Learning Spread Trading

Get to know how the trading platform works. You'll get instant log in details and can start placing trades with a notional €10,000 in the account. Learn how to place a trade, going long or short. See how to place your stop loss and profit orders.
Use trailing orders, orders to open trades if certain prices are reached and include pre-set profit and limit orders.

Open a Demo Account

Take some time to go through our online tutorial in 7 parts - Overview, Advantages, Opening and Closing trades, Orders, More Details and Assess your Knowledge. It will show you exactly how the spread betting platform works.

Watch Our Interactive Tutorial

A very brief summary of how Financial Spread Trading works. Includes a comparison between buying shares v spread trading.

Read 3 Minute Manual

A step by step guide of the points you need to cover to build your own trading plan.

Step by step Guide to cover Trading Plan

Download this pdf and see how new features like trailing stop loss orders, if done orders, etc. work on the new MarketSpreads platform. There is a learning curve with financial spread betting... let us shorten that curve for you.

Download New Trading Platform Features PDF

Click on the below links to get tips on using our advanced and standard charting packages including an alerts function which lets you know when an item hits a price point of your choosing.

Read More Standard ChartsAdvanced Charts

MarketSpreads offers free seminars all over the country

• Beginners - how to get started with Financial Spread Trading
• The "6 Traders" seminar - see actual examples of different trading styles / strategies and get to know the dos and don'ts
• Technical Analysis - learn all about points of resistance and support, moving averages, candlesticks, RSIs, Fibonacci lines, Bollinger bands, etc.

Book Seminar

Book in for a face to face tutorial. An experienced MarketSpreads person will spend as much time as you need to talk you through the trading platform and answer all your questions... generally 1 hour is enough. Let us know where suits you and we'll book you in.

Book One to One Tutorial

If you can't meet face-to-face, book in for a phone tutorial where we give you a log in to a special site. Once you're logged in, we take control of your cursor and can show you around the trading platform speedily and effectively.

Book Webinar