Spread Betting
Why us?
Spread Betting with Interactive Investor
With our leading account you’ll get highly competitive spreads across a huge range of global markets. All accessed via award-winning trading software:
- Very tight spreads and competitive pricing on thousands of instruments
- Award-winning trading software for desktop, web and mobile
- iPhone and iPad Apps available – search for IM Mobile
- Deal and manage orders directly from charts
- Full suite of risk management tools from guaranteed to trailing stops
- 24-hour service and support
Why Spread Betting?
Why Spread Betting?
Spread Betting is an alternative form of trading to share dealing, where you can trade on market movements to take advantage of both rising and falling prices, 24 hours a day.
- Profits are exempt from capital gains tax and stamp duty (tax laws may change)
- Potential to profit from falling as well as rising prices
- No fees to pay (the only charge is our dealing spread)
- Geared trading - open positions without putting up the full transaction value
- Trade indices and sectors, eg FTSE 100, commodities, metals and Forex
- Instant access to global financial markets, including new frontier economies
iPhone App
Trade on the move
Our iPhone app means you can touch, swipe and trade on the move
- Trade spread bets with market, stop, limit and more orders
- View buy and sell quotes, daily highs and lows, open and close and more
- Stay informed of market news with an up-to-the-minute news ticker
- Watch and analyse the market with full screen charts, three chart types, seven timeframes and 16 different technical indicator
- App Store: IM Mobile
Markets
Tradeable markets
Our superior platform offers you global access to global markets
See our MIS page for the full range of tradable instruments.
Tight spreads
Tight spreads and low margins
Tight spreads and low margins across our wide range of markets:
| Tighter Spreads | Lower Margins | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE | From 1 point | FTSE | 0.75% |
| Dow | From 1 point | Dow | 0.75% |
| Dax | From 1 point | Dax | 0.5% |
| Cac |
From 1 point |
Cac | 0.5% |
| ASX200 | From 0.5 points | ASX200 | 0.5% |
| EUR/USD | As low as 1 pip | EUR/USD | 1% |
| USD/JPY |
As low as 1 pip |
USD/JPY | 1% |
| GBD/USD | As low as 2 pips | GBD/USD | 1% |
| USD/CHF | As low as 2 pips | USD/CHF | 1% |
Screen Shots
Web application
- Easy access from web browser
- Multiple charting capabilities
- One click dealing
- Trade from charts
- Full range of order types
- Real time news and analysis
Interactive markets trader
- All the web options plus
- Fully customisable interface
- Save multiple layouts
- Huge range of charting options
- Autochartist
- Feature rich
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- "If you're going to panic, panic early."
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Richard Dennis, on Turtle Trading- "The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity."
Leonard Ravenhill- "Experienced traders control risk, inexperienced traders chase gains."
Alan Farley- "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
John Maynard Keynes- "My first rule is not to lose money. Losing an opportunity is minor in comparison, because there are always new opportunities around the corner."
Burt Dohmen- "We must remove the emotional element as quickly as possible in trading. If you can do it before you put on a position, you have a good start."
- "There are only 3 rules. Rule number 1: Don't lose money. Rule number 2: Don't forget rule number 1. Rule number 3: The only thing you should be holding overnight is your teddy."
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Open a Spread Betting account to gain access to thousands of financial instruments globally.
Risk Warning: When trading CFDs, spot forex or spread bets you can lose more than your initial deposit. Please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.
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