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Have you dabbled in shares or the stock market? And wondered what spread betting was all about and whether you should be doing it? Perhaps you thought it all looked a bit complex or was just for City boys? Now here is a new beginner's guide that explains - in plain English - how to do it, and how to make money from it! Spread betting shares can be dangerous: most people lose - some even lose their shirts. But it's not a world populated by pinstriped men waiting to rob you, steal your savings and do nasty things to small kittens. You can win. (And you never have to pay a penny in tax!) This book shows you how. Robbie Burns, bestselling author of The Naked Trader, has been spread betting for years. He explains why it's an indispensable tool to use alongside normal investing or trading. Especially as you can make money even if the market goes down. Robbie takes you through everything from how it works, to managing your risk, working out exposure, and how, often, doing nothing is the best move! He explains the ins and outs of successfully betting on shares in his trademark down-to-earth style, covering everything you need to know. From the simple stuff through to proven strategies, including those that can be used in different markets - it's all here. There are also behind-the-scenes visits to two top spread betting firms. But it's a big, bad old world out there, and there are a whole heap of mistakes you can make, an awful lot of money you can lose. Rounding up spine-chilling traders' tales of spread bets gone wrong, and using all he has learnt from making silly mistakes himself, Robbie also helps you learn what not to do. This is the ultimate guide to spread betting - how to do it, have fun and hopefully make a few quid.
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Robbie Burns has been a journalist and writer since he graduated in Journalism from Harlow College in 1981. After starting life as a reporter and editor for various local newspapers, from 1988-1992 he was editor of ITV and Channel 4's teletext services. He also wrote ITV's daily teletext soap opera 'Park Avenue' for 5 years. He then went on to freelance for various newspapers, including The Independent and The Sun, and also helped set up a financial news service for CNN. In 1997 he became editor of BSkyB's teletext services and set up their shares and finance service. While there he also set up various entertainment phone lines in conjunction with BSkyB, including a Buffy the Vampire Slayer phone line which made him nearly £250,000. He left full-time work in 2001 to trade and run his own businesses, which included a cafe in London that he later sold, doubling his money on the initial purchase. While at BSkyB, Robbie broadcast a diary of his share trades, which became hugely popular. He transferred the diary to his website, www.nakedtrader.co.uk, which became one of the most-read financial websites in the UK. Between 2002 and 2005 he wrote a column for The Sunday Times, 'My DIY Pension', featuring share buys and sells made for his pension fund, which he runs himself in a SIPP (self-invested personal pension). As chronicled in these articles, he managed to double the money in his pension fund from £40,000 to £80,000 in under three years. By 2009 he had doubled it again, reaching £165,000. Robbie now writes a weekly column for the leading financial website, ADVFN.com. Robbie has made a tax-free profit of over £900,000 since 1999, and has made a profit every year, even during the market downturns of 2000-2002 and 2008-2009. Public trades made for his website have made nearly £800,000. He lives in a riverside apartment on the Thames in London with his wife, Elizabeth, plus son Christopher and cat Domino. His hobbies include chess, running, swimming, horse racing, and trading shares from his bedroom, erm...naked. After all, he wouldn't be seen dead in a thong!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a must read for anyone wanting to start spread betting. It is even useful and interesting for more experienced traders.
I would recommend reading his other book first though.
All the information you need to successfully spread bet is contained in this easy to read and understand book. The trick is applying the advice with discipline.
Well worth a read (or 2 for beginners) and worth every penny.
I would recommend reading his other book first though.
All the information you need to successfully spread bet is contained in this easy to read and understand book. The trick is applying the advice with discipline.
