Using Financial Spread Betting to Trade Oil With City Index

LONDON, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

86 million barrels of oil are produced every single day, which makes it a very desirable commodity market to trade. In fact, it is the most-traded non-financial commodity in the world. Many traders are choosing to speculate on oil through financial spread betting platforms, such as City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/). Here, the spread betting and CFD trading provider takes a look at why financial spread betting is an ideal way to trade oil.

An advantage of spread betting in general is that it allows traders to profit from a falling market as well as a rising one. With a market as volatile as oil, the ability to short sell can be crucial, as it provides you with more opportunities to react effectively to sudden price movements. However because spread betting is a leveraged product, you can lose more than your initial deposit.

Additionally, with spread betting your trades are monetised in your base currency rather than the underlying market currency - typically US dollars for oil - so your exposure will only ever be in sterling. This makes planning your entry/entry/stop loss points simpler than if you had to factor foreign currencies and exchange rates into the equation.

To find out more about spread betting oil with City Index, as well as the other range of markets available to you, visit:

http://www.cityindex.co.uk/range-of-markets/

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

About City Index:

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month in over 50 countries worldwide. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined foreign exchange, CFDs and, in the UK, spread betting.

We constantly look to improve the performance of our platforms and expand the range of services we provide. The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer support. For more information visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/spread-betting/.

SOURCE City Index

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