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Spread Betting Providers Call For Stricter FSA Oversight

Filipe R. Costa — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:00:31 +0000

Three of the biggest spread betting providers are calling for stricter oversight of the industry after the recent Worldspreads and MF Global bankruptcies showed several flaws in the FSA supervision role. One of the most important rules governing the financial activity respects to the segregation of client funds. Spread betting and CFD providers should separate [...]

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Capital Spreads Cut Forex Spreads

Filipe R. Costa — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:09:46 +0000

Capital Spreads, a London-based spread betting company, has just slashed spreads on several foreign exchange markets, including many majors. The cut in spreads was significant with many currency pairs now offering a bid-offer spread that is 50% less than before. The average cut was around 35%. Spread traders looking for USD/JPY can now trade with [...]

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London Capital Returns To Profit On Record Trading

Filipe R. Costa — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:22:03 +0000

London Capital Group, the parent company for the UK based spread betting provider Capital Spreads, presented strong preliminary final year results for 2011. After a difficult year of 2010 in which the company was not able to end with a profit, 2011 was much more favourable in terms of trading conditions. Volatility increased in the [...]

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Spread Traders Unconvinced With Rally

Filipe R. Costa — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:32:38 +0000

Although financial markets have been rising in an impressive way, it seems that spread betting traders are still unconvinced with the bullish prospects and prefer to continue opposing the rally. According to Simon Denham, CEO of Capital Spreads, clients have been shorting every kind of instrument from the FTSE, to the S&P, the Euro, and [...]

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London Capital Revenues Up 13%

Filipe R. Costa — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:15:01 +0000

London Capital Group, the parent company for Capital Spreads, has released a trading update concerning its full year results for the financial year ended 31 December 2011. Profit before tax and exceptional items is expected to be in line with market expectations. The group experienced an increase of 13% in revenue that grew to £39.0m [...]

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Spread Betting the Brent – WTI Spread

Filipe R. Costa — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:48:09 +0000

A few years ago, most retail trading was concentrated in shares and currencies. Commodities and precious metals like oil or gold were for experienced and professional traders with large portfolios. Most of the action in the commodities markets was carried through futures exchanges, and trading was in large lots. Nowadays things are changed. Commodities are [...]

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Capital Spreads Introduces Trailing Stops

Filipe R. Costa — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:57:06 +0000

Capital Spreads, one of the largest spread betting providers based in the UK, has just introduced a new tool for their clients to manage risk – trailing stops. Starting today, clients can better protect their profits against unfavourable market moves. Capital Spreads clients can now see the trailing stop feature inside the market ticker. When [...]

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Capital Spreads Launches A Limited Risk Account

Filipe R. Costa — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:43:47 +0000

Capital Spreads, one of the leading spread betting companies, has just launched a new type of account with limited risk in order to protect more inexperienced traders and those looking for a safety net. The new account is denominated as Limited Risk Account and as the name suggests it has the risk limited to the [...]

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London Capital Group 1H Trading Update

Filipe R. Costa — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:34:13 +0000

London Capital Group Holding Plc (LCG), owner of Capital Spreads, a London-based CFD and spread betting provider, has just issued a statement in respect of its first half 2011 results for the period ended 30 June. At the same time the company announced it would report its interim results on August 18th. LCG’s management expects [...]

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Capital Spreads Changes Its Chart Package

Filipe R. Costa — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:53:44 +0000

Capital Spreads, a London-based financial spread betting company, is planning to subscribe to a new charting package to help traders make more rigorous choices. Currently Capital Spreads offers a simple charting package to its customers provided by IT Finance. The software allows changing time frames, drawing basic lines, and checking several technical indicators, but clients [...]

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