Bullbearings Forex Handel

How to play What is BullBearings Practice buying stock and shares or spread-betting the markets FOR FREE with BullBearings, the leading virtual trading website BullBearings is a free virtual trading platform. Using real data from the London Stock Exchange you can experience authentic trading without the risk of losing real money. You are immediately given 100,000 to trade in each platform: stocks and shares, financial spread betting, foreign currencies (forex), contracts for difference (CFDs) and fixed odds betting. You can also create private leagues to compete against friends, colleagues or the rest of the world. The BullBearings virtual trading games are not only free but very easy to play. Creating an account is simple and constructing a league even simpler. What can I do on BullBearings You have 100,000 of virtual money to trade in each of our games, including shares (stocks), spread bets, CFDs, foreign currency and financial fixed-odds betting. BullBearings has been used as a training tool by financial institutions and in leading universities - and our trading capabilities have also been used by financial companies for recruitment too. The site has plenty of free information for all levels of investor, from absolute beginners, to up-and-coming traders, through to experts who use the site to experiment with different strategies before using them with real money. BullBearings has trading guides, daily news feeds, expert videos, analyst articles and various research tools and glossaries of terms to help any level of player understand more about trading. To keep up with our updates, market reviews, tactics and techniques, tips and top share recommendations, you could also follow us on Facebook or on Twitter. Up to questions How do the games work In each game, players are given a virtual 100,000 to trade the stock market. You can reset your portfolio at any time. Players automatically compete in worldwide leagues and can also set up private leagues to play against friends, colleagues, investment clubs or other groups. Up to questions How do I get started To get started and begin trading, join up here. In just a couple of minutes youll have five portfolios of 100,000 to begin trading shares, spread bets, contracts for difference (CFDs), forex and fixed-odds bets. Up to questions How does the share simulation game work The BullBearings share trading simulation game, sometimes known as Fantasy Stocks, is a traditional stock market trading game where players are given a virtual 100,000 to trade shares (or stocks as they are known in the US and elsewhere). You compete against other players to accumulate the most profit - or merely use the portfolio to practice trading or as a place to monitor certain companies. Your portfolio or your league can be reset whenever you wish. BullBearings operates as a virtual online stockbroker, where you can buy and sell shares just as you would just as you would through any online stockbroker. Unlike spread-betting you can only place long trades, meaning that you will only benefit if the share goes up. Up to questions How do I place a Stock Trade Funding your trade To place a Stocktrade you simply have to have enough cash to cover the full value of the position including commission and stamp duty. Commission is a flat rate of 10 a trade on buys and sells Stamp Duty is 0.5 on all buys Placing a Trade To place a trade you can either click on place a trade click on TRADE from the Stock Portfolio Screen, these will both take you to the stock search page. Choose a stock to trade by either selecting the epic code or searching on name or sector Select Buy or Sell Enter the quantity or the amount you wish to Invest (for a buy) or Raise (for a sell) Click on Accept to place the trade The details of your trade will then be conformed on the transaction conformation, you will also be able to view your open positions on the Stock Portfolio Page. Up to questions How do I close a Stock Trade To close a stock trade you simply sell the required amount of shares on the trade entry screen, you can either sell the complete holding or sell part of the holding which ever you wish. Up to questions How does the spread-betting game work The BullBearings share trading simulation game, also known as Fantasy Spread Betting, is a financial spread-betting platform. Each player is given a virtual 100,000 to bet with. You compete against other players to accumulate the most profit - or merely use the portfolio to practice spread-betting techniques. A financial spread bet is a bet on the movement of the price of an underlying asset (either shares or indices) either up or down. You dictate the size of the bet by choosing a value for each point movement. You can bet on both upward and downward movements in the underlying. For further information on spread betting please refer to our guide to spread betting and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on spread betting. Up to questions How do I place a Spread Bet Funding your position A spread bet is a bet on the movement on of an underlying index or share. You are not buying or selling a set quanity of shares. However you do have to hold a required amount of margin against the trade. The margin (see guide to spreadbetting for more information ) required is 10 of the total value of the position. Which is calculated as follows: Stake X current price Total Position 1 a point movement on the FTSE 