Understand the market-maker spread as the price gap between buying and selling offers by market makers, and how it compensates for market-making risks.

In this article, we explore a quantitative approach to spread trading with a slightly different setup than the classic model. Typically, spread trading involves going long on one asset and ...

Leveraged trading with spread betting and contracts for difference (CFDs) isn’t for everyone. It certainly won’t form the core of a strategy for most MoneyWeek readers. However, for some people, short ...