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WorldSpreads Limited is Authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Services Authority.
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Welcome to WorldSpreads
WorldSpreads Limited is part of the WorldSpreads Group of Companies, which has offices in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Athens, Austria, Budapest and Madrid. WorldSpreads Limited is authorised and regulated by the FSA (Financial Services Authority) London.

Spread Betting is a simple, versatile tool that can help you to profit from both up and downwards movements in prices and offers an alternative to trading on specific stocks and futures markets. Essentially with financial spread betting, you are simply speculating on the direction of the future price movements in an underlying instrument whereby you specify an amount you want to bet on each point movement.

Spread bets are a margined product. In other words, you only deposit a fraction of the overall value of the trade (typically 10%), allowing you to make a much larger potential investment than if you were buying the shares. However, please note that losses of course are magnified in exactly the same way.

Making a spread bet is straightforward and profits are free of UK Income tax or Capital Gains tax. However, it requires a realistic assessment of the risk involved: take the time to read through the information on this site and learn how to set up and run your financial spreadbetting account so that you understand this exciting investment vehicle, including the downs as well as the ups.

Announcements 
29/07Reduction of Margin Rates to take effect from 3rd August 2009

30/06WorldSpreads Group plc Preliminary Results for the Year ended 31 March 2009

24/06UK Bank margins now reduced to 10%

01/06General Motors margin has moved to 100% 
18/05Margin Changes from 18th May 2009

01/04We have decreased our margins on RBS from 100% to 50% with immediate effect

15/01The FSA's ban on short selling in UK financial services companies expired on Friday 16 January 2009

01/12New Margin rules updated on the Market Information Sheet for December 2008

28/10Japan temporary Ban of Short Selling

22/09SEC Short Selling Update

01/09Short Selling FAQ’s

31/03WorldSpreads Group plc Trading Statement

18/03WorldSpreads Sets Up Operations in Malaysia

28/11WorldSpreads Group plc Interim Results Press Release

28/0224 Hour FX Stop Loss Orders

27/02£250 Cash Back Offer and Terms & Conditions

26/02Online Trading Guide
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With immediate effect our maximum stake on any of our 1 Point Spreads is £100 - larger sizes will be 3 Point Spreads

21/02New Margin requirements for FX and Silver

19/02Please note Changes to 1 point spread markets


Learn About Spread Betting
Spread betting is a simple, versatile tool that can help you to profit from both up and downwards movements in share prices.

How To Get Started Spread Betting
Read our 3 Minute Manual or take our online spread betting tutorial.

Learn About The Company And Its People
Established in 2004, obtained FSA regulation in November 2004 and initiated trading in January 2005.

Share Price
WorldSpreads Ltd is a subsidiary of WorldSpreads Group plc. Publicly quoted on the AIM market in London and the IEX market in Dublin.

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Risk Warning - A spread bet is a margined product; it is possible to lose more than your initial margin deposit or credit allocation as well as any variation margin that you may be required to deposit from time to time. Therefore you should only speculate with money that you can afford to lose. Spread betting may not be suitable for all customers; therefore please ensure that you fully understand the risk involved and seek independent advice if necessary and prior to entering into such transactions. When spread betting with WorldSpreads you are merely betting on the outcome of a finance instrument, sporting or political event etc. and therefore do not take delivery of any underlying instrument, nor are you entitled to any dividends payable or any other benefits related to the same. Risk disclosure notice.

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