Alex Johnson
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Spread Betting for a Living
Spread betting lets traders speculate on financial market prices without owning the underlying assets. Spread betting is a full-time occupation for many Brits. Flexibility, tax benefits, and global market access are appealing. A livelihood from spread betting needs dedication, strategy, and risk management, not simply a few winning deals.
By Alex Johnson6 months ago in Trader
What Is the Future of My Forex Fund?
My Forex Funds is a fairly well-known platform for traders looking to get involved in Forex trading. It offers convenient integration with popular trading platforms, competitive profit-sharing conditions, and opportunities for capital scaling. So, in this article let’s learn about My Forex Fund.
By Alex Johnson6 months ago in Trader
The Traders' Nightmare: Can You Owe Your Broker Money?
If you’re new to trading, especially forex or CFDs, you’ve probably had this thought. It usually shows up around 3 AM, after you’ve been staring at charts for too long. It’s a cold, quiet, creeping question that you’re almost afraid to Google: “Can I lose more money than I put in my account?”
By Alex Johnson6 months ago in Trader
Spread Betting Tips for Beginners
Spread betting, a popular form of financial speculation, allows traders to profit from both rising and falling markets without owning the underlying asset. Unlike traditional investing, where the profit is tied to the size of the price movement, spread betting amplifies both potential gains and losses. Given the inherent risks and rewards, it’s crucial to approach spread betting with a well-informed strategy. This article provides practical tips for those looking to engage in spread betting, ensuring that you maximize your opportunities while minimizing potential pitfalls.
By Alex Johnsonabout a year ago in Trader
Stocks vs Forex - Which Market to Trade?
Whenever a trading style is to be tested or compared, the benchmark has to be share dealing. Usually completely unleveraged, share dealing represents the birthplace of all modern trading, and a basis on which many forms of trading are still based. For example, a large number of derivatives’ transactions draw roots from underlying shares in listed companies. The involvements of the stock markets in delivering long term, lower risk returns to pension funds and insurers and banks is central to the global economy, as is the capital the markets provide to those companies engaging in them. Yet for speculators, respect and nostalgia mean nothing, and the ability to trade in the forex markets for significant increased returns has naturally made it a more popular venue for a new generation of traders.
By Alex Johnsonabout a year ago in Trader
Spread Betting on Shares
Spread betting has emerged as a compelling choice for short-term investors, presenting numerous advantages over traditional market betting methods. Recent shifts in capital gains tax and lower interest rates have further intensified the appeal of spread betting for short-term investors. Notably, the absence of stamp duty on trades adds to its allure, creating an additional incentive for those seeking to navigate market fluctuations more efficiently.
By Alex Johnson2 years ago in Trader
3D Printing Stocks: Should You Invest?
Although the economy is still in bad shape and many people are skittish about investing, there are still commodities and futures that those in the know are willing to gamble on. The price of gold has been doing well over the past couple of years, so a lot of people are still putting their money into bullion. It might be risky to invest in the new technology and ideas but it is the bold and ambitious who invest early and reap the rewards while other are in two minds evaluating and calculating the risks involved.
By Alex Johnson4 years ago in Trader
Forex Trading And The Need To Find A Reliable Broker
Starting off with a new forex account is usually a nervy task for some people as they are wary of the fact of losing their hard-earned money either by the immature trading or getting trapped by the Forex scammers out there. You must have heard about the Forex scams where unreliable brokers trap their clients by enticing them to open their accounts as a huge bonus would be added to their balance. Such brokers often cheat on their clients by not replying to their withdrawal request and hence embezzle their funds; especially of those who reside in other countries.
By Alex Johnson5 years ago in Trader
Share Trading Tips and Strategies
If you are looking to build a great portfolio, share dealing is one of the best ways to do it. This is a great and flexible market that can grant you some really substantial profits. It is learning about the many investing tools and principles that are what it takes to make investing successful. The company that wants to grow and raise capital will sell shares. Those who own the shares are said to have a partial ownership to the company.
By Alex Johnson5 years ago in Trader
Trading International Shares With CFDs
The Australian share market counts for about 2% of global share markets by capitalisation. If you multiply a company's share price by the number of outstanding shares (meaning shares that have been authorised to, issued to and bought by investors), the value is that company's market capitalisation. So the market capitalisation of the Australian share market would involve performing this calculation on every company in the share market - and this still only counts for 2% of global market capitalisation!
By Alex Johnson5 years ago in Trader
Profiting From A Falling Market With CFds
Increased use of CFDs has been cited by Wall Street and City professionals as one potential reason for the extreme volatility sometimes witnessed in individual shares. Therefore, basic risk strategies need to be adhered to when trading any leveraged product.
By Alex Johnson5 years ago in Trader
