What investment vehicle out of spread betting or options trading are you more likely to win at?

March 15th, 2010 | by admin |
William M asked:


I want to know in your opinion what investment vehicle am I most likely to win at out of options trading or spread betting, and which of them is most likely to make you a millionaire? Please help/advise. Thanks.

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  1. 2 Responses to “What investment vehicle out of spread betting or options trading are you more likely to win at?”

  2. By agent4927 on Mar 16, 2010 | Reply

    The answer is probably neither but I think it’s easier to make (and lose) money from spread betting, plus the returns are tax free too.

  3. By guidfarr on Mar 19, 2010 | Reply

    Spread betting is definitely easier to understand – you just choose the direction up or down and voila… Options are cheap but they tend to expire worthless. Options are more complex instruments and are best left to experienced traders – the only reason they are popular in the USA is that options provide gearing and they they don’t have CFDs there. If you are in the UK or Ireland I would definitely go for spread betting.

    As for which one you are more likely to win or make you a millionaire (!) that depends wholly on your trading skills – you can be successful in spread betting, futures, options, normal stock market dealing…IF you are able to predict the correct market direction. I can tell you that last year (2008) was a very painful year to trade (unless you happened to short banking stocks)…

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