Indices: the whole market in one position

An index distils an entire equity market into one number: the Dow Jones 30 follows thirty large US companies, the DAX 40 tracks Germany's biggest listings. An index CFD trades that number directly — you take a position on the market's direction without owning any of its components, and you can be short a whole economy's benchmark as easily as long.

• Diversification built into the instrument

  A single company's bad afternoon moves an index by basis points, not percentages. The position is a view on the market, not a stock pick.

• The macro trade, directly

  Rate decisions, jobs data, and earnings seasons move indices first. If your analysis is macro, this is its native instrument.

• Fractional index lots

  Lots from 0.1 let position size match conviction without oversizing the account.

• Session times you can plan around

  Each index follows its exchange calendar, published per instrument in the specifications.

• GER40DAX 40
• NAS100Nasdaq 100
• SPX500S&P 500
• UK100FTSE 100
• US30Dow Jones 30

Each index follows its home exchange session, stated per instrument in the contract specifications in GST. US benchmarks are most active from 17:30 GST; European indices from 11:00 GST.

GST does not observe daylight saving. Session times for overseas markets shift by one hour when their regions change clocks — typically late March and late October.