Conquer the global indices market with trading conditions designed to empower your strategy.
Never miss a pip. Get your orders executed in milliseconds on both the ntrader platforms and proprietary Advanta Terminals.
Lower your trading costs with tight spreads that stay stable and reliable, even in volatile conditions. Maximize your performance and minimize your costs, even when the volatility index is high.
Delay or sometimes avoid stop outs with our proprietary market protection feature. Strengthen your positions with a condition designed to help your strategy endure volatility.
The global index market is a broad network of stock indices that typically include hundreds or thousands of stocks from large to small-cap companies. Advanta ’ award-winning trading platform allows you to speculate on the price movements of various stock indices without having to buy the underlying asset.
Spreads are always floating, so the spreads in the table above are yesterday’s averages. For live spreads, please refer to the trading platform.
Swap values may be updated on a daily basis. If you are a resident of a Muslim country, all accounts are automatically swap-free.
Dividend amounts may be updated on a daily basis. Check upcoming dividends and read more important information about dividends in our Help Center.
When trading indices, leverage is fixed at 1:400 for US30, US500 and USTEC, and 1:200 for other indices. All indices’ daily higher margin requirements depend on the specific index. You can find a list of all higher margin requirements for indices here.
Please note that the stop level values in the table above are subject to change and may not be available for traders using certain high-frequency trading strategies or Expert Advisors.
AUS200: Sunday 22:55:00 to Friday 20:59:59 (daily break
05:29:59-06:10:00, 21:58:59-22:55:00)
US30, FR40, DE30, USTEC, US500, STOXX50, UK100: Sunday
23:05:00 to Friday 20:59:00 (daily break 21:59:00-23:05:00)
JP225: Sunday 23:05:00 to Friday 20:59:59 (daily break
21:58:59-23:05:00)
HK50: Sunday 22:05:00 to Friday 19:59:59 (daily break
00:44:59-01:15:00, 04:29:59-05:00:00, 08:29:59-09:15:00,
20:59:59-22:05:00)
Al timings are in server time (GMT+0).
and gain exposure to the global market by trading stock index derivatives.
from top markets around the world, including the US, UK, China, Germany, and Japan, with ultra-fast execution and low and stable spreads.
from indices trading with one of the only brokers in the industry to process withdrawals instantly.¹
Trading indices derivatives is a great way to gain exposure to the stock indices market without needing to own the underlying asset.
Because you’re speculating on the performance of an index rather than investing in it, you can capitalize on the movements of prices, whether they’re going up or down.
You can also use leverage to access the global indices market with a fraction of the capital you would need if you were to invest in indices directly.
Not only does this open up the world of major indices to so many more traders, but it also provides unique trading opportunities over multiple time frames, especially when combined with solid index chart technical analysis.
Deciding when to enter or exit a trade in the global indices market should be based on your advanced trading strategy.
When trading indices, you should closely monitor a range of fundamental factors, including economic news releases, geopolitical events and macroeconomic developments.
You can also make use of a variety of technical analysis tools to analyze index charts. This could be anything from detecting patterns on a candlestick chart to using Fibonacci retracement, or looking at moving averages and paying attention to the volatility index.
Once you have tested your trading strategy, you then need to check the opening and closing times of the markets you are trading.
You can see the full timetable in the Trading Hours section on this page.
Fibonacci retracements are a popular technical analysis tool used to identify potential levels of support or resistance.
To trade indices using this method, traders will typically look for reversals at Fibonacci retracement levels that coincide with other technical indicators, such as candlestick patterns or volume.
Traders can then use the Fibonacci retracement levels to establish entry and exit points for trades or stop losses to manage risk.
It’s important to test your trading strategy with technical analysis tools such as Fibonacci retracements on a demo account before trading stock indices with real capital.
Whether you are trading on MetaTrader 4 or 5 or on the Advanta Terminal, the most popular indicators are available to use on your index chart.
This includes Fibonacci retracements, Bollinger bands, RSI, moving averages, and more.
If you are trading on the Advanta Terminal, you can also enjoy increased trading functionality directly from your index chart.
This means you can close or modify orders and move take profits or stop losses by dragging and dropping your order on the chart to the price you want.
The following rules apply when it comes to setting levels for pending orders:
Pending orders along with SL and TP (for pending orders) must be set at a distance (at least the same as current spread or more) from the current market price.
SL and TP in pending orders must be set at least the same distance from the order price as the current spread.
For open positions, SL and TP must be set at a distance from the current market price which is at least the same as that of the current spread.
At Advanta , we know how it feels when your pending order falls in a price gap, so it’s only fair that we guarantee no slippage for virtually all pending orders that are executed at least 3 hours after trading opens for an instrument. However, if your order meets any of the following criteria, it will be executed at the first market quote that follows the gap:
If your pending order is executed in market conditions that are not normal, such as during a period of low liquidity or high volatility.
If your pending order falls in a gap but the difference in pips between the first market quote (after the gap) and the requested price of the order is equal to or exceeds a certain number of pips (gap level value) for a particular instrument.
Gap level regulation applies to specific trading instruments.
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and other leveraged products, carries a high level of risk
and may not be suitable for all investors. An investment
in such products can result in significant losses, and
investors may lose more than their initial deposit. You
should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose.
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