Spread betting markets on US Shares may also be available through other companies. Notes.
2)Where can I find Live Spread Betting Prices for the Apple Market?
For US Stocks and 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 Apple 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 US Stocks and 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 US Stocks and Shares candlestick charts are currently available with:
Trading Charts?
Spread betting charts may also be available from other companies. Notes.
Sample US Shares Chart from Financial Spreads:
4) How do you Spread Bet on the Apple Market to Go Up?
Apple Spread Trading Example
Should you decide to spread bet on US shares like Apple then, looking at a spread trading company's website, at the moment you would find a spread of $210.72 - $211.08.
This means you can spread trade on Apple to go above $211.08 or below $210.72.
With spread betting, investors bet on every unit the market increases or decreases; for the Apple market a unit is $0.01 of the share's price movement.
In this case, you could choose to spread bet £1 for every cent Apple increases or decreases.
Buying - Spread Betting on the Market to Rise
If you were to go long of Apple at $211.08 and the shares rose then you might see the spread move to $212.35 - $212.71. Assuming this was the case, you could decide to take your profits by closing your trade at $212.35.
Profit/Loss = (settlement price of the market - initial price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = ($212.35 - $211.08) x £1 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = $1.27 x £1 per cent
Profit/Loss = £127 profit
Nevertheless, if the market had moved down to, as an example, $209.92 - $210.28, you might want to close your spread bet to restrict your losses. In that case, you would sell the market at $209.92.
You would do this with the same £1 per cent stake:
Profit/Loss = (settlement price of the market - initial price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = ($209.92 - $211.08) x £1 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = -$1.16 x £1 per cent
Profit/Loss = -£116 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the Apple Market to Go Down?
A major benefit of placing a spread trade is that you can go short of the markets.
To start with, the market was $210.72 - $211.08.
If you were to go short of Apple at $210.72 and the shares fell then the spread might become $209.16 - $209.52. If that happened, you might choose to close your trade for a profit at $209.52.
Profit/Loss = (initial price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = ($210.72 - $209.52) x £1 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = $1.20 x £1 per cent
Profit/Loss = £120 profit
Financial markets also move up, if the market were to rise to, for example, $211.46 - $211.82, you might decide to close your spread bet to prevent further losses. If that were to happen, you would buy at $211.82.
With the same £1 per cent stake:
Profit/Loss = (initial price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = ($210.72 - $211.82) x £1 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = -$1.10 x £1 per cent
Profit/Loss = -£110 loss
Apple Rolling Daily market quoted as of 07-Jan-10. This market is also available with GFT.
6) Where can I find more on Spread Betting on Shares?
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.
'Apple Spread Betting', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 3-Apr-12
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