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IG, the broking behemoth that has moved up through the ranks of spread betting broker, to CFD broker, to mini prime broker to stockbroker, to robowealth manager to whatever comes next…. (payments maybe?) has appointed June Yee Felix as the new CEO. June Felix replaces the previous CEO Peter Hetherington who stepped down in in September this year.
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Saxo has launched CFD index options on 15 of the major global indices. It’s a nice addition to Saxo’s already excellent options offering. You can already trade on exchange index options, forex options, equity options on SaxoTraderGo (compare options brokers here). The options are European style and settle as cash (as opposed to American style
Saxo expands it’s tradeable CFD & Options universe with CFD Index Options Read More »
Saxo, one of the few brokers out there who deal with private clients and produce research that is informative, applicable and sometimes outrageous have released their Q4 outlook. Most other spread betting and CFD platforms shy away from giving market outlooks, advice or even implied advice. However, Saxo, deal with more of an institutional client base
Here’s what Saxo thinks is going to happen to the markets in Q4: #SaxoStrats Read More »
Spread betting is one of the greatest innovations in financial markets for the private investor and trader of the last two decades. It has opened up markets and strategies that were previously reserved for professional and institutional investors. By betting on the movement of a share price instead of investing traders can leverage, go short
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Never mind the ESMA rules. The markets are becoming more and more volatile and the major spread betting brokers have increased margin rates for retail clients. Here are 3 reasons why spread betting brokers put margin rates up. 1) They are based on volatility This is obviously going to upset a few traders, but the bottom
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The right spread betting strategy can make a huge difference to your trading. The market is a ferocious beast and will gobble up the hard earned money of the unprepared quickly. Give yourself a bit of an edge when trading by making sure you stick to a spread betting strategy. Here’s a quick four-step guide
A change of strategy towards high net worths and professional clients has helped ETX turn the corner and buck the trend returning to profitability. Despite the recent ESMA regulatory changes ETX Capital has moved back into the black. After recording a loss back in 2016, they returned to modest profit as they refocused their attention on
News has emerged this week that InterTrader has expanded its financial footprint by buying CFD broker Sigma Trading. It is just one of a number of developments which show how the ESMA’s restrictions on leverage are beginning to take hold. Sigma Trading’s performance has been pretty robust. Last year it had revenues of £16.8 million
Sigma Trading acquired by InterTrader/GVC as institutional investors come knocking. Read More »
CMC Markets has a bright new TV advert which reminds us all about how the big moments in history can shape the markets. CMC markets has been reminding us all of the power of moments with their latest TV advert. However, they are having a bit of a moment of their own with some disappointing
CMC Markets new TV adverts and the “Power of Moments” Read More »
Even though it is unique to the UK, spread betting on US stocks gives traders the ability to bet on stocks across the pond. Spread betting is unique to the UK, in that it offers UK residents a tax free way to potentially profit on short-term moves in the US financial markets. The US Stock market
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