in the movies. Well, it is sometimes. I started my career as a stock broker and it mainly consists of admin and helping clients by and sell stocks all
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You can trade Natural Gas as a CFD with eToro, and either go long or short. You can also reduce your leverage by setting your margin rates from as much as 100% (a fully paid-up position) or as low as 10%. You can also see what percentage of other eToro traders are speculating on the
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I have said many times that trading educators are snake oil salesmen, particulary those on social media. But before the scammers came along there were legitimate companies offering some very good educational courses and tools for those just starting to trade. So, if you want to learn to trade CFDs or spread bet on the
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It’s nice sometimes to get a little treat when trading. ThinkMarkets website says it will give you £25k for a demo account so imagine my surprise when it was loaded up with a cool £200k in virtual funds. So yes, it’s worth paper trading with Think Markets if you want more than the £25k advertised
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In our Tickmill demo account review, I tell you what I like and dislike about them. 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
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FAANG is an abbreviation deriving from a group of technology stocks around 2012 that are big, fast-growing, and extremely successful. The companies in the FAANG index are Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix & Google. FAANG stands for the first letter in the original name of its constituents. FAANG Constituent Companies Pricing data updates every 15
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In November 2023 Tickmill introduced a new trading platform, Agenatrader which facilitates DMA or direct market access to exchanges such as the CME or Chicago Mercantile Exchange, one of the world’s largest derivatives marketplaces. The new platform provides advanced trading tools and functionality including more than 150 trading indicators, on-chart trading, contingent and connected order
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One of the best things about trading commodities on Tickmill is the CQG trading platform which provides excellent DMA futures execution. Expert opinion: Tickmill reviewed & rated 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
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Yes, CMC Markets has a very good commodities trading offering, with lots of spot and forward contracts. But you cannot trade on exchange commodities with DMA, instead, you have to trade them as a CFD or spread bet. CMC Markets lets you spread bet and trade commodity CFDs and with leverage on 100+ instruments. Commodity
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