Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
The only trading platform we cover that lets you trade two stocks or markets against each other simultaneously is Interactive Brokers. All the other brokers below will let you go long and short, but you have to enter the trade separately. Pairs Trading Explained In this guide to pairs trading, we explain how you can […]
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Macroeconomic data is one of the main drivers of the financial markets and changes in this data influences investment decisions that affect billions, if not trillions of dollars daily. Yet with so much macro data available to us what items should the retail trader be aware of and pay attention too? In this guide we
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Trend trading is one of the simplest investing and trading strategies. In a nutshell, trend trading is about buying and selling securities in the direction of the trend. First, a trend is identified. Then, you ride the trend to profit from price changes. Trend trading can be applied to different time frames (daily/weekly or intraday).
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The DAX index (Deutscher Aktien Index or German stock exchange in English) is an equity index which tracks the performance of Germany’s leading stocks. Historically, the DAX index was known as the DAX30 because it comprised 30 major German stocks. Launched in 1988 with an initial 1,000 index points, the index has become a major barometer
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XTB UK customers can now trade physical stocks alongside CFDs and margin FX products. As of today, UK clients can deal in any of more than 3000 equities and 300 ETFs drawn from 16 major exchanges, including those from UK, US and European markets. The new trading instruments can be accessed via the firm’s X-station
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Forex trading is becoming increasingly popular. With new trading platforms and apps making it easy to access the global forex market, many retail traders are giving it a go. Can you make money trading forex? Absolutely. That said, making money from forex trading isn’t as easy as some people make it out to be. To
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Capital.com has reduced the fees it charges for using guaranteed stop losses (GSL), giving clients a cheaper way to protect their positions from large market gaps. GSL spreads have been narrowed across four separate asset classes, Forex, Equity Indices, Commodities and individual stocks and shares. The fees or premiums charged for GSLs at Capital.com have
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The new feature is part of a wider upgrade to Capital.com’s trading platform. As well as average execution prices traders will now be able to view dynamic bid-offer prices that react to changes in order size. Clients will also be able to view market depth in a security. This means that a customer can see
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Fresh from winning best trading app in our 2023 awards Capital.com has improved functionality further by personalising their client’s trading experience through the introduction of dynamic widgets and adding VWAP indictors. Dynamic widgets Capital.com’s customers can now benefit from a personalised home screen on their trading platform, using a series of tools or widgets, to
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The latest Pocket Money Index is here. Produced annually by RoosterMoney, this survey contains nuggets of insights from the spending habits of children (over 125,000 of them) in the last year Insights from children’s spending habits during a cost-of-living crisis In late 2020, the index told us that children then were spending an enormous amount
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