Whats the difference between these 2 trading methods?
Trading the Spread is where you can make a possible endless profit or loss, which can be locked in with Stop Loss and limit orders - if you trade £10 per point, for each point up or down you make or lose money per point. Depending if you traded Long or Short. Spread betting is more volatile than Fixed Odds.
Spread betting could be said to have leverage to its power. But leverage can work against aswell as for you.