Why trade indices?
Indices allow you to speculate on an entire industry or sector with a single trade.
This can be a great way to diversify and hedge your portfolio.
Indices tend to be highly liquid, with longer trading hours than a lot of other markets, so there’s plenty of opportunity to trade.
How to trade indices
CFDs enable you to speculate on the price of an index, without having to own any portion of the underlying stocks. And it only takes a few minutes to get started:
Create a Capital.com account
Open our web platform or download our mobile and tablet app
Find the index you’d like to trade
Decide whether you want to go long or short
Manage your exposure by setting stop-losses and take-profits
Place your trade and check back to see how it’s performing
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