spreadbetting

chump

Say I had €500 to blow and I wanted to gamble on the direction of the Dow, Iseq, Ftse and whatever other indices.

Where would be the best place to go and blow my cash?

chump

I see an offer with worldspreads.ie

* Introduce a friend to us and once they have opened an account (credit and suitability checks apply) and traded at least 10 times your account at WorldSpreads will be credited with €250.
* The referrer must have an account with WorldSpreads and must have placed and settled more than 5 trades.
* If you introduce a client who is re-opening their account, you will not qualify for this offer.
* All new clients must be aged 18 or over.
* Claims may be made by telephone, by e-mail or in writing. They must be received by Worldspreads within 10 weeks of the date on which your friends account was opened and will be processed within 2 working days of receipt.
* WorldSpreads is the sole arbiter of this promotion and reserves the right to alter, amend or withdraw the offer at any time without prior notice. In the event of any dispute our decision is final.
* The Refer a Friend form above must be received by WorldSpreads before the account is opened.
* The Refer a Friend offer is effective from February 28th 2008.
* Minimum opening deposit of €500.

Perhaps someone would like to come to some arrangement regarding this?

Also has this useful offer

€400 cash back offer - terms and conditions
Worldspreads will refund losses incurred by new clients in their first eight weeks as a client.
1. The Promotion:
The Promotion allows new applicants to WorldSpreads to receive a rebate of up to €400 (“the Cash Back”) against realised trading losses incurred within the constraints below.
2. General eligibility:
The Cash Back is only available to new WorldSpreads applicants, who open an account and deposit €400 or more into their new spread trading account.
3. The Cash Back basis:
The Cash Back consists of a maximum rebate per account of €400.00 which may be applied towards settlement of any realised losses incurred on trading on the account up to 8 weeks after the account opening date. The cash back is cumulative, and cannot exceed an aggregate of €400.00 per account.
You have 14 days after the end of the 8 week Cash Back period to make your claim (i.e. anytime within 10 weeks of the account opening date). If you have not claimed the Cash Back within the above period, any unused portion thereof will be deemed to have lapsed.
It is the responsibility of the client to claim the cash back and the cash back will not automatically be applied to offset losses. Any client taking advantage of the Promotion must have completed the full account application procedure and may not avail him/her self of any or all of the Cash Back while his or her account is delinquent in any respect.
4. Particular eligibility
No more than one Promotion or Cash Back will be granted per household or extended family. The offer is not open to existing WorldSpreads clients. No offer of credit is implied by the Promotion. The offer stands for new Irish resident applicants to WorldSpreads Ltd, and is not open to existing clients of WorldSpreads or any associated group companies. The offer is available once only, and does not apply if you have already used this offer previously.
5. General
WorldSpreads reserve the right to decide at their sole discretion to: accept and process applications under the Promotion, be the arbiter of any dispute under the terms of the Promotion, and govern the operation of all client accounts strictly in accordance with its Customer Agreement as published at WorldSpreads.ie

It looks like it might be a useful pair of offers.

daveirl

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TheDude2008

chump piece of advice dont spreadbet as your account can go negative meaning you will owe them money, why dont you just open a account with scottrade or the like, or better still if you want to bet on the foreign exchange why not open a forex account, its the same as spreadbetting but your account cant go negative as they close your account when you use up your margin.

luckystrike23

Most big spread betting providers have upped their deposit margins lately...for FTSE and Dow bets I believe Capital Spreads offer 1 pt and 2 pt spreads respectively (if i'm not mistaken 1 pt on the Dax as well) and if you use the link below to sign up you will be eligible to a GBP 70 bonus

http://www.capitalspreadspromo.com/guido/

before getting into it i would advise you to learn the workings of spread betting though - the link below is likely to help you a lot

http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/Spread-trading-faqs.html