100 at 4000 Total Posistion 1x4000 4000 You must have available at least 4000 to open this trade NB( you should also leave enough available cash to cover any possible losses on the trade) Placing a trade You can place an opening trade by clicking on TRADE on the spread betting account page which will take you to the stock search page. Choose a stock or index on the stock search page, you can click on one of the available indexex OR search for a stock using the epic code, name or sector. Select Buy or Sell Enter your stake (number of per point you are betting) Click on Accept to place the trade You will then see a confirmation of your deal, you can also view your open transactions on the Spreadbetting Account page. Up to questions How do I close a Spread Bet To close a spread bet you simply place an equal and opposite trade. Ie to close 1 a point bet on Vodafone you sell 1 a point and vice versa. To do this you can either click on CLOSE on the desired open position page OR enter a new opposite trade. Up to questions How does the foreign exchange game work Foreign Exchange, which is often referred to as Forex or FX, is a currency market where you trade one currency against another. These are currency pairs, such as the euro against the dollar - EURUSD sterling against the yen - GBPJPY Swiss franc against Canadian dollar - CHFCAD and so on. Forex is the fastest-growing game on BullBearings, and is one of the most exciting markets in the financial world - as the foreign exchange market is the largest, most liquid and most influential market in the world, trading trillions of dollars a day and making it far bigger than the combined total of all the worlds stock exchanges. It is a truly 24 hour global market, buzzing away from 9pm GMT Sunday until 10pm GMT Friday. Simply, forex is one of the most flexible ways to trade. Because you can trade long or short you have two options with each currency pair: Buy - in the expectation that the exchange rate will rise, or Sell - in the expectation the exchange rate will fall. For further information on forex and how to play the game please refer to our forex trading guide and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on forex. Up to questions How do the CFD and fixed odds games work Contracts for difference (CFDs) and financial fixed odds betting are both trading systems used by professional investors - but can be simple to learn. A CFD is traded in a similar way to ordinary shares but, like spread bets, are traded on margin giving you leverage to maximise your trading capital and also allow you to trade on up and down movements in the market. A CFD is essentially an agreement between two parties - you and the broker - to eventually settle the difference between the opening and closing prices of the contract, multiplied by the number of underlying shares specified in the contract. Unlike spread bets, CFDs have no time limit and another different is that CFDs allow you to receive dividends from. For further information on CFDs and how to play the game please refer to our CFD trading guide and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on CFDs . Financial fixed-odds betting is a means of trading where you know exactly how much of your money you can lose or win - and you can never lose more than your original stake and you always know what you stand to gain. Fixed-odds betting offers traders an extra financial instrument that requires small stakes yet can provide sizeable potential gains. Another way of explaining it is that a fixed-odds bet pays out a fixed amount if a predicted event occurs within a specified timescale. If the event does not occur within the duration of the bet then all you lose is your original stake (again a fixed amount). The events that you can bet on are more varied with financial fixed odds betting than with any other form of trading as not only can you bet on the market going up or down, you can bet on the market not going up or not going down, or staying within a range, called a no touch bet. For further information on financial fixed-odds betting and how to play the game please refer to our fixed-odds betting trading guide and then for more detailed advice and trading techniques read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on Fixed Odds Betting. Up to questions Trading VideosForex Tutorial Placing a Currency Trade Careful analysis of the market will ultimately play the critical role in trading success (full discus-sion of this later). However, it is equally as important for new Forex traders to understand the mechanics of actually executing a currency trade. The thought process for a typical Forex trade is as follows: First, careful analysis on the market is performed. Then, from this analysis, the trader decides which currency pair to trade. Next, the trader decides whether to go long or short, and what size position to take on. In Forex trading, currencies are traded in units called ldquolotsrdquo. Depending on the account type, traders can trade standard lots or mini lots. A standard lot is comprised of 100,000 of a particular currency, while a mini lot is comprised of 10,000. For example, if a trader decides to open a 1 million Euro position, they may do so by trading 10 standard lots or 100 mini lots. Once a trader knows what they want to trade and how much, the next step is executing the trade and establishing an open position. There are several ways that a trader can enter the