
First time trading indices?
What is trading indices or stock index trading?
When you trade indices, You trade a “basket of stocks”. Because these are Contract for Difference* (CFDs) trades you do not need to own the stocks to trade them.
Some indices follow a certain category of stock – for example the Nasdaq which is composed of non-financial mostly tech companies – such as Apple, Amazon, Alphabet Class A (Google), Intel and more.
Today, some of the world’s most popular indices are:
- The Dow Jones – the second oldest US index calculated first in 1896
- The S&P – A US index started in 1923
- The DAX – the German index also considered a benchmark for the EU’s economic health
- Nikkei – Japan’s index published in Nihon Keizai Shinbun Newspaper since 1950
- EURO STOXX – The Eurozone’s very own index composed of 50 highly liquid stock (a.k.a. blue-chip stock)
- FTSE - also known as the “Footsie” is the UK’s most active index.
- CFDs are leveraged products of high risk and may not suit some people.
Indices Contract Specifications
View OliveFX's Index CFD trading conditions below
Capital you invest is subject to risk as products are leveraged and may not suit some people. You could lose more than you invest and may risk making further payments.
Symbol | Trading Hours (GMT) | Daily Break (GMT) | Contract Size | Minimum Trade Size | P/L Currency |
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100GBP | Daily 07:00 - 21:00 | None | 1 | 0.1 | GBP |
200AUD | Daily 22:50 - 21:00 | Daily 05:30 - 06:10 | 1 | 0.1 | AUD |
225JPY | Monday 00:00 - Friday 21:15 | Daily 21:15 - 00:00 | 100 | 10 | JPY |
CHN50USD | Daily 01:00 - 20:45 | Daily 08:30 - 09:30 | 1 | 0.1 | USD |
D30EUR | Daily 07:00 - 21:00 | None | 1 | 0.1 | EUR |
E35EUR | Daily 07:00 - 19:00 | None | 1 | 0.1 | EUR |
E50EUR | Daily 07:00 - 21:00 | None | 1 | 0.1 | EUR |
F40EUR | Daily 07:00 - 21:00 | None | 1 | 0.1 | EUR |
H33HKD | Daily 01:15 - 17:00 |
Daily 04:00 - 05:00 Daily 08:30 - 09.15 |
10 | 1 | HKD |
NASUSD | Sunday 23:00 - Friday 21:15 |
Daily 21:15 - 21:30 Daily 22:00 - 23:00 |
1 | 0.1 | USD |
SPXUSD | Sunday 22:00 - Friday 20:15 |
Daily 21:15 - 21:30 Daily 22:00 - 23:00 |
10 | 1 | USD |
U30USD | Sunday 23:00 - Friday 21:15 |
Daily 21:15 - 21:30 Daily 22:00 - 23:00 |
1 | 0.1 | USD |