There can be no doubting the precarious nature of the global economy, especially as the spectre of financial crisis continues to haunt the eurozone and the U.S.. Those who consider this volatility as being prohibitive to financial trading do not understand the nature of the markets, however, as flexible methods of investment allow individuals to profit regardless of the prevailing economic climate. Financial spreadbetting provides an example of a trading method that is especially suited to a depressed and unpredictable market, through which investors can forecast price movements and profit regardless of whether they rise or fall.

Why Spreadbetting is a Viable Trading Method in 2012

While spreadbetting carries risk just like any other method of trading, it is extremely compatible with volatile financial markets. This at least enables investors to minimize their risk while trading, while improving their chances of making a profit. Consider the following advantages of spreadbetting in the current economic climate: –

• Trade a Wide Choice of Financial Instruments: – Not only is financial spread betting a type of derivative product that trades on the margin of price movements, but it is also available across a choice of instruments. You can spreadbet with currency pairs, commodities and indices, and execute individual trades based on your knowledge of the market in question. This flexibility allows you develop a wide trading portfolio, which can be extremely beneficial during times of economic climate. Margin based spread betting also enables you to trade without the burden of ownership, which can be hugely beneficial when a swift exit strategy is required.
• Profit in Volatile Markets Regardless of the Economic Climate: In terms of spread betting on the forex market, it is important the understand the advantages offered when trading individual currency pairs. The forex market is renowned for being exceptionally volatile, which means that the price of specific currencies can shift without warning and in real time. The act of spread betting, however, allows you to fully utilize your market knowledge and trading philosophy to predict these movements and make profitable transactions. While each individual financial crisis may differ, the individual laws that govern change within the market remain unchanged, and spread betting is the ideal trading method to profit from accurate forecasts.
• How Spread betting is Supported by Modern Technology: In such a depressed and constantly changing global economy, you must seek out every possible advantage available to help you succeed as a profitable trader. Fortunately technological advancement has led to the development of numerous online trading platforms, the vast majority of which are compatible with spread betting strategy and live market transactions. The MetaTrader 4 platform provides a relevant case in point, as it not only gives you access to a number of technical indicators but also allows you to use expert advisers and implement automated spread betting strategies.

They say you should take a complete break from spread betting from time to time and that’s exactly what I have been doing. I’ve been spread betting off an on for the last three years with varying levels of success and decided that it was time for a complete break. There have also been other personal matters that have contributed to my reason for taking a break and unfortunately that is all I will be saying about the personal matters. I’m usually pretty open and honest and I pride myself on that but there are just some things that are far to personal to share with the rest of the world. Sorry for that but I can’t share this time. All I can say is that things look to be getting better and I will be returning to some form of normal spread betting and blogging about it soon. I would assume people that used to be regular readers will have given up waiting for me to post an update so I’m sorry for that but hopefully I will be able to win you back over the coming weeks.

My plan is to try to start again using the experiences and knowledge that I’ve picked up along the way to help me with my spread betting. I plan to take a much longer term view on my trades and will be studying up on fundamental analysis to pick my trades and then use technical analysis to determine my entries and exits. As always I’ll do my level best to share the things that I learn and will probably create a new section to contain my findings on fundamental analysis. It’s going to take me a while to get back to normal but I’ll get there. As always and help that anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated. I have some new freebies to give away for any help offered and the reward for help will depend on the level of effort that goes into the help. If you’re interested then please do contact me and we can go from there.

Right that’s all from me for now. I just wanted to let anyone who’s interested know that I am still here and will be for the foreseeable future. It’s time to make some serious money from spread betting, time will tell if it happens or not. I’m sure it will.

Until next time,
“May the markets be with you!”

Harry