Spread Betting Markets

Updated on 19 Sep 2026: the page is now a directory, with new FTSE 100, gold and options cards beside the class cards. Removed the "five classes" claim, the gold-spread and demo-account counts (both undercounted the brokers publishing one) and the "small number of providers" options line. Removed the "whole cost" statement and the claim no provider publishes a quotable index or share spread. Gold spreads stay on the gold and commodities pages. Repeated definitions were cut; the cards and guide state them. No figure was added. Earlier: Corrected on 19 Sep 2026: the currencies line now names how many brokers stand behind the nine-pair spread average. No figure changed. Earlier: Updated on 5 Sep 2026: the opening now states that spreads are quoted in points and every market can be bet long or short. We added the number of ranked brokers that publish a market count and the range, named the stop-loss order in the costs paragraph, and added a demo-account sentence and a qualified tax sentence. No figure changed. Earlier: Updated on 2 Sep 2026: the opening now names the five classes, the crypto exclusion and the FCA leverage limit for each class, and the five categories are five cards, each with one sentence, its page under that page’s own title, and a rendered figure where we hold one (the nine-pair currency average and the gold spread count). The bonds section folded into its card; the FTSE 100 and UK share price lines came off the hub and stay on the index and share pages. No figure changed. Earlier: rebuilt on 26 Aug 2026 as the markets hub. Each category now carries a dated price taken from published pricing rather than a paragraph with no figure in it, our bonds page has been folded in at the Bonds section, and the FAQ has gone because every question in it belonged to another page.