market. The quickest method is simply entering ldquoat marketrdquomdashbuying or selling at the current market price. This is what traders typically do when they want to get into a position right away. (See the illustration below.) The dealing panels from the FOREX trading platform show the current bid (the price at which you can sell) and offer (the price at which you can buy) for each of the currency pairs. A trader can buy or sell into a position with a simple click of the mouse. Often, however, a trader might want to establish a position at a price other than the current market price. In these situations, traders enter the market using a variety of order types. Orders allow a trader to specify a price at which they would like to enter the market, along with an expiration directive for how long the order should remain active. Orders may not necessarily limit losses, but they do allow traders to step away from the market without missing potential entries and exits, and can be an important tool for managing risk. The type of order used is usually dictated by the desired entry price, and can include limit orders, stop loss orders, and other contingent orders (each of these is described below). Limit Order A limit order is one of the most commonly used entry order types. Traders use limit orders to enter the market at a more advantageous price than the current market price. For example, if a trader would like to go long EURUSD but wants to buy at a price that is a little cheaper than the current rate (say itrsquos currently 1.3150), the trader can enter a limit order to buy EURUSD at a price that is less than the current price (i. e. 1.3125). When the market touches 1.3125, the order is triggered and a new long position is established. Limit orders are commonly used to enter long positions at the bottom of a trading range, or to enter a short position at the top of a range. Limit orders can also be used to exit the market when used as an associated order. An associ-ated order is an order that is part of an open position and is typically used to close the position at a predetermined rate. When used in this capacity, the limit order is used to set a level at which to take profit. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as a take profit order. When the market touches a predetermined rate, the order is triggered and the open position is closed and any unrealised profit becomes realised. Stop Loss Order While everyone loves a good deal, there will be times when traders look to enter the market at prices that may seem less advantageous. In these instances, a trader is usually looking for confirmation of a move up or down before establishing a position. In this kind of situation, a stop order (also known as a stop loss order) is used. For example: A trader has been watching the EURUSD for a few days and notices that it is stuck in a range, trading up and down between 1.3140 and 1.3175. Currently it is at the lower end of the range (1.3150), but the trader believes that if it can break out of the range to the upside, it may continue upward for some time. The trader sets a stop order to buy the EURUSD at a price of 1.3180. When the market touches 1.3180, which is above the current range, a new long position will be established. Much like the limit order, stop loss orders can also be used as an associated order to exit the market or close open positions. In this capacity, the stop loss order acts to limit potential losses. Traders will usually set the stop loss at a level in which the trader has reached their maximum risk tolerance for that specific position. Stop loss orders serve as an invaluable tool in risk management because they allow a trader to more or less predetermine their downside risk. Contingent Orders In addition to simple orders, such as limits and stop losses, Forex traders can use more complex orders called contingent orders. As the name implies, contingent orders contain multiple orders that are reliant upon the execution of one or more of the contained orders. The first type of contingent order is called an ldquoIf, thenrdquo order. ldquoIf, thenrdquo orders allow a trader to define both a price at which to enter the market, as well as a price at which to exit the market if the entry order is executed. This order type is typically used by a trader who knows his risk tolerance, but is unsure of the reward desired. A sample quotIf, thenquot order being entered on the FOREX trading platform. For example: In the order illustrated above, the trader is saying, ldquoIf the EURUSD touches 95.000, buy 1 lot, then attach a stop loss order to exit at 94.500rdquo. Using an ldquoIf, thenrdquo order in this way allows the trader to predetermine their risk on the trade. In an ldquoIf, thenrdquo trade, the associated order can be either a limit order or a stop order, allowing you to either set a take profit level (limit) or downside protection (stop loss), but not both. One kind of contingent order is the ldquoOne Cancel Otherrdquo order (or OCO), which allows a trader to create two distinct orders. With an OCO order, at the moment one of the orders is executed, the other order is automatically cancelled and it vanishes. Typically, an OCO order is used by a trader who is confident that a big move is imminent, but is unsure as to what direction the move will be in. A sample OCO order being entered on the FOREX trading platform For example: In the order illustrated above, the