How Indices Trading Works
Trading indices enables you to expand your portfolio while opening up positions on the global equity markets. Indices trading allows you speculate on influential companies in a particular market segment. Indices, such as the American S&P 500 and the German DAX 30, give you the chance to take advantage of increased volatility.
Because indices are numbers, you cannot directly own them. To trade them you need to select a product that mirrors their performance by tracking the underlying index’s price, such as the DOW 30, SPX500, FTSE100, EuroStoxx, IBEX or CAC.