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Margin changes (if implemented) will be a serious PITA.

Last week, the FCA announced a proposal that looks to make some significant rule changes to the Spread Betting industry in the UK. The most important of these changes involves raising the margin requirements for Spread Bet trading, which would mean you will need to put more money in your account...

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long march es 2255

out at 2270 Dec contract edit: i went long at 2238 not 2038!

closed equity: $30,129

You'll have to show me where it says that in IG's (or whoever) T&Cs.

You don't. Someone said that the spreadbetting firms could give you whatever quote they liked to which i responded with the arb comment. Evidently a widening of their quote is not possible to arb. If they stop you out due to a widening of spreads, you would have to check the underlying market as...

i do luv it so.

i like the concept of a target range where if the price enters, you are obliged to look at the position and decide on a course of action.

Fine, I'll pay attention in January .... right now I want a strong Santa Clause rally so I can make some dosh.

I'm working on having the balls to put on big positions and make some serious moolah.

Good, another opportunity to make some dosh.

Yeah, that is possible actually. Thought 4k was the initial amount.

We're into Santa Claus rally mode, why fight it? Go long and make merry!

They hedge their overall NET exposure. They are not going to start hedging each client's individual positions! As for your figure of £4k average client funding, that's laughable. More likely less than a grand.

If they quoted anything they wanted, i would arb the crap out of them.

Short eurusd ....today is a good example of a signal in the noise

Spread betting is highly regulated as it is, no need for any further regulation imo. There are a couple of reasons why I would use a futures broker rather than a spreadbet firm. If i was to day trade or speculate for small moves, then using the underlying market is better due to the cost...

The smart ones hedge excess risk using OTC products from investment banks. The not-so- smart ones don't and probably go bust ...Worldspreads comes to mind.