Where Can I Spread Bet on Royal Mail?
A Financial Spreads account provides clients with a range of shares spread betting and CFD markets such as Royal Mail,
Rolls-Royce, JP Morgan and BNP Paribas, together with a broad selection of other global equities.
Where Can I Access Live Prices for the Royal Mail Market?
FinancialSpreads offers investors live prices on more than 1,000 spread trading and CFD markets like Royal Mail and a wide variety of other equities, stock market indices,
FX and commodities markets.
Where Can I Get Live Royal Mail Charts?
When using a FinancialSpreads account clients can make use of a real-time charting package for Royal Mail and more than 1,000 other spread trading and CFD markets.
As well as the various chart types, the charting package has a wide array of advanced functions:
- Overlays and indicators such as MACD, Bollinger Bands, Stochastic and so on
- A range of intervals such as 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 day and so on
- Drawing tools such as Andrew's Pitchfork, Trendlines and Fibonacci Retracements
Sample FinancialSpreads share candlestick chart:
Financial Spread Betting on Royal Mail
As an example, let's assume that you sign into FinancialSpreads and are presented with something like:
| Royal Mail Rolling Cash |
Sell
446.29 |
|
Buy
447.11 |
|
This is an example of how the market works...
| The Spread Betting Market | Royal Mail Rolling Cash |
| The Spread Betting Price | 446.29p - 447.11p |
| What This Means | Now you can take a position on the Royal Mail Rolling Cash market going:
 Above 447.11p, or
 Below 446.29p
This is a Rolling market which means that there is no closing date for this spread bet. If you decide not to close your position and the session ends then your trade will automatically roll over to the next trading day.
Note that if a trade is rolled over then you will either be charged or receive a small fee for overnight financing based on whether you are betting on the market to move lower or higher. For additional details also see Rolling Spread Bets. |
| Units Traded | Bets on the Royal Mail market are made in £x per penny price movement.
E.g. if Royal Mail changes by 30p then you would win or lose 30 multiples of your stake. |
| Stake per Unit | You choose how much you are going to stake per penny, e.g. £3 per penny, £8 per penny, £20 per penny etc. |
| Simplified Trading Example | For example, if you had a stake of £4 per penny and Royal Mail moves 26p, you would lose or gain £4 per penny x 26p = £104. |
Worked Spread Trading Example - Buying Royal Mail
Spread trading on the UK share to move up
| You Now Select Whether to Go Long or Short |
Royal Mail moving:
Above 447.11p? or
Below 446.29p?
|
| You Might Want to Buy |
Above 447.11p
|
| You Decide Your Stake Size, Let's Say You Choose | £5 per penny |
| Now What? |
- You make a profit of £5 for each penny Royal Mail pushes higher than 447.11p
- You will make a loss of £5 for every penny Royal Mail pushes lower than 447.11p
|
| If You Are Spread Betting on a Market to Increase Your Trading P/L = | (Closing Price - Opening Price) x stake |
| | |
| Scenario 1 |
| Royal Mail increases and the spread trading market is adjusted and moved to 464.99p - 465.81p, therefore you would see: |
|
464.99 |
|
465.81 |
|
| Close and Take Your Profit? | At this point, you could choose to keep your spread bet open or close it, i.e. close your spread bet to lock in your profit. For this example, you choose to close your position by selling the market at 464.99p. |
| Your Trading P/L = | (Closing Price - Opening Price) x stake |
| (464.99p - 447.11p) x £5 per penny |
| 17.88p x £5 per penny |
| Your Trading P/L = | £89.40 profit |
| | |
| Scenario 2 |
| Royal Mail drops and the spread betting market is revised and changes to 430.34p - 431.16p. I.e. |
|
430.34 |
|
431.16 |
|
| Restrict Your Loss? | At this point, you can choose to keep your trade open or close it, i.e. close your trade and restrict your loss. In this case you choose to settle your position and sell at 430.34p. |
| Your Trading P/L = | (Closing Price - Opening Price) x stake |
| (430.34p - 447.11p) x £5 per penny |
| -16.77p x £5 per penny |
| Your Trading P/L = | -£83.85 loss |
Spread Betting Example - Taking a Short Position on Royal Mail
Spread betting on the UK share to move down in value
| You Now Select Whether to Buy or Sell |
Royal Mail to go:
Above 447.11p? or
Below 446.29p?
|
| Let's Say You Go Short |
Below 446.29p |
| You Choose How Much to Risk, Let's Say You Select | £10 per penny |
| What Happens Next? |
- You will make a loss of £10 for every penny Royal Mail rises above 446.29p
- You make a profit of £10 for every penny Royal Mail falls below 446.29p
|
| If You Are Selling a Spread Bet Your Trading P/L = | (Opening Price - Closing Price) x stake |
| | |
| Scenario 3 |
| Royal Mail pushes lower and the market adjusts and moves to 432.08p - 432.90p. Therefore you would see this on Financial Spreads: |
|
432.08 |
|
432.90 |
|
| Close for a Profit? | At this point, you could opt to leave your position open or close it in order to take your profit. In this instance you choose to settle your bet and buy the market at 432.90p. |
| Your Trading P/L = | (Opening Price - Closing Price) x stake |
| (446.29p - 432.90p) x £10 per penny |
| 13.39p x £10 per penny |
| Your Trading P/L = | £133.90 profit |
| | |
| Scenario 4 |
| Royal Mail goes higher and the financial spread betting market is revised to 458.02p - 458.84p: |
|
458.02 |
|
458.84 |
|
| Limit the Loss? | At this point, you can choose to leave your trade open or close it in order to restrict your losses. In this instance you decide to close your trade by buying the market at 458.84p. |
| Your Trading P/L = | (Opening Price - Closing Price) x stake |
| (446.29p - 458.84p) x £10 per penny |
| -12.55p x £10 per penny |
| Your Trading P/L = | -£125.50 loss |
- Royal Mail market comments: online spread betting prices taken from FinancialSpreads as per 13 February 2015
- You could also trade on Royal Mail in euros/penny and dollars/penny
Where Can I Practice Financial Spread Betting on Royal Mail?
FinancialSpreads.com offers a free Demo Account which means you can try out new strategies, try out spread betting and CFD trading, check real-time charts and test new trading orders on spread betting and CFD markets like Royal Mail.
The Practice Account offers more than a handful of markets; you can also get experience using a variety of commodity markets, FX rates, index markets and shares.
Open a Spread Betting and CFD Trading Demo Account
More on Royal Mail plc (RMG)
A common ticker code for Royal Mail is 'RMG' however 'RMG.L' and 'LON:RMG' are also used.
For more news and information on the UK firm, also see:
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