New to financial spread betting? Use our step-by-step guide to find out about the basics of spread betting, learn about the risks involved and how to manage them, discover how to place your first bet with PureDeal, and more.
- What is Spread Betting?
- Find out how you can benefit from rising as well as falling markets
with financial spread betting
- How to Spread Bet
- See how spread betting actually works; illustrated with examples, controlled risk bets and more
- What are the Risks?
- See how you can monitor positions
and manage risks when
spread betting with IG Index
- Free Education Guide
- TradeSense, our free educational programme, enables you to place
bets from just 10p per point
- Dealing Platform Tour
- Take a tour of our award-winning PureDeal trading platform and view our free tools and resources
- How to Apply
- Find out how to open a spread betting account with us with our
handy step-by-step guide
- Beginners' FAQs
- Opened an account? Find out how
you can deposit funds and get
started with PureDeal
- Dealing Handbook
- See our PDF dealing handbook –
a free technical guide to spread betting on the financial markets
- Spread Betting Glossary
- A glossary of terms and definitions to help you find your way around the world of financial spread betting