Softs spread betting markets may also be available through other companies. Notes.
2)Where can I find Live Spread Betting Prices for the Live Cattle Market?
For Commodities 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 Live Cattle 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 Commodities 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 Commodities candlestick charts are currently available with:
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4) How do you Spread Bet on the Live Cattle Market to Go Up?
Live Cattle Spread Trading Example
If you decide to spread trade on a commodity like Live Cattle then, on visiting a spread betting company website, you would currently find a spread trading price of $90.65 - $90.80.
As a result, you could bet on Live Cattle to go higher than $90.80 or to go lower than $90.65.
When you spread bet, you trade on every unit the market increases or decreases. With the Live Cattle market a unit is $0.01 of the commodity's price movement.
Accordingly, you could decide to spread bet £2 for every $0.01 Live Cattle moves up or down.
Spread Betting on the Market to Rise
If you were to go long of Live Cattle at $90.80 and the commodity went up then the spread could change to $91.39 - $91.54. In that case, you could decide to take your profits by closing your trade at $91.39.
Your P&L = (final value of the market - initial value of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your P&L = ($91.39 - $90.80) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your P&L = $0.59 x £2 per $0.01
Your P&L = £118 profit
The markets can of course fall, if the market dropped to, for example, $90.16 - $90.31, you may want to close your spread bet to restrict your losses. If that were to happen, you would sell the market at $90.16.
So, with the same £2 per $0.01 stake:
Your P&L = (final value of the market - initial value of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your P&L = ($90.16 - $90.80) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your P&L = -$0.64 x £2 per $0.01
Your P&L = -£128 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the Live Cattle Market to Go Down?
A key benefit of spread betting is that investors can short the markets.
When we began this example, the spread betting price was $90.65 - $90.80.
If you were to go short of Live Cattle at $90.65 and the commodity decreased then the market might be re-priced at $89.97 - $90.12. Assuming this was the case, you could close your spread trade at $90.12.
Your P&L = (initial value of the market - final value of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your P&L = ($90.65 - $90.12) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your P&L = $0.53 x £2 per $0.01
Your P&L = £106 profit
The markets can of course rise, if the market increased to, for example, $91.07 - $91.22, you could choose to close your bet to restrict your losses. If that happened, you would buy the market at $91.22.
With the same £2 per $0.01 stake:
Your P&L = (initial value of the market - final value of the market) x stake per $0.01
Your P&L = ($90.65 - $91.22) x £2 per $0.01 stake
Your P&L = -$0.57 x £2 per $0.01
Your P&L = -£114 loss
Live Cattle (April) spread betting market taken as of 21-Jan-10.
6) Where can I find more on Spread Betting on Commodities?
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.
'Live Cattle Spread Betting', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 19-Jan-12
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