My Top Spread Betting 'Must Haves'

[TradeCamp]

For me, a quality spread betting provider has to have a robust trading platform and decent customer service to deal with the inevitable issues that come up. How about you? What are your top 'must haves' for selecting a spread betting provider?

 

[Jack Hughes]

IMO they're all much better than they used to be, but some still ignore e-mails and have 'helpdesk' (a misnomer) people that fail the attitude test and add insult to injury by not really knowing anything.
It's a pity that you need to open an account, make a few trades and probably lose some money to identify the good and bad.

 

[montmorencyt2w]

They should display the initial margin required in a transparent manner, once you have determined the bet size and the stop size, before the trade is placed.

 

[Jason101]

They should display the initial margin required in a transparent manner, once you have determined the bet size and the stop size, before the trade is placed.

Agreed, transparent and low margins for UK & US equities.

 

[montmorencyt2w]

Agreed, transparent and low margins for UK & US equities.

Thanks, plus, once the trade is placed, they should show the margin for individual trades in a given instrument, not just aggregate them together. I hate it when they do that.

 

[TradeCamp]

Margins is a key factor, I always believed a clear margin calculator would be pretty handy.

 

[montmorencyt2w]

There is a definite need for a new type of order:

"Buy at the low of the day and sell at the high"

and the converse:


"Sell at the high of the day and buy at the low".


I imagine this could be quite popular.

 

[TradeCamp]

There is a definite need for a new type of order:

"Buy at the low of the day and sell at the high"

and the converse:


"Sell at the high of the day and buy at the low".


I imagine this could be quite popular.

Haha don't know if that one will ever see the light of day! :cheesy: