Is Spread Betting for you?


Discover if Financial Spread Betting is the correct financial investment for you. It's important that you feel comfortable with the process and with the risks involved before choosing your first contract.

Right for you if:
  • You are a risk tolerant individual
  • You have capital available to you and you are prepared to put it at risk in order to make potential gains
  • You have an interest in and an understanding of world markets
Wrong for you if:
  • You do not feel comfortable taking financial risks
  • Your financial security would be affected by any losses incurred

If you have any queries or are not sure if Financial Spread Betting is for you, call us on 1850 88 20 20 (Éire) 0871 948 0000 (UK) we will be happy to answer all your trading-related questions.

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Advantages of Spread Betting
  • The profit that you make is currently free from Capital gains Tax and Income tax
  • Low cost
  • You can still make a profit in a falling market- provided that you predict the markets were going to fall rather than rise
  • Our portfolio is not limited to just shares- you can also trade a wide variety of commodities, currencies, indices, interest rates and bonds
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Disadvantages of Spread Betting
  • Leverage- you can lose more than you initially put on deposit
  • Spread betting is currently not taxed, so you cannot offset your losses against your tax.


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