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In this guide, we’ll explain how stock index trading works and why it’s a very convenient way to quickly and cheaply gain exposure to a basket of stocks containing a number of companies.

We also show how indices can be used to target specific regions to take advantage of the unique composition of each stock market.

Finally, we select the best stock index trading platforms for new investors and show them how to get started and make their first trade.

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Ebben az útmutatóban

Stock index trading – first steps

  1. Choose the eToro platform – social trading and a wide range of major and minor stock indices await you
  2. Open an account with eToro
  3. Fund your account
  4. Choose from a wide range of stock indices (such as the Dow Jones or Nasdaq index)
  5. Choose to buy or sell – when trading indices it is important to set Stop Loss and Take Profit values. By investing in index CFDs you can trade with leverage of up to 1:100.

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Stock index trading in Hungary

A guide to getting started in 2025

stock index platformeToro is a global investment platform and pioneer in social trading – investors can copy the trades of their fellow traders and benefit from the success of other traders on the platform.

Step 1: Open an account and upload your ID

Download the mobile app or visit www.etoro.com . This guide is based on the web version of the platform. All regulated trading platforms are required to collect personal information from their prospective clients. Click on the registration link labeled “Join Now” and fill in all the requested information.

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In addition to your full name, address, date of birth, you will also need to provide your national social security number, and of course, a username and a strong password.

Step 2: Confirm your identity

As part of the „Know Your Customer” process, you will need to verify your identity by uploading an official ID document and a utility bill or bank statement:

  • Valid passport or driver’s license
  • Utility bill or bank statement

Once you submit your documents, eToro will verify them almost immediately.

Note: If you do not have access to the above documents and would like to start trading on the eToro platform now, you can still upload them later. However, you will need to do this if you wish to deposit more than $2,250 or if you wish to submit a withdrawal request.

stock index trading ID

Step 3: Fund your trading account

Once you have verified your ID, it is time to make a deposit. The minimum deposit is $10, as you can see in the screenshot below.

You can initiate an instant deposit with your bank card. You can also use a bank transfer, but it may take several days for the money to arrive.

Please note: There is a low 0.5% currency conversion fee on your deposit with eToro – as the platform converts all transactions into USD. However, you will not have to pay any additional exchange rate fees when accessing markets outside of Hungary.

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Step 4: Stock index trading 

After funding your eToro trading account, all you have to do is select the stock index you want to trade.

Click on “trade markets” in the vertical grey menu bar (on the left, under “Discover”), then “Indices” in the horizontal navigation bar below the search box at the top of the page, which will display a list of tradable indices, as shown in the two screenshots below:

etoro indices trading

You can trade a total of 21 indices, from the FTSE 100 (UK100) index of the 100 largest companies to the US technology-focused Nasdaq (NSDQ100) index.

What is an index? – Meaning of stock market index

A stock market index is a collection of publicly traded companies whose value is added together in the index and expressed as a single index number starting from a base year. For example, the FTSE 100 was launched on 3 January 1984, with a starting value of 1000.

Major stock market indices such as the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and S&P 500 were created to allow investors to better compare stocks and different stock markets.

This wasn’t always the case, but today retail investors can easily gain exposure to the value of a stock index and benefit from its movements, whether up or down. To get a closer look at the concept of a stock index, let’s examine a simple question:

Who prepares the indices and what methodology does it use?

You may have wondered how a stock market index is compiled. Indices are often created by data providers and credit rating agencies, which is why they have names like FTSE, where FT stands for Financial Times, and S&P 500, where S&P stands for Standard & Poor’s.

Indices have strict methodologies and rules for how listed companies are included and when they are excluded from the index. For example, the FTSE 100 comprises the 100 largest publicly traded companies listed on the London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom, and the S&P 500 comprises the 500 largest publicly traded companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

However, in addition to market capitalization size, there are other rules that companies must comply with, such as liquidity and the length of time they have been trading at the required size.

The last point is important because it makes no sense to include a stock in the index for one quarter if by the next quarter it turns out that its value has decreased to such an extent that it no longer reaches the market capitalization threshold.

However, not all indices are market capitalization weighted. The DJIA is price-weighted, which means that the constituents are selected based on their share prices. The FTSE 100 and the German DAX 30 are examples of market capitalization-weighted indices.

