The term FTSE 100 refer to the top 100 UK companies in the stock market, when you place a spread bet on this FTSE 100 in your spread betting software, you actually predict the spread  FTSE 100 to go up in value or to fall in value. Since the UK residents are familiar with the movements of the FTSE it’s easy to predict its direction and easy to make money with its movements.

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For the users who are about to place they bet spread ftse, the history of the value is very important. Since it’s a complex of 100 different companies, the average and total value of them all is important. In the past few months, the spread ftse 100 is negative since the global financial crisis the value is falling slowly, this should light as red light and say to the users that this market is falling.

In the future, it will go up, there is no doubt that the spread ftse 100 will be positive and the value will raise again. If you can predict and tell when its going to happen, your benefit is promised.
Since its popularity and because the majority of the spread betting users are residents if the UK, most of the companies provides the option to bet on spread ftse 100 as a default option. For any provider you will choose to place the best with, the ftse 100 is there and high on the list.

Apart from the companies in the FTSE 100 list, the whole group is acting differently. Means some of the companies can raise and make great benefit to someone who placed a bet on their private spread but in the other hand they are still part of the negative spread of the whole group. This situation opens a new opportunities to you as a spread better, since you can place a bet on both options, single company spread and spread ftse 100 and make sure to profit.