I am currently in trades for both Silver and Silvercorp (SVM). The former is proving quite promising while the latter is disappointing to say the least. Considering that the metals and the gold stock index (the HUI) are now firmly moving north it is frustrating than my SVM trade is showing only a miniscule spread betting profit. (more…)

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An important part of  financial spread betting is managing the inevitable individual trading losses that will occur. Money management discipline has been pounded home in every trading book and seminar by every guru or market wizard. The mantra goes: manage your losses and the wins will take care of themselves. (more…)

One of the things financial spread betting has done has brought a whole range of capital markets to the attention of the retail investor. Spread betters can trade stocks on a wide variety of world indices, as well as bet on commodities, currencies and bonds all from one trading platform. Even the professionals and institutions would have difficulty doing this. (more…)

Most traders and financial spread betters lose money consistently. There are a number of factors why this happens. Some are psychological; others are because of poor analysis, while others still are due to money management issues. Many of the reasons that regular losses occur can be boiled down to one factor; traders and spread betters over-complicate things.  (more…)