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How to Meet a Margin Call with a Stop Order
Jump straight to the book, or… This morning I received a “Margin Call” email from SpreadCo asking me to deposit additional funds in order to keep my open trades alive. Don’t be alarmed — this is a small account (so it’s not a big deal) in which I had pretty much invested 100% of my […]
Horses for Courses: Which Spread Betting Company?
By Tony on July 3, 2012 in capital spreads, etx capital, financial spreads, intertrader, spread co, spreadco, spreadex, stop orders
Jump straight to the book, or… Over on my “Talk with Tony” page, Martin asked me an interesting question about which spread betting company I would choose as a preference. He asked… “If it’s not too personal a question, what spread betting company to you place the majority of your smaller (i.e. £1 Point Spread Bets […]
Trade of The Week: Ocado
By Tony on June 29, 2012 in capital spreads, ig index, intertrader, ocado, price gap, stop orders, trade of the week
Unusually for me, this week’s trade of the week is a short trade. I took inspiration to engage in a little more short trading from “Evil Knievel’s Guide to successfully shorting stocks” in Issue 03 of Spreadbet Magazine. Not that he recommended this particular trade, but the article did remind me how my preferred position […]
And another thing…
It didn’t make the deadline for the first publication of my Better Spread Betting book, but here’s what Ajay Pabari, Founder and CEO of Spread Co said in response to my question “If you could give just one piece of advice to a spread bettor, what would it be?”: Be smart in the use of leverage. Margin can be a very […]
Talk with Tony (about Guaranteed Stops)
By Tony on June 28, 2012 in better spread betting, capital spreads, ig index, intertrader, position trading, stop orders
Over on my “Talk with Tony” page, Martin asked a question that I think deserves a fuller answer here in the form of a blog post. Unless I’m mistaken, this is the same Martin who just reviewed my Better Spread Betting and Position Trading books over on Amazon.co.uk. Thanks, Martin, but unfortunately your cheque is […]
New Spread Betting Platforms from SpreadEx and Spread Co
Jump straight to the book, or… Both SpreadEx and SpreadCo announced new spread betting platforms recently, so now might be a good time to take a look at them again if you haven’t for some time. I like the look of the new SpreadEx platform, and the new SpreadCo platform which launches on 30 June 2012 will (among other […]
Retrospective Guaranteed Stop Orders
Jump straight to the book on Amazon, or… In the Better Spread Betting book I talk about how some spread betting brands such as Capital Spreads and InterTrader allow you to guarantee your stops orders retrospectively, whereas other spread betting companies don’t. Here is a concrete example: On 14 June 2012 I opened a long spread […]
Stop to read the 5-star reviews of my Stop Orders book.
Now that I have taken up permanent residence here on the Better Spread Betting blog, I’ll be starting to post interesting updates on my favourite topics of Stop Orders and Position Trading as well as Better Spread Betting. Let me kick off the more comprehensive (and regular) blogging by marvelling at the fact that my […]
STOP ORDERS (the book)
Read the excellent reviews on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com and then… Buy from the Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, or from your local bookstore quoting ISBN 1906659281. Buy the Kindle e-book (USA or UK). Whether you are a trader, an investor, or a spread bettor, you should regard the stop order as essential in helping you lock in your profits and succeed in the markets. Do you know how to apply stop […]