Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
Robinhood options trading has come to UK customers of the investment app. From today, Robinhood customers in the UK can now trade options on stocks and indices. The upgrade addresses the biggest disappointment the Good Money Guide had with the investment app and puts it in a much more competitive position. This is because there […]
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If you’re a keen cyclist and want to invest in your hobby (even more so than the fortune you’ve spent on bicycles and apparel over the years), we’ve put together a list of some of the major publically traded bicycle manufacturers. However, there are three household cycling brands that investors can buy into. Do buy
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Someone once said, “the key to wealth is not playing in the casino, but owning the casino”. It’s often attributed to Rothschild, but that’s not definatively documented. However, it does make sense. Trading is often considered a gamble by those who don’t understand it and form a high percentage of those who lose money. So,
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FCA-regulated forex broker OANDA is now offering share CFDs (contracts for difference) in the UK. The broker has rolled out share CFDs on US and European listed stocks through its UK-regulated subsidiary OANDA Europe. CFDs allow traders to speculate on the price of assets without actually owning them, though most retail investors lose money when
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You may not know it, but even though spread betting is commission free there can be huge costs to trading is you pick the wrong trading platform. Here, we look at the main costs which you will probably encounter once you start trading with a spread betting firm. You can also use our spread betting
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CMC Markets has extended its trading hours on more than 80 US stocks. Users of the platform will now be able to trade these stocks from 9am until 9pm UK time, from 10 February 2025. This means they can trade in the pre-market session before the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq open at 2:30pm
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The FinMark Summit (FMS), a new industry summit drawing leading brokers and investment platforms, will launch in April and is slated to host a number of top figures in the industry. FMS has been organised by financial journalist and marketer David Kimberley, the founder of broker news publication Tradeinformer. It will be held in the
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Investing in gold has been a sought-after commodity for wealth hunters and an actively traded asset for hundreds of years. The precious metal acts as a store of value, a hedge against inflation, and the excess printing of fiat or paper currencies. Gold is seen by many investors as being largely uncorrelated to the performance
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My Instagram feed is getting worse, litterally every other post is a trading scam advert. When browsing through Instagram it is completely evident that there is zero control over what is posted, portrayed and promoted for potential traders. Every single post looks like a get-rich-quick scam with supercars, champagne and “lifestyle” finfluencer traders seemingly making
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Binary options let professionals trade options on a win-a-bit or lose-all basis and have become massively popular over the years for traders seeking short-term profits. They are legal in the US on regulated exchanges but not in the UK because they were essentially used as a vehicle for criminals based offshore to rob customers through
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