LinkedIn Soars in One Day to 109%

Posted on May.20, 2011, under News | Leave a Comment

Shares of LinkedIn wowed Wall street reaching a peak of $122 at its first day of trading on the NYSE baking the floatation of this giant in the social network arena closing out for the day with a market cap …


Everyone has to start somewhere, so here are some quick tips for spread betting beginners to help you maximize your profits and minimise your loses.

Research: Before you place a bet do your home work. You may find a spike …


Mobile Spread Betting

Posted on Apr.20, 2011, under News | Leave a Comment

Thanks to smart phones such at the iPhone, Blackberry and Android phones, mobile spread betting has taken off in its small life span. City Index announced that the number of trades made on their City TradingTM iPhone app have risen …


Spread betting is a relatively new way to trade the financial markets, available mostly in Europe and the UK, spread betting firms have offered various attractive trading services that offer the small size trader and investor a great alternative way …


Stock Options

Posted on Apr.10, 2011, under Learning Zone, The Basics | Leave a Comment

What are they?
Stock Options have been around since the early 70s, though similar in structure and pricing to the options we know today, options or more commonly referred to as ‘stock’ options are legally binding contracts that grant the …


The 2010 financial year appeared to present London Capital Group LCG with a number of challenges. The company was hit by two “one-off” impairment charges which resulted in a small reporting loss, compared to a £3.8m profit in the previous …


Turn chaos into cash

Posted on Mar.20, 2011, under News | Leave a Comment

Many investors rarely protect themselves from unexpected events which indirectly impact the value of their portfolio – these events are referred to as tail-end risk. Such events as the credit crisis, earthquakes, wars etc are catastrophic events which can have …


IG launch on-line channel

Posted on Mar.13, 2011, under News | Leave a Comment

IG Index have launched a new on-line station through Youtube.

There are four stations showing a range of broadcasts from the basics of spread betting to trading strategies and the latest market news. Its a great way to keep up-to-date …


Media reports that CMC Markets a leader in the spread betting arena is no longer to offer London’s Alternative Investment Market (Aim) positions to its customers after 21st Jan. It seems that CMC markets have stopped trading on smaller markets …


£1000 top-up Offer

Posted on Feb.04, 2011, under Offers | Leave a Comment

For customer who sign up before 31st March Intertrader will top up any initial deposits by 10% with a maximum limit of £1000.…