This section of LearnMoney.co.uk site looks at all available markets to bet on. Please use the headings at the top of the page to get further information on individual markets.

The biggest and most widely traded markets are obviously those related to the stockmarket, whether individual shares or the indexes such as FTSE 100 and the US Nasdaq 100. But spread betting companies make markets on almost every available financial market worldwide. This is one of the beauties about spread betting - You can trade every market on offer from the one account.

For those of you starting out spread betting is good advice to start to trade in a market that you feel comfortable in, a market that you might know something about. A big stock like Vodafone or the FTSE 100 are perfect vehicles to cut your teeth in.

Another point to consider is that many spread betters use charts to base their trading decisions on and therefore feel that they don't have to have a good grasp of the fundamentals of the market in question. Technical traders (people who use charts) take the view that all known fundamental information is already in the price therefore looking at a price chart (whether it's trending etc) will give them clues as to future direction.

Chart trading is not for everyone and like anything in the markets has its advantages and disadvantages. But the main point is that you don't have to know everything about a market to successfully trade in it.