Financial betting has become very popular in recent years and more and more sites are emerging that offer this type of betting. Financial betting is similar to betting on regular sports, because you, as a player, again place your bet on the result of an event, using luck, skill or experience to win.

As the financial markets are constantly moving and the shares of the companies are moving up and down, you can choose when to place your bets. Predicting, analyzing and betting on the price movement is the main point of financial bets.

It is obvious that financial bets are inspired by real investments in the commodity market and the odds on financial bets must match the real prices shown on the exchange markets offered by the bookmaker.

In the same way as in sports, it is important to note that 60% of investors think that a great piece of advice for future generations is to understand what they are investing in.

Therefore, in order to be successful in financial betting, you must have a general knowledge and basic understanding of the principles that create and maintain market movement, as well as the additional risks.

By using financial betting, you can learn how to trade virtual stocks, similar to actually owning a stake in a company.

Differences between financial betting and commodity investments

There is quite a big difference between predicting the movement of the financial market and the actual purchase of shares or stakes of a company.

First, when you buy shares from a company, you usually make a long-term investment, which is supported by previous documentation of the company's development, its strengths and the overall economic context of the market. Needless to say, when you buy shares of a company, you certainly hope the company will grow.

When it comes to financial betting, there is one obvious difference - you don't have to buy shares and become a small or major shareholder in the company. Players in such gambling activities do not actually own the funds or services on which they rely.

Finally, there seems to be a certain objectivity in the fact that one simply has to predict (and make money from it) and bet on the ups and downs of market prices over a period of time.

Advantages of Financial betting

If you analyze the movement of the market, you can use the main changes to your advantage, so that the ups and downs can be used by plaers to their advantage.

To make things even more complicated, those who have actually invested in a particular company and bought shares, hoping they will go up over time, can use the company's collapse to their advantage by using financial bets. But those who are not prepared and do not understand very well the internal dynamics of a market should not be involved in such activities from the beginning.

However, financial bets can be useful for novice traders and long-term investors who want access to the financial market and want to invest large amount of money. It is therefore a good way to learn the techniques needed to succeed in valuing and buying market shares.

In addition, betting on financial markets is tax efficient and you are not subject to the tax laws that apply to investors and traders who have to pay taxes to own shares. After all, financial bets are easy to learn without any extra care along with real investments in financial markets.

Types of financial betting

• Fixed odds financial betting

This type of financial betting allows you to bet on the movement of a financial market by predicting if the stock will go "above" or "below" a certain level until the end of the day (or other fixed period). Your losses in this case are only the amount you first invested for this bet.

• Floating odds financial betting

This type of betting, allows you to win or lose an unlimited amount of money, as there is no single bet to limit the loss. It is very risky, but also the potential for big profits is greater. This type of betting is based only on how much a financial instrument rises or falls, so the more the price goes up, the more you win, and the more the price goes down, the more you lose.

• Binary betting

It is close to spread betting (Floating odds), but there is no risk of losing more money than your original bet. Odds with an index from 1 to 100 are offered here, and the bet is settled at 100 if the event reaches this point, and at 0 if it does not reach this point.

Bet on a point on the index. With this type of bet, there are two possible outcomes - to win or lose. You can also sell or buy a binary pair.

Financial betting sites (online bookmakers)

There are many ways to make financial bets at an online bookmaker. You will see that the experience is quite close to betting on horse racing and you just have to guess (or predict) which will come out first or last.

You also need to understand that financial bets are similar to live sports betting. The more people bet on the result of an event, the lower the odds will be.

Betting online by predicting the direction of stock prices is a relatively easy way to make money by analyzing the movement of stocks and shares. Its main advantage is that you can benefit from the movement of shares with a relatively small investment.

If you are serious about Financial betting, then the most important thing is to learn the basic details of the movement of financial markets and the basic techniques you need to know.