Spread betting markets on World Shares may also be available through other companies. Notes.
2)Where can I find Live Spread Betting Prices for the BHP Billiton AUS Market?
For Australian 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 BHP Billiton AUS 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 Australian 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 Australian Shares candlestick charts are currently available with:
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4) How do you Spread Bet on the BHP Billiton AUS Market to Go Up?
BHP Billiton AUS Trading Example
If you are going to spread bet on Australian shares like BHP Billiton AUS then, looking at a spread trading website, at the moment you would see a spread betting price of A$40.62 - A$40.73.
Therefore, you could spread trade on BHP Billiton AUS shares to increase above A$40.73 or decrease below A$40.62.
With spread trading, investors bet on every unit the market rises or falls; for the BHP Billiton AUS market a unit is A$0.01 of the share's price movement.
Accordingly, you could choose to trade £2 for every cent that the BHP Billiton AUS share price increases or decreases.
Betting on the Market to Go Up
If you were to buy BHP Billiton AUS at A$40.73 and the shares increased then the spread might become A$41.34 - A$41.45. If that happened, you could close your spread trade at A$41.34.
Your Profits (or Losses) = (closing value of the market - initial value of the market) x stake per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = (A$41.34 - A$40.73) x £2 per cent stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = A$0.61 x £2 per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = £122 profit
On the other hand, if the market had moved down to A$40.06 - A$40.17, you may decide to close your trade to limit your losses. If this were the case, you would sell back at A$40.06.
So, with the same £2 per cent stake:
Your Profits (or Losses) = (closing value of the market - initial value of the market) x stake per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = (A$40.06 - A$40.73) x £2 per cent stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = -A$0.67 x £2 per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = -£134 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the BHP Billiton AUS Market to Go Down?
One advantage of placing a spread bet is that you can go short of the markets.
When we started this example, the market was priced at A$40.62 - A$40.73.
If you were to sell BHP Billiton AUS at A$40.62 and the shares went down then the spread might change to A$39.96 - A$40.07. If so, you might decide to close your trade for a profit at A$40.07.
Your Profits (or Losses) = (initial value of the market - closing value of the market) x stake per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = (A$40.62 - A$40.07) x £2 per cent stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = A$0.55 x £2 per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = £110 profit
Nevertheless, if the market had moved up to, for example, A$41.11 - A$41.22, you could choose to close your trade to limit your losses. In that case, you would buy your spread bet at A$41.22.
With the same £2 per cent stake:
Your Profits (or Losses) = (initial value of the market - closing value of the market) x stake per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = (A$40.62 - A$41.22) x £2 per cent stake
Your Profits (or Losses) = -A$0.60 x £2 per cent
Your Profits (or Losses) = -£120 loss
BHP Billiton AUS Rolling Daily prices correct as of 28-Jan-10.
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.
'BHP Billiton AUS Spread Betting', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 1-Feb-12
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