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title: "Indices - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "Instruments tracking a basket of shares - the Dow, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and their international equivalents. Traded as contracts for difference…"
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Instruments and markets

# Indices

Instruments tracking a basket of shares - the Dow, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and their international equivalents. Traded as contracts for difference, they give index exposure without owning any share.

Also called: Stock indices · Index CFDs

GFN’s figure

Indices may be traded on GFN accounts where available on the platform, at leverage of up to 1:50 that varies by instrument, with trading hours set by the underlying market.

In detail

## Indices, explained

Index instruments follow the trading hours and the economic calendar of their home market, so the volatility clusters around a cash open rather than being spread through the day.

Point values differ sharply between indices, which is why a position size that suits one is frequently wrong for another even at the same notional exposure.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/instruments) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [Indices at GFN](https://getfundednow.com/instruments/indices) · [More instruments and markets](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/instruments)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [US30](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/us30) - The common symbol for an instrument tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a price-weighted index of 30 large US companies. It is quoted in index points, each worth a fixed amount per contract.
- [NAS100](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/nas100) - The common symbol for an instrument tracking the Nasdaq 100, an index of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq. It is the most volatile of the major US index instruments.
- [SPX500](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/spx500) - The common symbol for an instrument tracking the S&P 500, a market-cap weighted index of 500 large US companies. It is the standard benchmark for the US equity market.
- [Contract for difference](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/contract-for-difference) - An agreement to exchange the difference in an instrument's price between opening and closing a position. It gives exposure to the move without ownership of the underlying asset.
- [Tick value](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/tick-value) - What one minimum price increment is worth per contract. It is the futures and index equivalent of pip value, and it converts a stop distance directly into a dollar figure.

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