Spread betting markets on European Shares may also be available through other companies. Notes.
2)Where can I find Live Spread Betting Prices for the 888 Market?
For UK Shares spread bets please see the above tables. Where a company offers the relevant market they will also provide clients with live prices on that market.
3) Where can I find Live Charts / Candlestick Charts for the 888 Market?
Spread betting companies often offer a variety of free data to their clients (accounts are subject to status, terms and conditions).
The most popular UK Shares data, apart from live prices, tends to be the candlestick charts. The time period of the charts can usually be varied. You can often alter the candlestick charts to show market movements in the order of 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10minutes, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 week periods.
With a number of the charts you can also update the settings to help your technical analysis. For example you can add Bollinger Bands and 20, 50 and 100 point Moving Averages and UK Shares candlestick charts are currently available with:
Trading Charts?
Spread betting charts may also be available from other companies. Notes.
Sample FTSE 100 Shares Chart from Financial Spreads:
4) How do you Spread Bet on the 888 Market to Go Up?
888 Spread Trading Example
Should you decide to spread bet on UK shares like 888 then, on visiting a spread trading website such as IG Index, at the moment you would see a spread betting price of 46.9p - 47.6p.
Therefore, you can spread trade on 888 to move higher than 47.6p or to move lower than 46.9p.
When making a spread bet, investors bet on every unit the market increases or decreases; for the 888 market a unit is 1p of the share's price movement.
Accordingly, you might decide to spread bet £25 for every penny 888 moves up or down.
Spread Betting on the Market to Increase
If you bought 888 at 47.6p and the shares increased then the spread might change to 50.7p - 51.4p. Therefore, you might want to close your bet for a profit by selling at 50.7p.
Profits (or Losses) = (settlement value of the market - opening value of the market) x stake per penny
Profits (or Losses) = (50.7p - 47.6p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or Losses) = 3.1p x £25 per penny
Profits (or Losses) = £77.50 profit
The markets can of course fall, if the market had decreased to, as an example, 44.1p - 44.8p, you might decide to close your trade to limit your losses. If that were to happen, you would sell your trade at 44.1p.
Therefore, with the same £25 per penny stake:
Profits (or Losses) = (settlement value of the market - opening value of the market) x stake per penny
Profits (or Losses) = (44.1p - 47.6p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or Losses) = -3.5p x £25 per penny
Profits (or Losses) = -£87.50 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the 888 Market to Go Down?
A major benefit of placing a spread bet is that you can sell the markets.
At the beginning of this example, the spread betting price was 46.9p - 47.6p.
If you were to sell 888 at 46.9p and the shares fell then the market might be re-priced at 43.3p - 44.0p. If that happened, you might choose to close your bet for a profit at 44.0p.
Profits (or Losses) = (opening value of the market - settlement value of the market) x stake per penny
Profits (or Losses) = (46.9p - 44.0p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or Losses) = 2.9p x £25 per penny
Profits (or Losses) = £72.50 profit
The markets can of course rise, if the market had risen to, for example, 49.4p - 50.1p, you might decide to close your bet to limit your losses. Assuming this was the case, you would buy your spread bet at 50.1p.
You would do this with the same £25 per penny stake:
Profits (or Losses) = (opening value of the market - settlement value of the market) x stake per penny
Profits (or Losses) = (46.9p - 50.1p) x £25 per penny stake
Profits (or Losses) = -3.2p x £25 per penny
Profits (or Losses) = -£80.00 loss
888 Rolling Daily spread betting market quoted as of 10-Feb-11.
Note - Spread Betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and you can lose more than your initial investment, it may not be suitable for all investors. Ensure you only speculate with money that you can afford to lose and that you fully understand the risks involved and seek independent financial advice where necessary.
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