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There are many places you can find market information and trading
resources; we have listed some of the ones we think you'll find of
most use below, split into which level of Spread Trading experience
we think they are most suitable for.
Novice
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Starter's Guide to Spread Trading -
if
you are interested in Spread Betting, but have no prior experience, our
Starter's Guide
is a great way to get started. It's FREE, and gives you a step-by-step tutorial
on how to become a Spread Trader, as well as access to a special
reduced-risk Spread Betting trading account, and one of our three Simple
Strategies to practice with.
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Free market information emails - the
best of these are
ADVFN’s
daily Euro Markets Bulletins; click the 'Free Membership' button to set up a free account,
and you can then choose to receive these emails in the morning,
evening or both.
Digital Look
also offers a useful free email service, focusing more on specific
markets such as commodities and currencies.
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Glossary - definitions
of the jargon commonly used with Spread Trading. Our own comprehensive
glossary
is available here, and is also accessible from the Control Panel
for all our products and services. We think most of the terms
you are likely to come across are in our glossary, but if you do
happen to find one that isn't,
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Intermediate
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Spread Betting account - once you're ready to start trading
you'll need an account with which to do so. We trade with
IG Index, as in our experience they have the best overall
combination of dealing platform, spreads, reputation and service.
Opening an account with IG Index is free, and they'll typically
process your application with a day or two.
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Trading system - The Simple Day-Trading System
is one of the cheapest and
simplest trading systems available, and makes it possible for
anyone with at least a basic understanding of Spread Betting to
profit trading the markets.
We offer three different packages to suit different budgets and
trading objectives, all of which we believe are excellent value for
money.
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Intermediate level magazine -
MoneyWeek
is an excellent read, giving you an informed analysis of the
markets, all written in plain English,
making it suitable for anyone with an interest in the financial
markets. It will give you some
good ideas and tips of which securities
and markets you could profit from trading using our Simple
Strategies.
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Advanced
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Further reading - if you really want to become a
Spread Trading expert you’ll need to
broaden your horizons from the resources listed in the 'Intermediate'
section and read around the subject. Amazon
is unsurprisingly the best place to find books on Spread Betting; that link
will take you straight to a list of their most popular Spread
Betting books.
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Data mining software -
ShareScope is a powerful market data analysis and charting
package. ShareScope is where we get much of the data from to produce our
Weekly Markets Round-up & Tips Digest, so if you would like to do
some data mining of your own to try and identify some potential
trading opportunities, then this is the best tool for doing so.
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Advanced level magazine -
The Economist is undoubtedly one of the
most insightful financial publications available in the UK, giving a
thorough commentary and analysis of world markets and politics. It is however a hard read, and therefore we think
suitable only for those who are
committed and able to understand complex economic and political issues.
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