S&P 500 Futures
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Welcome to Clean Financial's guide to trading the S&P 500 market.
Quick and simple answers to common S&P 500 questions:
Q) Where can I trade the S&P 500 market?
Q) Where can I Trade for Free on the S&P 500 market?
Q) How to Speculate on the S&P 500 market?
Q) Where can I find Free Live Prices on the S&P 500 market?
Q) Where can I find Free S&P 500 Charts?
Q) Where can I Compare S&P 500 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 S&P 500 Market?
You can currently trade the S&P 500 market at:
Where can I Trade the S&P 500 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 S&P 500 market commission free and with no brokers' fees at:
Free Demo Account with S&P 500 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 S&P 500 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 - S&P 500 Futures
As with a wide range of markets, it is possible to speculate on stock market indices, such as the S&P 500, to either rise or fall.
If an investor was to look at the Paddypowertrader spread trading website, they are pricing the S&P 500 June Futures market at 1325.1 - 1325.9. As a result, you could spread trade on the S&P 500 index:
- Closing higher than 1325.9, or
- Closing lower than 1325.1
On the expiry date for this 'June' market, 16-Jun-11.
Whilst financial spread trading on the S&P 500 index you trade in £x per 0.1 points. As a result, if you chose to have a stake of £4 per 0.1 points and the S&P 500 moves 0.5 points then that would be a difference to your bottom line of £20. £4 per 0.1 points x 0.5 points = £20.
For short term trading on the S&P 500 also see S&P 500 Rolling Daily Spread Trading.
S&P 500 Futures Trading Example
If you consider the above spread of 1325.1 - 1325.9 and assume that:
- you have done your analysis of the markets, and
- it leads you to feel that the S&P 500 futures market will close above 1325.9 by 16-Jun-11
then you may decide that you want to buy at 1325.9 and invest £2 per 0.1 points.
Therefore, you make a profit of £2 for every 0.1 points that the S&P 500 index moves higher than 1325.9. Conversely, however, you will lose £2 for every 0.1 points that the S&P 500 market falls lower than 1325.9.
Thinking of this in a slightly different way, should you ‘Buy’ a spread trade then your profits (or losses) are found by taking the difference between the final price of the market and the initial price you bought the spread at. You then multiply that difference in price by your stake.
Subsequently, if, on the closing date, the S&P 500 market finished higher at 1332.5, then:
P&L = (Final Price - Initial Price) x stake
P&L = (1332.5 - 1325.9) x £2 per 0.1 points stake
P&L = 6.6 x £2 per 0.1 points stake
P&L = £132 profit
Spread trading on indices doesn't always go to plan. In the above example, you had speculated that the index would go up. However, the index can also decrease.
If the S&P 500 fell and settled lower at 1319.9, you would end up making a loss and losing money on this market.
P&L = (Final Price - Initial Price) x stake
P&L = (1319.9 - 1325.9) x £2 per 0.1 points stake
P&L = -6.0 x £2 per 0.1 points stake
P&L = -£120 loss
Note - S&P 500 June Futures spread trading price taken as of 17-Feb-11.
Where can I Find Free Live Prices on the S&P 500 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 S&P 500 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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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.
'S&P 500 Futures' by DB, updated 30-Apr-12
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