Spread Betting

In February 2001, Financial Spreads launched their trading platform at finspreads.com and within a year over 1m trades had been placed via the site. In one month alone the company can accept nearly 225,000 trades.

It is not just the ability to place any stake on any market or to monitor open positions in real time that so appeals to investors, as now most spread-betting websites also provide personal portfolio options and access to charts free of charge.