INDICES TRADING
Trade the top financial markets from across the globe with Index CFDs!
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What are indices?
An index is an instrument that measures the performance of a group of assets with shared characteristics, such as region, theme, sector, and more. Indices can sometimes act as benchmarks to indicate the overall health of an industry or a country’s economy. Trading indices can be a way for traders to diversify their portfolio as they track a basket of assets instead of an individual one.
Index performance is influenced by the performance of the assets they track, industry news, economic data, national interest rates, and more. Indices cannot be traded directly, and those who wish to participate in index trading do so via purchasing Index CFDs. Alternatively clients can access Indices via ETFs on exchange.
How does Index Trading Work?
As indices are barometers of market performance, traders cannot buy or sell them directly. Instead, traders can buy an Index as an ETF or they can trade Index CFDs and speculate on the overall performance of the index. When they trade an Index CFD, they do not own any of the assets being tracked.
Index CFD traders can ‘go long’ when they predict the price of an index will rise and ‘go short’ when they predict the price of an index will fall. This means they can find opportunities in both bullish and bearish markets. Index CFDs are also leveraged products, meaning traders can gain great exposure in markets for just a small initial margin deposit.
How do CFD Trading Accounts Work?
A CFD trading account allows you to trade on the price difference of underlying assets without owning them, with the use of leverage. When you trade CFDs, you will need to provide a deposit margin to finance your trades, and you will need to provide a maintenance margin to cover potential losses if your trades go against you.
As a top-tier provider of Index CFDs, Alchemy Markets offer tight spreads and commission-free trading† on indices. When you create a trading account with us, you can enjoy institutional execution and liquidity. As a traders-first broker, we also offer top notch 24/5 customer support.
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Disclaimer
*All instruments offered by Alchemy Markets are traded in the form of derivatives as CFDs.
**Leverage on Index CFDs can vary. For more information, you can check our specification sheet or on MT5.
¹We offer commission-free trading on Forex, Indices, and Metals only. For more information on our charges on other products such as Crypto CFDs and Stock CFDs, you can visit our individual product pages.
