Beginner's Guide to Trading on Football Index - The Football Stock Market

Hello, it's a new day! I want to introduce to you a whole new opportunity, since football is dear to your heart and you have appreciable knowledge of the top five leagues in Europe: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Seria A and French Ligue1. So then, I want to show you how you can make money off your knowledge by trading on Football Index._

First, My name is Benson Chukwueke, a Sport Marketing consultant. I try to do my bit by engaging and empowering youths in Africa with football possibilities. Here I want to take you through the magnificent new world of "The Football Index" – the football stock market where real money is traded.

Football Index | A beginner's guide
Football and online betting are two cultural obsessions in Nigeria today and the Football Index has come to create yet a better investment opportunity - the first footballing stock market.

Before I start, I must stress that this is just a Beginner's guide to the Index.
How does it work?
How do I make money?

Well…to make money, just like the real stock market, you need to buy shares and create an investment portfolio. However, instead of buying shares in Dangote or Globalcom, for example, you buy Futures in a football player.

This is where your "Football Managerial instincts," and those heated arguments in viewing centers or newspaper vendor's stand  “why didn’t Chelsea sign him” moments are put to the test and it may begin to pay off for you.

Futures
The price of a Future will go up and down depending on the market interest. So, for example I decided to invest in Arsenal's Joe Willock because I think he is a great young talent with a very promising career ahead of him.

If he continues to do well, more traders will invest in him and his market value will therefore increase. He is in my portfolio as I also expect plenty of talk of a Premier League move in the coming months and this will create more interest in him and more traders will want to add Willock to their portfolios (fingers crossed anyway).

If the value of a specific player you own increases, you may wish to sell some/all of your Futures and cash in on the profit. If however, you believe the player’s value is going to continue to increase you may wish to keep them or even buy more futures for your portfolio.

Quick Flips
You can also make money with Quick Flips buying Futures in a player and then selling not long after for a profit.

An easy way to do this is to have a look at any big upcoming matches and events and try to predict which player(s) will be in demand (e.g Champions league games).

To give you an example of this, I purchased Futures in Sadio Mane fairly cheap two weeks before Liverpool and Barcelona Champions League second  Semi Final leg in Anfield England. In the build up to the game the Senegalese midfielder's value grew considerably as traders were snapping him up and I sold him before kick-off for a nice return.

You may be thinking “Mane is an obvious buy, he’s been doing well in the last two years for Liverpool” – He is known, but this has no bearing on his value or demand. African players are not subject to a lot of interest unless they are playing in the Champions League, where the coverage is at a maximum.

As I currently write this, the top 10 valued players in the Index varies: Nyemar (1) so much media talk on transfer back to Barcelona, Paul Podgba (2) transfer rumours to Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappé (4), Lionel Messi is currently the 7th most expensive player, thus proving that there is more to the Index than just buying world class players.

As I say, this is just a beginner's guide, I may do an in-depth piece at a later date to explain the above and other factors to consider when investing, in more detail.

Buzz Wins
Anyway, back to making money – the other way to do this is through Buzz Wins.

If your player has any press coverage from any of the news feeds that Football Index monitors daily (Sky Sports, Talksport, UEFA, ESPN, The FA, FIFA, Football League, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Times, Telegraph, Independent, Express, Guardian, Metro, BBC, Daily Mirror, Football 365, Goal.com, Huffington Post) he will receive Buzz points, and at midnight each night.

The player with the most buzz points will earn his owners dividends, which are paid at at a rate of 5p per-Future held.

It’s important to remember that Buzz points are not solely performance related. Paul Pogba has often won the buzz for a new hairstyle making the headlines or a crazy dance. So when considering investing in a player for potential Buzz Wins, try to decipher who regularly features in the media, whether that be positive or negative press.

I’ve found that Man Utd players consistently dominate the Buzz charts. They get a whole lot of media attention.

My first buzz purchase – and I will not win any prizes for originality – was none other than Zlatan Ibrahimovic! Zlatan is a serial Buzz winner. A man with an ego as big as his, playing for arguably the biggest club in the world, he often runs away with the Buzz points! But can't posdibly over look the weekly headliners: Nyemar, Cristano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Best Time to Get Involved Is Now
As you invest more money over time and your portfolio grows, hopefully you will start to make a consistent profit.

Sadly, you will not make thousands from a £5 investment. Index profits are % based and generally speaking the more you invest, the more you will make more money..

With an expected period of growth of the Index in the near future, now is the perfect time to invest. Try to keep a mixed portfolio so you have some players for Buzz wins, some for longer-term investment and then some Quick Flips that you may buy and sell within a week depending on upcoming matches.

How to Get Started
Download Football Index App or click the Link Here

Then click "Join Now" at the top right corner
Then fill out the form
Note: if you are not in Europe or USA, send an email to get a different Approval.
Once your account is activated,  then you are ready to make your first investment.