trader has set two entry orders. One order will enter a long USDCHF position at 1.1680, in anticipation of a breakout to the upside. The other order will enter a short USDCHF position at 1.1600, in anticipation of a breakout to the downside. When the USDCHF broke to the downside, the trader was entered short at 1.1600, while the order to enter at 1.1680 was automatically cancelled. The final kind of contingent order is an order that combines elements of both the ldquoIf, thenrdquo and the ldquoOCOrdquo orders. This order is creatively known as the ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo. Similar to the ldquoIf, thenrdquo order, the ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo order allows a trader to set both an entry order and two exit orders, all at the same time. Many traders use ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo orders as a way of getting in and out of the market without having to physically monitor the market and open positions all day. A sample If, then OCO order being entered on the FOREX trading platform. For example: In the order illustrated above, the ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo order shows a trader looking to enter a long EURUSD position at 1.3175. Once the entry order is executed, both of the exit orders become active. The limit order will close the position at 1.3200 for a profit of 25 pips, while the stop loss will close the position at 1.3150 for a loss of 25 pips. Using an ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo can help a trader stick to a plan of attack for a particular trade. To use this order type, a trader must have an idea of not only where they would like to enter the market, but also where to exit (whether at a profit or loss). Exiting the market As demonstrated above, the various order types provide a convenient and effective way to not only enter the market, but also to exit. In addition to using orders, open positions can be closed in other ways. The most direct way of doing so is by manually liquidating an open position. A trader can also close a position by performing an inverse transaction. For example, if a trader buys 1 lot of EURUSD, the position can be closed by selling 1 lot of EURUSD. With this methFor example: In the order illustrated above, the ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo order shows a trader looking to enter a long EURUSD position at 1.3175. Once the entry order is executed, both of the exit orders become active. The limit order will close the position at 1.3200 for a profit of 25 pips, while the stop loss will close the position at 1.3150 for a loss of 25 pips. Using an ldquoIf, then OCOrdquo can help a trader stick to a plan of attack for a particular trade. To use this order type, a trader must have an idea of not only where they would like to enter the market, but also where to exit. In addition to using orders, open positions can be closed in other ways. The most direct way of doing so is by manually liquidating an open position. A trader can also close a position by performing an inverse transaction. For example, if a trader buys 1 lot of EURUSD, the position can be closed by selling 1 lot of EURUSD. With this method, it is paramount that the trader sells the correct amount. If too many lots are sold, the trader will inadvertently create a new short position. The final method of closing a position is referred to as dealer or broker liquidation, which is when the brokerdealer closes the position rather than the trader doing so. In these instances, some or all of a traderrsquos open positions are closed by the Forex dealer as the result of the trader falling below the margin requirement. (As stated previously, the margin requirement represents the amount of capital required to open and hold a position.) Because dealer liquidation can be an inconvenience, a trader should always be aware of the margin requirement and set stop losses in an attempt to avoid getting to the point of liquidation. To quickly illustrate an example of when dealer liquidation may occur, consider a trader with an account balance of 1,500 USD. If this trader decides to buy 1 standard lot of EURUSD, the margin requirement for the position would be 1,315. This means that the traderrsquos available margin would be 185 (1,500 - 1,315 185). If the trader incurs any loss on the position that exceeds 185, the trader will have fallen below the margin requirement and the EURUSD position may be closed, or liquidated, by the dealer. Financial news They say ldquobreaking up is hard to dordquo but in financial market break-ups spinoffs can be very profitable and give companies a new lease of life. A spinoff is the creation of an independent company or in some cases more than one company through the sale or distribution of new shares of an existing listed company to shareholders holding the parent company at a certain date. By Peter Higgins Three years ago I came up with the concept for a investment-focused podcast for the ShareTalk website I work on, called Conkers39 Corner after my Twitter handle of conkers3. and five months ago the first recording was made. Below are some of the lessons I have learned or have been reinforced during these years. The concept of Conkers39 Corner is very simple yet extremely educational and beneficial for all: the participants in the podcasts and interviews since I started in May 2016 have included shrewd investorstraders, ISA