Waiting for World Spreads

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Yesterday I heard from the administrators of the collapsed spread betting firm World Spreads that a payout from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is likely to occur before the proposed “interim distribution to creditors” that is estimated to take place in September.

At the time of writing, I am confident that the FSCS will make good my (and maybe

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I know it's not what you want to hear!

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Not so long ago I had a one-to-one session with a friend of a friend who wanted to get into financial spread betting. Although he was more than happy with what he paid for the "education" I provided, I could tell in his eyes and in his voice that he wanted something else, something that I didn't give him. That something was "excitement".

Ah, I remember it well -

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Stop to read the 5-star reviews of my Stop Orders book.

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Now that I have taken up permanent residence here on the Better Spread Betting blog, I'll be starting to post interesting updates on my favourite topics of Stop Orders and Position Trading as well as Better Spread Betting. Let me kick off the more comprehensive (and regular) blogging by marvelling at the fact that my Stop Orders book has now notched up fourteen

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As advertised in The Sunday Times

Financial spread betting offers a potentially tax-free way of buying and selling (including short-selling) stocks, stock indices, commodities and currencies. It can be more cost-effective than share dealing in a traditional stockbroker account, and it need not be any more dangerous.

Most spread bettors lose money, and many of them give up after only six months. You don't need to be one

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Last chance to read the "Better Spread Betting" book for free!

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I've uploaded the latest (and last) free version of the "Better Spread Betting" book here. This is your last chance to read it for free before it is completed and published. Enjoy!

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The "Better Spread Betting" book is now much much better!

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I've been away on a family boating holiday this week but when not above decks piloting the boat, I've been below decks working on the Better Spread Betting book. Some holiday, huh?

In the latest version I have corrected some spelling and grammar issues, added some new content, and included more responses to my "one more thing" question in Chapter 8. Enjoy it

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"Better Spread Betting" is now even better!

I've changed the way I am presenting the work-in-progress "Better Spread Betting" book so that it is even better!


It's better for you because the embedded PDF is more like a book, and more like what the final paperback / e-book will look like.
It's better for me because I can work off-line without being tied to the blog, and I won't have to reformat the content as a PDF when the book is

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