Key Spread Betting Strategy 1: Start Small. http://www.financial-spread-betting.com/strategies/strategies-tips.html Clever Strategy : Generally you should start with whatever your spread betting company takes as the minimum bet size. For example, £1 per point on the Daily FTSE. And, only bet on the smallest likely rises or falls for that market. For example, on the Daily FTSE the minimum possible daily rise or fall is one point, so think in terms of betting on rises or falls in units of tens and twenties -- not several hundreds.