millionaires, high net worth individuals, business leaders, CEOs, highly respected fund managers and investment writers. Graham Spooner, investment research analyst at the Share Centre, picks three top shares among the most popular purchases by equities clients in the last seven days. This week39s picks comprise National Grid. housebuilding and construction group Galliford Try and Sound Energy. By Evdokia Pitsillidou Therersquos a great debate in the financial industry about which type of analysis produces the best results for traders - is it better to be a technical trader or to rely on the fundamentals Is there a common ground between the two Wersquove all heard the phrase All roads lead to Rome . In this article wersquoll explore whether this applies to the financial markets. Graham Spooner, investment research analyst at the Share Centre, picks three top shares among the most popular purchases by equities clients in the last seven days. This week39s picks comprise BT. MampS and Sepura. who manufactures and supplies digital mobile radio products, systems and applications for business and critical communications. How to play What is BullBearings Practice buying stock and shares or spread-betting the markets FOR FREE with BullBearings, the leading virtual trading website BullBearings is a free virtual trading platform. Using real data from the London Stock Exchange you can experience authentic trading without the risk of losing real money. You are immediately given 100,000 to trade in each platform: stocks and shares, financial spread betting, foreign currencies (forex), contracts for difference (CFDs) and fixed odds betting. You can also create private leagues to compete against friends, colleagues or the rest of the world. The BullBearings virtual trading games are not only free but very easy to play. Creating an account is simple and constructing a league even simpler. What can I do on BullBearings You have 100,000 of virtual money to trade in each of our games, including shares (stocks), spread bets, CFDs, foreign currency and financial fixed-odds betting. BullBearings has been used as a training tool by financial institutions and in leading universities - and our trading capabilities have also been used by financial companies for recruitment too. The site has plenty of free information for all levels of investor, from absolute beginners, to up-and-coming traders, through to experts who use the site to experiment with different strategies before using them with real money. BullBearings has trading guides, daily news feeds, expert videos, analyst articles and various research tools and glossaries of terms to help any level of player understand more about trading. To keep up with our updates, market reviews, tactics and techniques, tips and top share recommendations, you could also follow us on Facebook or on Twitter. Up to questions How do the games work In each game, players are given a virtual 100,000 to trade the stock market. You can reset your portfolio at any time. Players automatically compete in worldwide leagues and can also set up private leagues to play against friends, colleagues, investment clubs or other groups. Up to questions How do I get started To get started and begin trading, join up here. In just a couple of minutes youll have five portfolios of 100,000 to begin trading shares, spread bets, contracts for difference (CFDs), forex and fixed-odds bets. Up to questions How does the share simulation game work The BullBearings share trading simulation game, sometimes known as Fantasy Stocks, is a traditional stock market trading game where players are given a virtual 100,000 to trade shares (or stocks as they are known in the US and elsewhere). You compete against other players to accumulate the most profit - or merely use the portfolio to practice trading or as a place to monitor certain companies. Your portfolio or your league can be reset whenever you wish. BullBearings operates as a virtual online stockbroker, where you can buy and sell shares just as you would just as you would through any online stockbroker. Unlike spread-betting you can only place long trades, meaning that you will only benefit if the share goes up. Up to questions How do I place a Stock Trade Funding your trade To place a Stocktrade you simply have to have enough cash to cover the full value of the position including commission and stamp duty. Commission is a flat rate of 10 a trade on buys and sells Stamp Duty is 0.5 on all buys Placing a Trade To place a trade you can either click on place a trade click on TRADE from the Stock Portfolio Screen, these will both take you to the stock search page. Choose a stock to trade by either selecting the epic code or searching on name or sector Select Buy or Sell Enter the quantity or the amount you wish to Invest (for a buy) or Raise (for a sell) Click on Accept to place the trade The details of your trade will then be conformed on the transaction conformation, you will also be able to view your open positions on the Stock Portfolio Page. Up to questions How do I close a Stock Trade To close a stock trade you simply sell the required amount of shares on the trade entry screen, you can either sell the complete holding or sell part of the holding which ever you wish. Up to questions How does the spread-betting game work The BullBearings share trading simulation game, also known as Fantasy Spread Betting, is a financial spread-betting