Private investors have easy access to the gigantic, 24-hour-day Foreign Exchange market. But it is not a place for the uninitiated, so here is our beginner’s guide to trading Forex. Watch this space for more video guides to expert trading.
Learning to read a chart is a vital weapon in the arsenal of investors and traders alike. Here we present our guide to the basics of Technical Analysis. Watch this space for more video guides to take your charting to the next level
Contracts For Difference are an increasingly important part of the private investors’ toolbox. Used correctly they are a highly effective and cheap way of taking the position you want on almost any financial instrument.
If you are going to be efficient and successful when trading CFDs it is vitally important to understand how margin works. This short film will show you all you need to know about staying safe with CFDs.
Once you’ve mastered the CFD fundamentals you can grab a few tips on how to trade effectively and how you get your head around the absolutely crucial skill of analysing and then managing your risk.
Nick Kirrage, manager of the Schroder Income Fund, looks at value investing in the first of a two-part series for iiTV. For more, read our Guide to value investing
As we get further into the techniques of spread betting one of the most important is to understand how the broker works and how the magnification of your cash deposit can have a dramatic effect on the resulting liability and profit.
Once you have opened a position and your bet is in play the next step is to understand how to keep abreast of factors which may affect the performance of your trade and how to use orders and stop losses to manage your position.
A real understanding of how to manage risk is the most vital tool in the arsenal of the spread better. To tackle a spread bet without good knowledge of risk management is tantamount to financial suicide. We unravel the best risk management techniques
The techniques of spread betting are straight forward but must be learned by all those tempted to start trading with this instrument. Here we begin with the basics of how to open a position , place your bet and unwind it again at the right time.
