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 Macquarie 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 Macquarie 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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Spread betting charts may also be available from other companies. Notes.
Sample Australian Shares Chart from Financial Spreads:
4) How do you Spread Bet on the Macquarie Market to Go Up?
Macquarie Group Financial Spread Trading Example
Should you decide to spread trade on Australian shares like Macquarie Group then, on visiting a spread betting website like Financial Spreads, at the time of writing you would find a spread trading price of A$51.05 - A$51.18.
As a result, you could spread trade on Macquarie Group shares to move above A$51.18 or below A$51.05.
When making a spread bet, investors bet on every unit the market goes up or down; specifically, for the Macquarie Group market a unit is A$0.01 of the share's price movement.
For this example, you might decide to bet £2 for every cent that the Macquarie Group share price rises or falls.
Spread Betting on the Market to Increase
If you were to go long of Macquarie Group at A$51.18 and the shares rose then the spread could change to A$51.82 - A$51.95. Therefore, you might decide to close your spread bet for a profit by selling at A$51.82.
Profit/Loss = (settlement price of the market - opening price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = (A$51.82 - A$51.18) x £2 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = A$0.64 x £2 per cent
Profit/Loss = £128 profit
Markets can also fall, if the market decreased to, for example, A$50.59 - A$50.72, you could choose to close your trade to prevent further losses. Assuming this was the case, you would sell the market at A$50.59.
With the same £2 per cent stake:
Profit/Loss = (settlement price of the market - opening price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = (A$50.59 - A$51.18) x £2 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = -A$0.59 x £2 per cent
Profit/Loss = -£118 loss
5) How do you Spread Bet on the Macquarie Market to Go Down?
One of the many benefits of spread trading is that you can short the markets.
The initial spread betting price was A$51.05 - A$51.18.
If you were to sell Macquarie Group at A$51.05 and the shares decreased then you might see the spread move to A$50.25 - A$50.38. If that happened, you might decide to close your bet for a profit at A$50.38.
Profit/Loss = (opening price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = (A$51.05 - A$50.38) x £2 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = A$0.67 x £2 per cent
Profit/Loss = £134 profit
The markets can of course rise, if the market had increased to, as an example, A$51.54 - A$51.67, you could choose to close your spread bet to restrict your losses. If that were to happen, you would buy at A$51.67.
Therefore, with the same £2 per cent stake:
Profit/Loss = (opening price of the market - settlement price of the market) x stake per cent
Profit/Loss = (A$51.05 - A$51.67) x £2 per cent stake
Profit/Loss = -A$0.62 x £2 per cent
Profit/Loss = -£124 loss
Macquarie Group Rolling Daily prices correct as of 28-Jan-10.
Note that you can also spread bet on Australian Shares with IG Index.
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.
'Macquarie Spread Betting', Guide by D. Jones, last update: 22-May-12
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