Spreadex www.financial-spread-betting.com What general advice would you give a spread betting beginner? Andy MacKenzie of Spreadex responds. Do you research and trade markets that you know about and that you’re familiar with. Start out small with sensible stake sizes. Maybe paper trade or use a spread betting demo account so that you can see which trades would have made or lost money.

Spread betting tips www.financial-spread-betting.com and trading strategies Like everything else, you are more likely to make mistakes when you are starting out in spread betting. So start small. What are you going to spread trade? Different assets trade differently and require different skills. I would suggest you to start with slow paced UK FTSE 100 stocks, preferably expensive blue chip stocks that are very liquid. It also makes sense to choose shares with less volatility such as insurance companies and banks as opposed to miners