Description
Book SynopsisKeen to try your hand at financial spread betting? Perhaps you re already investing in shares and looking for other strategies to maximise your profits. Or maybe you ve just heard the buzz and want to find out what all the fuss is about.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Financial Spread Betting 7
Chapter 1: Deciding Whether Financial Spread Betting Is For You 9
Chapter 2: Setting Yourself Up for Success 25
Chapter 3: Making the Most of Financial Spread Betting 35
Part II: Touring the Spread Betting Marketplace 47
Chapter 4: Spread Betting on Share Markets 49
Chapter 5: Taking on the World of Foreign Exchange 63
Chapter 6: Following the Big Guns: Spread Betting on Indexes 77
Chapter 7: Venturing into Commodities and Interest Rate Products 91
Part III: Keeping Risk Under Control 107
Chapter 8: Managing Risk: Your Key to Trading Survival 109
Chapter 9: Mastering Position Sizing 123
Part IV: Trading Strategies 131
Chapter 10: Making Informed Decisions Based on the Economy 133
Chapter 11: Understanding Trading Methods 151
Chapter 12: Taking Lessons from Hedge Funds 169
Chapter 13: Ah! Technical Analysis 179
Chapter 14: Charting Spread Bets with Software 195
Part V: Knowing Where You’re Going 207
Chapter 15: Analysing Your Trading Behaviour 209
Chapter 16: Developing a Trading Plan 217
Chapter 17: Tracking Your Progress 231
Part VI: The Part of Tens 239
Chapter 18: Ten Common Mistakes Beginners Make When Spread Betting 241
Chapter 19: Ten Lessons for Dealing with Leverage 247
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Plan Your Trades 253
Appendix A: Glossary 259
Index 279
