The issue of direct access is an important one and it becomes more important the more short term your trading is. The market can change from a state of seeming paralysis to one of shocking volatility and activity in a flash. The length of time it takes between you deciding to enter an order and [...]

Futures are contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.
Futures are normally traded in contracts and are a legally binding agreement between a buyer and a seller. The seller must deliver the specific agreed upon asset [...]

Hi, I am looking into writing covered calls & despite trawling through the government’s tax website I am none the wiser as to whether premium income is taxed as income or capital gains? In case it is relevant, this would not be my main source of income.
Many thanks
In UK, as a ‘rule’, all investment income [...]

Options are one of the oldest trading vehicles man has ever used. Around a 1000 B.C Aristotle Thales predicted by the stars that there would be a bumper olive harvest and bought options on the use of olive presses.
When the harvest did in fact prove to be a great harvest Thales was able to rent [...]