Index trading

Take a view on an entire equity market in one position. Index CFDs give you exposure to a basket of companies without picking individual names, with most benchmarks quotable well beyond their cash-market hours.

Open account Trading conditions
12+

Global indices

0.4

Spreads from, points

1:200

Maximum leverage

Cash

And futures pricing

Live index prices

The benchmarks that set the tone for every other market, in real time.

Indicative prices supplied by MQL5 for reference only. They are not ACSFX Markets dealing prices — open the platform for tradable quotes.

Index specifications

SymbolIndexRegionTypical spreadMin lotMax leverage
US30 Dow Jones Industrial Average United States 2.0 pts 0.10 1:200
US500 S&P 500 United States 0.4 pts 0.10 1:200
NAS100 Nasdaq 100 United States 1.2 pts 0.10 1:200
US2000 Russell 2000 United States 0.6 pts 0.10 1:100
UK100 FTSE 100 United Kingdom 1.0 pts 0.10 1:200
GER40 DAX 40 Germany 1.2 pts 0.10 1:200
FRA40 CAC 40 France 1.0 pts 0.10 1:200
EU50 Euro Stoxx 50 Eurozone 1.5 pts 0.10 1:200
ESP35 IBEX 35 Spain 6.0 pts 0.10 1:100
JP225 Nikkei 225 Japan 7.0 pts 0.10 1:200
HK50 Hang Seng Hong Kong 5.0 pts 0.10 1:100
AUS200 ASX 200 Australia 1.8 pts 0.10 1:100

Three things to understand first

Cash versus futures

Cash indices track the spot level and carry a daily financing charge for positions held overnight. Futures-based indices have no daily financing but expire and roll on a schedule.

Dividend adjustments

When a constituent goes ex-dividend, the index level drops mechanically. On cash indices we apply an offsetting cash adjustment credited to long positions, debited from short ones.

Gap risk

Cash equity markets close overnight and reopen with a gap that can jump straight over a stop level. Stop-loss orders are filled at the next available price, not necessarily the level you set.

Broad exposure, single decision

An index position expresses a view on a market rather than a company. You are not exposed to a single earnings miss, a product recall, or an executive departure the idiosyncratic risk of any one constituent is diluted across the basket.

That makes indices well suited to macro trading. If your thesis is about interest rates, inflation or growth, an index is a cleaner expression of it than picking the individual stocks you think will respond best.

  • One position instead of dozens of individual share trades
  • Extended hours coverage beyond the cash market session
  • Short exposure without borrowing stock
  • Deep liquidity on the major US and European benchmarks
DOZENS OF CONSTITUENTS ONE INDEX POSITION US500 · NAS100 · GER40 ONE DECISION, NOT DOZENS OF SINGLE-STOCK RISKS

Broad exposure in a single position