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Tight spreads
Access competitive spreads as low as 0.4 points on SPX500, 0.6 on GER40, and 1.2 on AUS200.
Flexible contract sizes
Open a position on indices with a minimum trade size of just 0.1.
Wide selection of indices
Choose from 18 of the largest and most popular global indices.
Why trade indices?
Trade major world stock market indices without having to buy the underlying asset.
Diversification
The wide variety of stocks in an index provides traders with greater exposure than any other financial market.
24/5 trading
With the ability to trade 24/5, you can potentially benefit from price movements day and night.
Go long or short
Potentially profit in both rising and falling markets by going either long or short.
Index CFD trading scenarios
INDEX
US30
ENTRY PRICE
$30,000
TRADE SIZE
1 contract
TRADE VALUE
$30,000 ×1 =$30,000
REQUIRED MARGIN (20:1)
$30,000 ÷20 =$1,500
Going long (buy)
Going short (sell)
Your research tells you that US30’s price is going to rise.
SCENARIO A
EXIT PRICE
$30,500
PROFIT/LOSS
=(Exit price -entry price) x Trade size
=(30,500 -30,000) ×1
=500 ×1
=500
Profit $500
SCENARIO B
EXIT PRICE
$29,500
PROFIT/LOSS
=(Exit price -entry price) x Trade size
=(29,500 -30,000) ×1
=-500 ×1
=-500
Loss $500