Types of index trading and investing

There are several ways to gain exposure to an index, depending on which financial instrument you prefer and how much risk you are willing to take.

Types of Stock Market Index Trading – Index Funds

Index funds can be mutual funds or they can include exchange-traded funds. In the form of mutual funds, they are collective investment vehicles that pool investors’ funds to invest in all the companies that make up the index.

These types of mutual funds used to be called “trackers” (index trackers), but are now more commonly called index funds. They are not limited to stock market indices, but in this guide we will focus on stocks.

The investment fund tracks the stock index, either by directly purchasing all the stocks of the companies included in the index; or if the stock index has an excessively large number of components, such as the Russell 2000 or Russell 3000, which are indexes of US stocks containing companies with small market capitalizations, it may only take a sample of the index instead of purchasing every stock.

In this case, the investment fund buys a sample of stocks that have already been proven to reflect the overall performance of the index.

Index funds typically charge investors fees of 0.25% to 0.85%. This may not seem high – and certainly much less than you would expect from an actively managed mutual fund – but it can still hurt returns due to the compounding effect.

The American investment group Vanguard, which has earned a reputation as a pioneer of index funds, offers some of the cheapest and most popular index funds in the investment field.

Index funds of mutual funds issue new units when investors subscribe to a new fund. They don’t trade on the stock exchange like you would buy stocks. Instead, they are priced only once a day.

If you want to exit an investment in a mutual fund, you must redeem your investment shares, which means that the fund manager will destroy them and give investors cash equal to the value of the investment shares they own.

Types of Stock Index Trading – Exchange Traded Funds

Exchange-traded funds are similar to mutual funds in that they track the price of an underlying asset or basket of assets, often represented by an index, but unlike mutual funds, ETFs trade on an exchange like traditional stocks – so their share prices constantly change according to the supply and demand for the stock by buyers and sellers.

ETFs have grown in popularity among retail investors because they provide cheap and flexible access to stock indices, among many other asset classes, and these niche areas of the financial landscape were previously difficult to access.

ETFs are even cheaper than index funds, with fees in the 3-4.5% range.

Types of Stock Index Trading – Contracts for Difference

Contracts for difference or CFDs are derivative products created by a financial institution in which the contracting parties agree to pay the difference between the price at which the trade opens and the price at which it closes.

These derivatives and the CFD brokers that provide them are popular with investors in Hungary, with many brokers specializing in these products. They can be used to gain exposure to all types of financial asset classes, not just stock indices.

Due to their structure, they carry higher risk than ETFs or mutual funds , which means they are expensive to hold over a long period of time, as the issuer charges the contract owner overnight (overnight) fees to keep the position open.

However, they are a quick way to gain exposure to a stock index and can therefore be ideal for day trading – more on this in the index trading strategies section below. CFDs allow you to both buy and sell an index. This means that you can profit if the price rises, but you can also go short by executing a sell trade, making a profit if the index falls.

Types of Stock Index Trading – Options and Futures

An option contract gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy an asset at a specified price. These derivatives were once the preserve of professional and institutional traders, but are now much more widespread, especially in the United States.

To trade options in Hungary, you will likely need to complete a questionnaire to prove with correct answers that you are aware of how the products work and the associated risks.

Futures are similar to options, except that while options represent the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset, in the case of futures, the owner of the contract is obligated to take delivery of the given product (unless it is settled in cash) or unless the futures contract is settled before its expiration.

Options are the more popular of the two types of transactions, so let’s take a look at how options work. There are two types of options contracts: call and put. If you expect the price of a stock to rise, you buy a call option, and if you expect the price of a stock to rise, you buy a put option.

What do the following terms mean: “In the money” (ITM), “Out of the money” (OTM), “At the money” (ATM)?

A call option has an expiration date and a strike price, which is the price at which the buyer can sell the contract at expiration.

If the current price is higher than the strike price, the call option is said to be “In The Money” (ITM), and if it is below the strike price, it is “Out of the Money” (OTM) and the option is worthless. If the contract strike price is the same as the spot price, the contract is said to be “At the money” (ATM).

An option is usually made up of 100 shares, so a single contract gives you the right to buy or sell 100 shares. This means that even a small movement in the price of the stock or index is greatly magnified for the option holder. Add to this the fact that you can trade with leverage (using credit to increase your trading position), and the profits can be very large for a relatively small outlay, but so can the losses.

