DAX Futures
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Welcome to Clean Financial's guide to trading the DAX market.
Quick and simple answers to common DAX questions:
Q) Where can I trade the DAX market?
Q) Where can I Trade for Free on the DAX market?
Q) How to Speculate on the DAX market?
Q) Where can I find Free Live Prices on the DAX market?
Q) Where can I find Free DAX Charts?
Q) Where can I Compare DAX Prices?
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Daily / Futures Markets Comparison Tables:
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| FTSE 100 Daily - Spread Size |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| FTSE 100 Daily - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£2 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
| FTSE 100 Future - Spread Size |
4 |
4-8 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| FTSE 100 Future - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£2 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
| Wall St Daily - Spread Size |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2-4 |
2 |
2 |
| Wall St Daily - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
| DAX 30 Daily - Spread Size |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| DAX 30 Daily - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£2 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
| S&P 500 Daily - Spread Size |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| S&P 500 Daily - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
| Nasdaq 100 Future - Spread Size |
3 |
4-10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Nasdaq 100 Future - Min Stake |
£1 |
£0.50 |
£4 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
£1 |
Comparison Notes
Where can I Trade the DAX Market?
You can currently trade the DAX market at:
Where can I Trade the DAX Market for Free?
It depends upon what you mean by free. If you're looking for a free Demo Account where you can practice your trading see below.
Tax Free. If you are looking for a free trading platform then don't forget that in the UK spread trading is tax free*
You can also speculate on the DAX market commission free and with no brokers' fees at:
Free Demo Account with DAX Trading
If you're looking for a free Practice Account / Test Account where you can test your trading theories on over 2,000 markets, including the DAX market, then you can you can always try:
Each of the above currently offers a free demo trading account.
How to Spread Trade on Indices - DAX Futures
As with many financial markets, you are able to speculate on indices, like the DAX, to either rise or fall.
If you were to look at the Financial Spreads spread trading website, they are giving the DAX June Futures market at 7408 - 7411. This means an investor could spread trade on the DAX index:
- Settling above 7411, or
- Settling below 7408
On the closing date for this 'June' market, 17-Jun-11.
Whilst spread trading on the DAX index you trade in £x per point. As a result, if you staked £10 per point and the DAX moves 5 points then that would change your profits (or losses) by £50. £10 per point x 5 points = £50.
For short term trading on the DAX also see DAX Rolling Daily Spread Trading.
DAX Futures Spread Trading Example
If you consider the above spread of 7408 - 7411 and make the assumptions that:
- you have completed your research, and
- it leads you to think that the DAX futures market will finish above 7411 by 17-Jun-11
then you could decide that you are going to buy at 7411 for a stake of, let’s say, £5 per point.
With such a spread trade you make a profit of £5 for every point that the DAX index moves higher than 7411. However, such a trade also means that you will lose £5 for every point that the DAX market decreases lower than 7411.
Thinking of this in a slightly different way, if you ‘Buy’ a spread trade then your profit/loss is worked out by taking the difference between the settlement price of the market and the initial price you bought the market at. You then multiply that price difference by your stake.
So if, on the expiry date, the DAX futures market finished higher at 7433, then:
Profits (or losses) = (Settlement Price - Opening Price) x stake
Profits (or losses) = (7433 - 7411) x £5 per point stake
Profits (or losses) = 22 x £5 per point stake
Profits (or losses) = £110 profit
Trading indices, by spread trading or otherwise, is not easy. With the above, you had speculated that the index would go up. Of course, the index could go down.
If the DAX decreased and settled lower at 7385, then you would end up losing on this market.
Profits (or losses) = (Settlement Price - Opening Price) x stake
Profits (or losses) = (7385 - 7411) x £5 per point stake
Profits (or losses) = -26 x £5 per point stake
Profits (or losses) = -£130 loss
Note: DAX June Futures index market accurate as of 17-Feb-11.
Where can I Find Free Live Prices on the DAX Market?
If you want to access live market data then you could do worse than opening an account with a firm like Financial Spreads.
Also, you don't have to trade with them, if you just open an account (free) then their data is free. What's the catch? You'll get the odd email or letter from them. In the example below you can also see that their free candlestick charts are also useful.
There are also live prices available at:
Where can I Find Free DAX Charts?
As discussed above, you can get free charts with UK spread trading companies like Financial Spreads.
You can alter the candlestick charts to see data by the minute, by the hour, by the week and so on, plus there are many other settings to help you analyse the markets.
FinancialSpreads.com also have another handy tool in their Demo account (mentioned above). You can open a free Demo account and place demo trades while you practice buying/selling the markets with no risk or cost attached.
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Financial Spreads
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advantages of Spread Trading plus commission free trading on 2,000+ markets, 24 hour trading and..." read
Financial Spreads review.
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Risk Warning: Spread trading carries a high level of risk to your capital. You may lose more than your initial investment. It may not be suitable for all investors. Only speculate with money that you can afford to lose. Please ensure you fully understand the risks involved and seek independent financial advice where necessary.
'DAX Futures' by DB, updated 30-Apr-12
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