Most global indices remain open for trading outside the regular market hours. And the fact the various indices operate in different time zones means you can have trading opportunities almost 24 hours a day. Whether you want to trade the Asian indices during their day and catch the European or US indices later on, or vice versa, you have more opportunities when you are trading index CFDs.

Trading Index CFDs is done on margin, which means you only put a fraction of the trade size upfront to open an Index trade. You can trade the major indices at 20 to 1 leverage with minors at 10 to 1.

The fact you can trade indices short or long makes them an attractive proposition to many traders. And why not? This means you can take advantage of price movements whether the markets are going up or down. In this sense, you can use Index trading as a hedging strategy or for directional trading as well.