Spread Betting Guide | Guide to Spread Betting

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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 or falling markets with
financial spread betting

How to Spread Bet: See how spread betting actually works; our cutting-edge platform, example 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: Our free TradeSense 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 an IG Index spread betting account, with our
handy step-by-step guide

Beginners' FAQs: Opened an account? Find out
how to deposit funds, get
started with PureDeal, and more

Bet Details: All of the information you need to spread bet with IG Index, from width of spreads to dealing hours

Spread Betting Glossary: Technical terms and definitions to help you find your way through the world of financial spread betting

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