Four reasons women make good spread betters

Spread betting is, by and large, a male pastime - men outnumber women by over two to one. But women make much better spread betters. Here's why.

Like many activities spawned by the City, spread betting was once a male-only pastime. "Just over 12 years ago, the attendees at our seminars were 100% male" Sandy Jadega of City Index tells Lucy Warwick Ching in the FT. But that's no longer the case: "now that has dropped to about 70%".

And while they're still in the minority, it seems that women have a few tricks to teach men when it comes to racking up profits. According to IG index, on average they win twice as much, or lose half as much, as their male counterparts. Here are four possible reasons why.

Subscribe to MoneyWeek

Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE

Get 6 issues free
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/mw70aro6gl1676370748.jpg

Sign up to Money Morning

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Sign up

Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.