Well worth a read (or 2 for beginners) and worth every penny.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is sensible. It does not make any wild promises about making you millions and a life in the sun. Surprisingly, what it does do, CONSTANTLY throughout, is warn you of how doing things incorrectly can lose you a lot of money. That is why I recommend this book. If you don't stick RELIGIOUSLY to all the things it suggests, spread betting can land you in a whole lot of boiling hot water - and VERY QUICKLY. My advice is, read it, digest it, listen to all the mistakes people have made and take note of how quickly they lost absolute fortunes and how stupidly easy it is to do this. Then, give it a go with a small amount of money you are WILLING TO LOSE. Then you will not land yourself in trouble and you will thank this guy from the bottom of your heart. You may not take it too seriously to start with, but the book is an absolute gem - full of great techniques, hints and tips on how to place spread bets and how to stop you losing too much. His book WILL NOT tell you which shares to bet on and will only briefly give you an idea on how to start making such decisions. It assumes you already know a bit of this - i.e how to look at accounts, take in news articles and how to react. It has a great section on the psychology of it all, which, on it's own, makes this a great read and worth every penny.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
OK, I mostly put the title in because of the Darth Trader reference in the book, but having read Robbie's previous book on share trading, I would say that where he excels is as a teacher. He takes all his years of experience, successes, mistakes and innate skill, and bundles it all up in a quirky, easy-to-read and ultimately amazingly useful guide to the world of spread betting. By covering every angle from stops, research, psychology, charting and profit taking, he gives a somewhat personal insight into his own methods of making money. But... Robbie is a seriously successful trader, not just a `guru'. So if he says, "I don't really touch commodities", it's not a bad thing for this book, just a little autobiographical bit of information.
The style of the book is fabulous, well laid out, and funny and light enough for even bedtime reading (ignoring the author's advice!), and the danger points are well highlighted, so even a novice at spread betting should be safe from losing their shirt collection. I would definitely recommend reading Robbie's guide to share trading first, perhaps mostly because learning how to spread bet without knowing how the markets work could be disastrous, plus the earlier book is just superb too. This isn't necessarily a "how to" book as such, but a book to learn from.
Maybe he really is Yoda?
The style of the book is fabulous, well laid out, and funny and light enough for even bedtime reading (ignoring the author's advice!), and the danger points are well highlighted, so even a novice at spread betting should be safe from losing their shirt collection. I would definitely recommend reading Robbie's guide to share trading first, perhaps mostly because learning how to spread bet without knowing how the markets work could be disastrous, plus the earlier book is just superb too. This isn't necessarily a "how to" book as such, but a book to learn from.
Maybe he really is Yoda?
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Another good one from the Toast Master
Great compliment to the Naked Trader book. Good tips with examples, plain language, recommended for investors who trade shares and are ready to short.
Published 1 month ago by Steve devereux
Good book but not for shorting
Having read Robbie's "The Naked Trader" which gives loads of information on how to value shares & hints on deciding if a share is worth buying I was expecting help on deciding if a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JonWat
Down to earth
A pretty good read which explains spread betting in a down to earth way. Some of the things written are a bit dubious, eg he visits one of the big spread betting firms who tell him... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jack Calder
Excellent primer
Readable and accessible introduction to this topic. Doesn't assume any previous knowledge, although reading the Naked Trader would help.
Published 11 months ago by N. Bettes
Brilliant Book, bypass the snore!
This is my only spread betting book, i mostly get my information from the web. How ever this book has made learning how to spread bet a lot more fun. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Paul A. Bennett
spreadbetting naked trader
A very well written book,goes well with the other two naked trader books,easy to understand even to the amateur trader,I am sure it will add to my knowledge of this subject.
Published 12 months ago by geofthefly
Easy to read; worth the money.
I bought this book for my kindle yesterday and had the text-to-speech function read to me all night. A good night in. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Edward A. Thomson
Excellent!
I bought this for my husband after buying the first one for him - which he thought was excellent. Since taking up financial spread betting, he has found this book invuable. Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Hazell
Not really for spread betting
I have read both of The Naked Traders books and they are very enjoyable, humorous and hammer home how to stay alive in the stock market but as stated by a previous reviewer his... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Electrolux
Excellent, infact essential, read.
If you want to spreadbet you need to read this book first. It is written in Robbie's humorous, but easy to understand way, and it fills you in on the risks and the strategies to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by MountainSurfer
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