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Spread Betting

Spread Betting is one of the fastest-paced trading tools available. For those who like the thrill of the risk, speedy trading and a challenge, spread betting is worth a look. Financial Spread Betting involves the trader speculating on whether the value of a share price or market will rise or fall.

Rather than buying (or selling) the underlying share, the trader is merely guessing on its movement – therefore, traders can make money in both “rise” or “fall” situations depending on which way they set their bet.

As markets are highly volatile, spread betting is highly risky – where one day the direction of a market may have seemed clear, it may suddenly change due to a variety of factors. Therefore, where you may have been on to a surefire win one moment, you could also lose all of your invested capital the next. That said, spread betting does not require a particularly large amount of money to get going.

Company	EST	Deposit Margin	Spread Type	Spread	O/N Interest (Long)	O/N Interest (Short)	Trade Min	BB	Account Min	Account Max	More Info
IG Index Spread Betting	UK 1974 (FSA)	2-50%Depending on contract.	Fixed / Variable	1-2 pips From 1 pip FX, 2 pips Indices, 0.1% equities	+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	-2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	20p per point	Yes	£0	Unlimited
	IG Index is the oldest Spread Betting company and has been operating since 1974. We are market leaders in Spread Betting with the widest range of products, award winning technology and class leading customer support.
Capital Spreads	UK 1996 (FSA)	3-15% Depending on contract	Fixed / Variable	1 pip From 1 pip Indices, 2 pip FX, 0.1% equities	+2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate)	-2% RFR (Relevant Funding Rate)	100p per point	Yes	£0	Unlimited
	Capital Spreads is a division of London Capital Group Holdings plc, an AIM listed Financial Services organisation. Capital Spreads' is one of the UK's leading financial spread betting companies offering great value for money and an unrivalled customer service to our clients.
ETX Capital	UK 2002 (FSA)	1-50% Depending on contract	Fixed / Variable	1-4 pips From 1 pip Indices, 2 pips FX, 0.1% equities	+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	50p per point	No	£100	Unlimited
	ETX Capital is a spread betting company based in the City of London. In addition to offering CFDs and Spread Bets on thousands of markets covering the world’s major indices, equities (share prices), commodities, options and FX markets. Our recently launched trading platform gives you access to the world's markets with minimum bet levels of 50 pence per point to maximum bet levels of £500 per point or more depending on the markets and type of service. ETX additionally offers free advanced charting packages, educational webinars and seminars
Gekko Global Marketsl	UK 2007 (FSA)	5-15% Depends on product	Fixed / Variable	From 0.001% Depends on product	BOE rate +2%	BOE rate -2%	20p per point	No	£50	Unlimited
	25% Cash Bonus on initial deposit, up to £500 (T&C apply)! Gekko Global Markets Ltd. is a dedicated service provider for spread betting, CFD and FX trading. The company was founded in 2007 and has already established a presence throughout Europe. Gekko’s proprietary trading platform is designed by a team of experienced traders. The platform’s user-friendliness and execution speed have gained trust from both new and sophisticated traders
ProSpreads	Gibraltar 2005 (FSC)	5–15% Exchange Margin x 5	Fixed	0.25–0.5 point Fixed around underlying	No interest charges	No interest charges	300p per point	No	£1,000	Unlimited
	ProSpreads is unique in that it provides users with the same functionality that is available from a Direct Market Access broker. As a result attracts the serious speculator who is looking for that extra edge. ProSpreads references its spread bet price directly from the underlying market price. This means that whatever the underlying price is the spread bet equivalent will be reflected. So you cannot be re-quoted and the price cannot be moved to extremes away from the underlying price.
Cantor Index Spread Betting	UK 1998 (FSA)	2.5%-70% Depending on contract	Fixed / Variable	From 1 pip 1 tick FX, 2 tick indices,0.3% equities	Currently between LIBOR +1.75 and 2.5%	Currently between LIBOR +1.75 and 2.5%	100p per point	No	£0	Unlimited
	Cantor Index is a leading financial spread betting company, established in 2000, offering spread bets on a wide range of global markets including indices, equities, foreign exchange and commodities. Spread betting is margin trading on financial products allowing clients to profit from both rising and falling markets. At Cantor Index we are dedicated to offering our clients value spread betting. As a result on our Daily Rolling Spot FX we offer 1 tick spreads on 2 of our major currency pairs. In addition our spread on GBP/USD is just 2 ticks, giving even more value to our clients and underlining our competitive service.
MF Global Spreads	UK 2004 (FSA)	1.25-99.75% Price x initial margin x stake.	Fixed / Variable	1-3 pips Depends on product.	2.5% above London Interbank bid rate	2.5% below London Interbank bid rate	20p per point	Yes	£0	Unlimited
	MF Global Ltd. is the world's leading broker for exchange-traded futures and options and a leading intermediary in the markets for other major financial instruments around the world. We provide access to the world's largest and fastest growing financial markets through offices on five continents and affiliations with more than 70 financial exchanges. MF Global Spreads is a trading name of MF Global UK Limited and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
World Spreads	UK 2000 (FSA)	2-20% Depends on contract	Fixed / Variable	1-4 pips Depends on contract	+2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	-2.5% LIBOR or equivalent	100p per point	No	£500	Unlimited
	Financial Spread betting, self-branded as "the home of the one point spread", WorldSpreads are probably the most competitively priced firm in the marketplace. The firm has a multi-lingual platform and an extremely user friendly interactive tutorial for beginners.