platform. Each player is given a virtual 100,000 to bet with. You compete against other players to accumulate the most profit - or merely use the portfolio to practice spread-betting techniques. A financial spread bet is a bet on the movement of the price of an underlying asset (either shares or indices) either up or down. You dictate the size of the bet by choosing a value for each point movement. You can bet on both upward and downward movements in the underlying. For further information on spread betting please refer to our guide to spread betting and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on spread betting. Up to questions How do I place a Spread Bet Funding your position A spread bet is a bet on the movement on of an underlying index or share. You are not buying or selling a set quanity of shares. However you do have to hold a required amount of margin against the trade. The margin (see guide to spreadbetting for more information ) required is 10 of the total value of the position. Which is calculated as follows: Stake X current price Total Position 1 a point movement on the FTSE 100 at 4000 Total Posistion 1x4000 4000 You must have available at least 4000 to open this trade NB( you should also leave enough available cash to cover any possible losses on the trade) Placing a trade You can place an opening trade by clicking on TRADE on the spread betting account page which will take you to the stock search page. Choose a stock or index on the stock search page, you can click on one of the available indexex OR search for a stock using the epic code, name or sector. Select Buy or Sell Enter your stake (number of per point you are betting) Click on Accept to place the trade You will then see a confirmation of your deal, you can also view your open transactions on the Spreadbetting Account page. Up to questions How do I close a Spread Bet To close a spread bet you simply place an equal and opposite trade. Ie to close 1 a point bet on Vodafone you sell 1 a point and vice versa. To do this you can either click on CLOSE on the desired open position page OR enter a new opposite trade. Up to questions How does the foreign exchange game work Foreign Exchange, which is often referred to as Forex or FX, is a currency market where you trade one currency against another. These are currency pairs, such as the euro against the dollar - EURUSD sterling against the yen - GBPJPY Swiss franc against Canadian dollar - CHFCAD and so on. Forex is the fastest-growing game on BullBearings, and is one of the most exciting markets in the financial world - as the foreign exchange market is the largest, most liquid and most influential market in the world, trading trillions of dollars a day and making it far bigger than the combined total of all the worlds stock exchanges. It is a truly 24 hour global market, buzzing away from 9pm GMT Sunday until 10pm GMT Friday. Simply, forex is one of the most flexible ways to trade. Because you can trade long or short you have two options with each currency pair: Buy - in the expectation that the exchange rate will rise, or Sell - in the expectation the exchange rate will fall. For further information on forex and how to play the game please refer to our forex trading guide and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on forex. Up to questions How do the CFD and fixed odds games work Contracts for difference (CFDs) and financial fixed odds betting are both trading systems used by professional investors - but can be simple to learn. A CFD is traded in a similar way to ordinary shares but, like spread bets, are traded on margin giving you leverage to maximise your trading capital and also allow you to trade on up and down movements in the market. A CFD is essentially an agreement between two parties - you and the broker - to eventually settle the difference between the opening and closing prices of the contract, multiplied by the number of underlying shares specified in the contract. Unlike spread bets, CFDs have no time limit and another different is that CFDs allow you to receive dividends from. For further information on CFDs and how to play the game please refer to our CFD trading guide and then read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on CFDs . Financial fixed-odds betting is a means of trading where you know exactly how much of your money you can lose or win - and you can never lose more than your original stake and you always know what you stand to gain. Fixed-odds betting offers traders an extra financial instrument that requires small stakes yet can provide sizeable potential gains. Another way of explaining it is that a fixed-odds bet pays out a fixed amount if a predicted event occurs within a specified timescale. If the event does not occur within the duration of the bet then all you lose is your original stake (again a fixed amount). The events that you can bet on are more varied with financial fixed odds betting than with any other form of trading as not only can you bet on the market going up or down, you can bet on the market not going up or not going down, or staying within a range, called a no touch bet. For further information on financial fixed-odds betting and how to play the game please refer to our fixed-odds betting trading guide and then for more detailed advice and trading techniques read expert tips from professional traders in our Traders Views section on Fixed Odds Betting. Up to questions Trading Videos