The birth of the internet led to online trading which in turn has formed online spread betting. Much of this was advisory unless you had direct access to a trading floor and it would almost always require large volumes of money if you wanted to become involved across currencies, equities, stocks and commodities.
Previously, trading on an intraday basis was either done over the phone or via a visit to a broker. Online trading has changed the way markets interact and have arguably diluted the power of the original financial houses who had monopolised trading and short-term investments until around the mid-1990’s.
Whether your thing is for the UK main FTSE indices, those in Frankfurt or Paris, or perhaps further across the pond Wall Street in New York, there are plenty of trading opportunities to be found every day. The revolution in being able to speculate on price fluctuations in almost any market, 24 hours per day and in any part of the world has been created by the availability of online spread betting.