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Financial spread betting sounds glamorous doesn’t it? Wouldn’t it sound cool if that is what you told your mates you were doing? Yes it is a great way to trade and I hope to explain more about that to you. I will also explain about what you need to be careful of as well.

You may be surprised to know how long financial spread betting has been around. It was actually invented in the seventies but was not too popular in the beginning. It was derived out of sports betting and as such it is exempt from tax in the UK. You don’t even incur any stamp duty when you start a trade.

I hate it when I am about to go on holiday and I see the price of sterling fall off a cliff. It makes for an expensive holiday. Financial spread betting allows you to hedge against that risk. If you expect it to happen or just want to protect yourself you can set up a bet so that you profit if your local currency devalues.

Being able to bet in multiple markets is a great advantage of financial spread betting. You aren’t limited to currencies. You can trade in commodities and you can trade stocks or bonds. There seem to be new market areas developing all the time. You can also bet from the same account.

Being able to trade on a margin is one of the benefits of financial spread betting. This is something that can really add to your profits. A word of warning though is that this can seriously damage your capital position if not used correctly. Make sure you understand leverage beforehand.

This has been a brief introduction into the world of financial spread betting. I do hope that you got something out of it and learned a little. Please make sure that you fully understand all the risks before you attempt to do any trading. This can be very riskk and you should really think hard about it before starting as you can lose a lot of money.