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Free Spread Betting Guide

The City Index Spread Betting Guide, designed by expert traders, offers practical tips and insights on spread betting – a tax-free* alternative to conventional trading. Our free guide is packed with information on how to spread bet, choosing your markets, risk management tips, placing your first spread bet with City Index and more.

The complete guide is exclusively available to City Index account holders whilst non account holders can receive the Top 10 Spread Betting Tips Chapter today, just fill in this simple form:

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Spread betting and CFD trading are leveraged products and can result in losses greater than your initial deposit

Guide Highlights

Spread Betting: An Overview
Learn about how spread betting as a product has progressed over the years since its inception nearly 40 years ago

10 Benefits of Spread Betting
Find out about the 10 key benefits spread betting gives retail trading clients over regular forms of trading

How to Manage Risks
This chapter details the key risk management tools available to help keep any trading losses at a minimum

Top 10 Spread Betting Tips
Our spread betting experts have compiled their top 10 spread betting tips to help City Index clients maximise their profit potential

Spread Bet in 5 Steps
Our 5 step plan details how the key components spread bettors adhere when placing a trade, from selecting a market to placing a trade and managing their risk

Reasons to Open a Trading Account with City Index

Trade the FTSE 100, Wall Street, Germany 30 and France 40 indexes from 1 point during market hours

Trade over 12,000 spread betting and CFD trading markets from a single account

Low margins from 1%

Spread betting and CFD trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.

*Spread betting and CFD trading are exempt from UK stamp duty. Spread betting is also exempt from UK Capital Gains Tax. However, tax laws are subject to change and depend on individual circumstances. Please seek independent advice if necessary.

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Free Spread Betting Guide

Guide Highlights

Reasons to Open a Trading Account with City Index