City Index Offers Lower Trade Sizes with Learn to Trade Programme

LONDON, August 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/), a leading global provider of spread betting, CFD trading and margined foreign exchange, is offering new traders a free four-week course to build their spread betting and CFD trading skills at their own pace. 

The 'Learn to Trade' Programme allows participants to access exclusive minimum trade sizes of 25p per point and commission rates from just £5 per CFD trade  for four weeks from the day they first fund their account. Other features of the Learn to Trade Programme include:

Intuitive Online Trading Platform
Discover a selection of cutting-edge risk management tools, market news, charting and more than 12,000 global financial markets on the City Index online trading platform.

Award-Winning iPhone™ and Mobile Trading
Voted the FT's Innovation of the Year and Best Mobile Trading Platform by readers of MoneyAM, City Index allows you to trade wherever you are and whenever you want with Android, BlackBerry and iPhone spread betting.

Free Daily Market Commentary Newsletter
The City Index newsletter arrives in your inbox every weekday to keep you informed with the latest market data and insights from trading experts such as Chief Market Strategist Joshua Raymond and Chief Technical Analyst Sandy Jadeja.

Sign up for and find out more about the Learn to Trade Programme at:

http://www.cityindex.co.uk/learn-to-trade/learn-to-trade-programme.aspx

Spread betting and CFD trading are leveraged products which can result in losses greater than your initial deposit. Ensure you fully understand the risks.

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About City Index:

Today more and more individual traders are discovering the benefits of derivatives, and many of them are discovering them through a City Index trading platform.

As a group, we transact in excess of 1.5 million trades every month for individuals in over 50 countries worldwide. We provide access to a wide range of instruments including margined currency trading, CFDs and, in the UK, financial spread betting.

We constantly look to widen the range of assets we offer, improve the performance of our platforms and expand the range of services we provide. The result is that our customers benefit from innovative trading tools with transparent pricing, competitive spreads, and a high standard of customer service and support. For more information, visit http://www.cityindex.co.uk/