The simple answer is that the best markets to trade is the one you know most about. That in turn should give you the greatest opportunity to make money. After this you should consider trading times and other factors such as the cost of trading one market compared to another in terms of dealing spread and margin requirement.
A spread betting account gives you trading access to a huge array of financial markets to trade. Stock indices, company shares, forex and commodities are all available along with more esoteric products such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). With so much choice it sometimes can be hard to know where to start, particularly if you’re coming to spread betting for the first time.
It can be a bit overwhelming to log on to the platform for the first time and be confronted with loads of different markets to trade with their prices constantly updating. Some novice traders are tempted to look at all that activity and jump straight in hoping to make what looks like a quick, easy profit. Resist that temptation! Instead, the first thing to do is to simplify things. You can do this by picking a few markets to trade with which you are most familiar. Or, if you are a newcomer, you may want to start off with a major stock index, such as the UK100, and a major currency pair such as the EURUSD. These are popular markets which have the advantage of tight spreads and plenty of liquidity which in turn means they have the lowest dealing costs. The less money you spend on the actual trade, the more you have to speculate with.