When trading on margin, the trader may receive a margin call, which requires them to deposit more funds with the broker to cover potential losses if the option moves against them.

Spread betting

Spread betting is another way to trade indices. With this tool, the trader bets a certain amount on the movement of the underlying index in points. As with options and CFDs (and certain so-called inverse ETFs and index funds – see the strategy section for more details), you can also go short.

Spread betting is arguably even riskier than trading options or CFDs. A small amount per point can quickly multiply if the index’s volatility accelerates. The index could fall by 200 points – if you bet £5 per point, your position would be down £1,000. You can limit your risk by using stop-loss orders. You can find out more about stop-loss orders later in this guide.

Benefits of trading stock indices

Fast, easy and cheap

The main advantage of index trading is exposure to the entire index, which is relatively easy and inexpensive to obtain, depending on the instrument you choose.

Imagine what the transaction fee would be if it bought every single share in the FTSE 100. Instead, you can “buy the index” with one click using the index trading method.

Diversification

Depending on the index, it provides the investor with immediate exposure to a diversified basket of stocks, which is a key way to minimize the risk of an investment portfolio. Because the index includes companies operating across a wide range of sectors, it gains exposure to stocks that are not correlated with each other. This means that, due to the different characteristics of the economic sectors and industries in which they operate, when the price of one falls, the price of another may rise.

Stock index trading: risks

Low risk as it is a long-term investment

Investing in an index and then not dealing with it as part of a long-term investment strategy is a low-risk approach, as over time, losses from the index can be recovered. In fact, stocks are the main asset class that performs best over the long term.

Short-term trading is riskier

However, trading is different from medium to long-term investing and is typically done within a short period of time. For this reason, the risk of short-term investing may be higher, especially if you are unable to keep your position open until you are in a profitable position, or you are unable to meet a margin call, or your position does not have a stop-loss order and the index suddenly drops, resulting in a large loss.

Again, the extent of the risks involved depends partly on which instrument you intend to trade index with.

Many moving elements: weighting, regions and macro environment

An index can rise or fall for various reasons, and in some ways it is more difficult to make the right decision than for individual stocks.

Each index has its own unique characteristics. For example, if you want to invest in the S&P 500 index, there are a lot of technology stocks (28% weighting), but if you want to invest in the FTSE 100 index, there are very few of them (only 1.2% weighting).

The FTSE 100 contains many multinational companies that earn the majority of their revenue in dollars, which means that when the pound weakens against the dollar, the value of a British investor’s FTSE 100 index investment will rise (the index will rise).

Since stock market indices are country-specific, the index’s return will also reflect the effects of the macro environment prevailing in the country (and worldwide) – for example, an increase in unemployment or inflation will result in index investors starting to sell.

Below is a list of the major stock market indices traded in the UK, in alphabetical order. Most trading venues use shorthand names. The FTSE 100 is usually listed simply as „UK 100”, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is simply listed as „Wall Street”.

Short name Full name
Australia 200 S&P/ASX 200
China A50 FTSE China A50
EU Stocks 50 EURO STOXX 50
France 40 CAC 40
Germany 30 DAX 30
Hong Kong 50 Hang Seng China 50
Italy 40 FTSE MIB
Japan 225 Nikkei 225
Netherlands 25 AEX 25
Spain 35 IBEX 35
Switzerland 20 SMI 20
UK 100 FTSE 100 – colloquially known as “Footsie”
US Small Cap 2000 Russell 2000
US SP 500 S&P 500
US Tech 100 NASDAQ 100
Wall Street Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA, Dow 30) – colloquially known as „Dow”

Index Trading Strategies

When learning stock index investing, it is important to consider index trading strategies that will help you make informed trades.

1. Stock Index Strategy – Learn the Relationships

The index may be closely tied to specific sectors and industries due to the weighting (relative dominance) of these areas in the index. If interest rates rise, an index with a significant weighting in financial areas is expected to benefit.

In the case of the NASDAQ, which is a technology-oriented index, Big Tech stocks have a big impact – for example, the movement of Apple shares has a big impact on the index. Apple is one of the few and best technology ETFs that is included in the Dow, so it also has an impact on it.

As mentioned earlier in this guide, currency movements can affect the performance of the index, so this is another correlation factor to keep in mind. Many companies in the FTSE 100 index earn their income in dollars, so a strengthening of the US dollar against the pound is often reflected in the rise of the FTSE 100.

