Educational Articles
Important Financial Concepts Explained
How to make a financial spread bet, top US economic indicators, what is a rights issue, the perils of the FTSE 100 and how to trade market downturns. These are some of the topics covered, where important financial concepts and trading topics are dissected in detail.
Trading Tools
There are plenty of tools available to help both beginners and seasoned pros that are intended to help you make decisions and manage your trading. From introduction articles to advanced technical analysis signals, these tools can be used to give you an advantage in the markets.
- Using Our Spread Betting Platform
- How To Make A Trade
- Spread Trading Compared To Share Trading
- Introduction To Charting
- How To Trade From The Charts
- Get Trading Central Access On Platform
- Using The Demo Platform To Help My Trading
- Trading Edge Explained
- Research & Data Area
Economics
From the basics such as Supply and Demand and Rights Issues through to Stagflation and Quantitative Easing, these articles will give you a deep understanding on how micro- and macro-economic events impact on the markets.
- Top U.S. Economic Indicators
- Guide To The Non-Farm Payrolls
- U.K. Economic Data Releases Part I
- U.K. Economic Data Releases Part II
- Guide To Trading The UK House Prices Surveys
- Eurozone Economic Indicators
- Important Eurozone Surveys
- Supply And Demand
- What Is A Rights Issue?
- What Are Bonds
- What Causes Bond Prices To Change
- What Is Quantitative Easing?
- The Stagflation Monster
- Interest Rates, Inflation And Bonds Link
- Sovereign Wealth Funds Of Mass Destruction
- Subprime Crisis Explained
Shares & Indices
Most people are familiar with company shares and indices such as the FTSE 100. This section delves a little deeper into the subject, examining tops such as how to understand financial reports and the mechanics behind mergers and acquisitions.
- What Is An Index
- How To Trade The FTSE 100
- How To Trade The Dow
- What Is A Share
- What Is A Dividend
- What To Look Our For With Equities
- How To Trade Equities
- Aggressive And Defensive Equity Bets
- Understanding Broker Recommendations
- Mergers And Acquisitions Explained I
- Mergers And Acquisitions Explained II
- Mergers And Acquisitions Explained III
- Understanding Financial Reports Part I
- Understanding Financial Reports Part II
Forex
Turning over nearly $4 trillion a day, the forex markets are unique due to their sheer volume and liquidity. These articles will give you a grasp of the events that shape this huge market and some basic strategies for trading it.
- Introduction To Forex
- FX And Interest Rates
- What Central Bankers Do
- Guide To Interest Rates
- MCP, PC or MPC? Inflation Explained
- Is The FX Carry Trade Dead?
- What Is A Reserve Currency?
- Currency Intervention
- Does Currency Intervention Work?
- Pegged To The Dollar
Commodities
Always in the news, commodities such as oil and gold are very popular markets for traders. This section covers what affects the prices and how to position your own trading to benefit.
- How To Trade Oil - The Cruder Way
- The Middle East's Influence on Oil
- How To Trade Natural Gas
- How To Trade El Niño
- Trading The Oil Inventory Number
- Why Trade Gold?
- Aggressive And Defensive Bets - Bonds, Commods And FX
Trading Strategies
It sounds simple, but it is amazing how many trades fail because there is no plan behind them. This section aims to give your trading more structure so you can maximise your profit. It's always worth refreshing on what rules to follow to become a successful trader.
- Golden Rules Of Spread Betting
- Creating And Sustaining Trading Confidence
- Keys To Becoming A Successful Trader
- Trading Psychology
- Setting Stop Loss Orders
- How To Know When To Cut Your Losses
- Trailing Stop Losses
- Limit Losses In Spread Betting
- Making Money From Falling Markets
- Scaling In And Out Of Trades
- Gap Trading
Technical Analysis
If charts with lines all over them confuse you, then these articles are a great place to learn, as they cover all you need to know to get started with technical analysis. If you're an old hand, check out our more advanced articles, such as Fibonacci lines and mechanical trading systems.
More Help
If you haven't seen them yet have a look at our video tutorials. Resident guru Chris P Cash will, in his own inimitable style, give you a brief introduction to spread betting. He'll also cover the basics of how to make a spread bet and walk you through taking short positions and different types of orders.
Finally don't forget: the best way to learn is to practice. The paddypowertrader demo account gives you £10,000 in virtual funds and lets you learn to spread bet without taking risks.
