Patsong 100$ on Trading

Deciding on a topic for this article, I reviewed the top ranked articles in T2W and found some fantastic material. I did not however find inspiration for a new article idea that readers may like. Perhaps strangely, I then looked at the lowest rated articles...

What’s it like then? Here’s an example –
I decide that National Semiconductor (NSM) looks like it’s going to go up, it’s one of the tickers listed in ‘my portfolio’ which is the tab I have selected most of the time.
On the line alongside each share name in the portfolio (or share listing screens) there’s a button labelled ‘trade’ next to a small blank box. I click on the box so that I can type my stake into it, and as I’m small fry I type ‘1’ in to inform them that...

I have, occasionally, had the PC play silly B's while I have bets in play, and recovered it all quickly enough not to worry – but commonsense dictates that you keep a note of your account details and the spreadbet company’s phone number to hand. You...

IMR means the “initial margin requirement”, and basically it tells you how many pounds must be free for trading for every point bet on each share, index etc. On Capital Spreads AXP (I got fed up typing American Express, that’s the ticker for it), has...