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Financial Spread Trading

Spread betting with Barclays Stockbrokers Financial Spread Trading is just one click away with BARXdirect and offers you a high-risk, potentially high-reward investment with significant tax benefits.

Use your judgement to make more of the market's ups and downs by predicting the price movements of equities, currencies, indices or commodities. Get your prediction right and you can make money in a rising or falling market. Of course, get it wrong and you will make a loss. What's more, profits are free from UK Capital Gains Tax and UK stamp duty*.

   

Benefits of Spread Trading with us:

  • Access UK, US, Euro and other international equities, currencies, indices and commodities
  • Deposit of 10% rather than the full cost of the contract, so you could make big gains (and losses) on a small capital outlay
  • Real-time prices
  • Free of UK Stamp Duty*
  • Small minimum stake size, instant execution - from 50p per point
  • Guard against losses with advanced order types, which include stop losses and guaranteed stop losses so you don't have to continually monitor the market.

A key feature of spread betting is the leverage that it affords. Fluctuations in the value of the underlying instrument can quickly lead to profits or losses, which can exceed the initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks, as spread betting is not suitable for everyone and you should only deal with money you can afford to lose.



Legal Information

*Tax laws may change and will depend upon your individual circumstances.

**Lines are open from 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 8.30am to 6pm Friday, excluding bank holidays. Calls made to 0845 numbers will cost no more that 4p per minute, plus 6p call set-up fee (current as at November 2007) for BT residential customers. The price on non-BT phone lines may be different.

CFDs and Financial Spread Trading carry a high level of risk to your capital. The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you can lose significantly more than your initial margin or deposit payment. Please ensure you understand the risks as CFD dealing and spread betting are not suitable investment tools for everyone.
You must be over 18, understand and accept the terms and conditions, and sign a risk warning notice before you begin to deal in CFDs or spread bets.
Barclays Stockbrokers CFDs and Barclays Stockbrokers Financial Spread Trading services are trading names of City Index Limited (CI) whose registered office is Park House, Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7EB.