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 Cisco Systems 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 Cisco Systems 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 Cisco Systems Market to Go Up?
Cisco Systems Spread Trading Example
If you decide to spread bet on US shares such as Cisco Systems then, on visiting a spread trading site, at the moment you would see a spread trading price of $24.60 - $24.65.
This means you can spread trade on Cisco Systems shares to go above $24.65 or below $24.60.
When making a spread bet, you trade on every unit the market increases or decreases. In the case of the Cisco market a unit is $0.01 of the share's price movement.
With this example, you might decide to trade £2 for every cent that the Cisco Systems share price moves up or down.
Betting on the Market to Go Up
If you were to go long of Cisco Systems at $24.65 and the shares increased then the spread might change to $25.14 - $25.19. Therefore, you might choose to close your bet for a profit at $25.14.
P&L = (settlement price of the market - initial price of the market) x stake per cent
P&L = ($25.14 - $24.65) x £2 per cent stake
P&L = $0.49 x £2 per cent
P&L = £98 profit
Markets can also fall, if the market had moved down to $24.22 - $24.27, you might want to close your spread bet to limit your losses. If that were to happen, you would sell at $24.22.
Therefore, with the same £2 per cent stake:
P&L = (settlement price of the market - initial price of the market) x stake per cent
P&L = ($24.22 - $24.65) x £2 per cent stake
P&L = -$0.43 x £2 per cent
P&L = -£86 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the Cisco Systems Market to Go Down?
One of the many benefits of using a spread bet is that investors can go short of the markets.
At the start of the example, the market was $24.60 - $24.65.
If you were to go short of Cisco Systems at $24.60 and the shares fell then the market might be re-priced at $24.08 - $24.13. Assuming this was the case, you might decide to close your bet for a profit at $24.13.
P&L = (initial price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
P&L = ($24.60 - $24.13) x £2 per cent stake
P&L = $0.47 x £2 per cent
P&L = £94 profit
Of course, if the market had increased to, as an example, $24.96 - $25.01, you might want to close your bet to restrict your losses. In that case, you would buy your spread bet at $25.01.
You would close your bet with the same £2 per cent stake:
P&L = (initial price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
P&L = ($24.60 - $25.01) x £2 per cent stake
P&L = -$0.41 x £2 per cent
P&L = -£82 loss
Cisco Systems Rolling Daily spread betting prices taken as of 19-Jan-10.
Note that you can also spread bet US Shares with CMC Markets.
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.
'Cisco Systems Spread Betting', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 27-Apr-12
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