As indices are not actual products, they cannot be traded directly. Instead, investors trade indices through derivatives such as CFDs, futures or options. In fact, stock indices are the most popular form of CFD trading.
Boost and diversify your portfolio
S&P 500, FTSE 100, DAX 30, CAC 40 are only a few of the most traded indices on the global markets, which are also available for all A3 Trading clients. By trading indices, a trader is able to diversify his or her portfolio and thus take advantage of more profit opportunities.
Indices are considered an integral part of a trader’s successful portfolio and one of the reasons is because they add flexibility to the trader’s portfolio. Stock indices are one of the few financial products, which can be traded under any market condition. Indices can be traded online as easily as currencies or commodities.
Maintaining your portfolio during stock market corrections
Every market goes through periods when it is more vulnerable to changes. In situations like these, experienced traders react by hedging their stock market portfolio by buying and selling stock index futures.
This is one of the reasons for most experienced investors to keep indices in their investment portfolio.
Sell as easily as you can buy
One of the major advantages of futures markets, in general, is that you can sell contracts as easily as you can buy them and the amount of margin required is the same.
With indices, buying and selling is even easier. For example, when speculating with indices traders don’t have to wait until the market moves up. They can simply sell short and make money on declining markets. There are no special restrictions at all on being short.
| Type | Instrument | SPREAD | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFD Index | ARCA Pharmaceutical | 1.5 | USD |
| CFD Index | DFM General | 20 | AED |
| CFD Index | NIFTY | 40 | INR |
| CFD Index | TA 35 | 5 | ILS |
| CFD Index | Tadawul All Share | 20 | SAR |
| CFD Index Future | ASX | 4 | AUD |
| CFD Index Future | BOVESPA | 300 | BRL |
| CFD Index Future | CAC | 4 | EUR |
| CFD Index Future | CNA50 | 35 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | DAX | 5 | EUR |
| CFD Index Future | DOW | 35 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | EURO50 | 3.5 | EUR |
| CFD Index Future | FANG | 8 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | FTSE | 6 | GBP |
| CFD Index Future | HANG | 25.3 | HKD |
| CFD Index Future | IBEX | 10 | EUR |
| CFD Index Future | JSE | 200 | ZAR |
| CFD Index Future | MIB | 20 | EUR |
| CFD Index Future | NK | 25 | JPY |
| CFD Index Future | NSDQ | 4 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | OMXS30 | 4 | SEK |
| CFD Index Future | RUSS | 1.5 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | SMI | 5 | CHF |
| CFD Index Future | SP | 4 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | VIX | 0.3 | USD |
| CFD Index Future | WIG20 | 4 | PLN |
