2011年1月2日星期日

Data On Maintaining Your Spread Betting Capital

By Don Gragorian


Financial spread betting can be exciting and rewarding, but only if you have taken all of the necessary precautions and have fully researched and be accustomed to the way in which it operates. One of the most basic requirements would be to understand you need to have a very good money management system in place. This can protect your investments to ensure that when you make profit, you do not lose everything or more. Money management is needed long term and should be carefully followed.

Many profitable and successful traders have stated that the good part of their success in spread betting is that they have developed and stringently follow certain money management techniques, by which they will set a particular percentage of their capital as their maximum loss value.

Many successful financial spread betting investors utilize the 'Fixed Percentage Rule'. This basically states that you're going to take a certain percentage of the capital and allocate it for each of your bets. It has been stated on many investment websites that 2% is easily the most widely used percentage. It might not necessary be what you are comfortable with, however, it can be used as a basic starting point. There are various methods to using this method.

You will find generally two key questions that must be answered to some satisfactory level. These will help determine what percentage of the capital you are most comfortable with risking in the event you sustain losing positions.

1. What is the largest amount which I can invest which will keep within the range I have set in my risk management plan?

2. What part of my current spread betting capital should I stake on my next trade that's keeping me within my current money management strategy?

Once these questions have been answered sufficiently and you are ready to open your spread betting positions you have to then make a firm decision your positioning sizing. Essentially this means that you need to be sure that in the event of a losing position your stake isn't any more then what you have decided upon as the maximum loss.

Despite you have done all your historical research, and you've got followed the trends and pinpointed which areas and merchandise you wish to begin spread betting upon, you must remember that profiting is only half of the equation. The partner is maintaining increases or profits over a period of time. Structured management of your capital is required long term.




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