Similarly, a weak dollar can boost profits for U.S. companies that do much of their business abroad, as their products and services are more competitively priced in local currency.

2. Stock index strategy – Economic events are critical

Economic events can be a major driver of an index’s performance. It is essential to monitor the economic calendar of the country on which the index is based. Major economic news releases such as US non-farm payrolls, purchasing managers’ index data, business and consumer sentiment reports, unemployment data, etc. can all have an immediate and direct impact on the index’s movement and should be carefully monitored for profitable (or other) trading opportunities related to these as they can trigger volatility.

3. Stock Index Strategy – Decide whether to be a day or position trader

You will need to decide whether you want to take a predominantly day trading approach or prefer to take a position and hold it for an extended period of time, even years. Such choices will help you decide which instruments to prefer to execute your strategy.

Both day and position traders need to learn technical analysis to understand price charts. This is perhaps more important for day traders who are looking for entry positions on a minute-by-minute and hourly basis.

Whether you are a day trader or a position trader, it is worth keeping in mind the rule of trading with the trend, and this fits with the momentum strategy, which suggests that if a stock is rising, it is more likely to continue to rise, and if it is falling, it is more likely to continue to do so. Of course, it is also of paramount importance to know when these trends are close to reversing.

4. Stock index strategy – Risk management methods

You should set take profit and stop loss orders for each trade. This helps with risk management.

Be sure to get used to setting your stop-loss. Exactly where you place it depends on your market valuation and risk tolerance, which is influenced by the amount of funds you want to invest or your investment goals.

Take-profit settings are also important. We are all subject to psychological biases when it comes to trading, such as becoming greedy and not closing winning positions in the hope of making even bigger returns. The problem with indices is that a winning position can quickly turn against us – this can be a problem especially for day traders.

The best index trading platforms

Now that we’ve shown you how investing in indices works, you need to choose a leading index trading platform.

We’ve selected our favorites below.

1. eToro

index stock market tradingIn terms of research, user interface and price, eToro is hard to beat, which is why we give this platform our highest rating in the index trading space. eToro offers all the major indices that investors expect – 21 in total. The spread between the bid and ask prices of the indices is also extremely tight, meaning that the trade is closer to the actual mid-price and the broker gets less.

Indices can be traded via CFDs and this is clearly visible on the trading slip screen (see below) as well as the nightly fees payable. CFDs give you an overview of whether the market is going to rise or fall, potentially profiting from either direction you trade, as can be seen in the screenshot below. Key information such as leverage levels are thoughtfully laid out.

etoro nasdaq 100 index trader

eToro is regulated by CySEC and ASIC. If you want to trade on your mobile phone , eToro offers a very good trading app for both iPhone and Android.

eToro fees:

Commission 0% for ETFs
Deposit fee None
Withdrawal fee 5 dollars
Inactivity fees $10/month after 12 months of inactivity

 Advantages:

  • Leader in social trading
  • Includes portfolio management tools
  • Excellent fundamental analysis and commentary
  • Well-designed portfolio management tools
  • Full-featured demo account for beginners

 Disadvantages:

  • 21 index markets – there could be more

A lakossági befektetői számlák {etoroCFDrisk} %-a pénzt veszít, amikor CFD-kel kereskedik ezzel a szolgáltatóval.

2. Pepperstone

Pepperstone offers traders over 1,200 instruments to choose from on its platform. Thepepperstone-logo instruments are available as CFDs – indices, cryptocurrencies, stocks and commodities. There is also a wealth of educational material for new traders to learn the basics of trading. The various reports are extremely helpful for traders of all experience levels.

Pepperstone

The company was founded in 2010 by a team of experienced traders in Melbourne with the aim of revolutionizing online stock index trading. Pepperstone seems to have achieved this goal – virtually all of its online reviews are positive, and it has also earned a good reputation among online traders.

Pepperstone offers extremely favorable commissions, and even offers commission-free trading. There are no hidden fees on the platform, you only pay for the withdrawal. Pepperstone is suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced traders, and provides all the educational materials and tools they may need.

Award type Prize amount
Inactivity fee None
Deposit fee None
Allocation fee International transfer fees

Advantages:

  • Regulated by the FCA in the UK
  • Lightning-fast transactions
  • Integrates with various trading platforms
  • Low spreads starting from 0.0 pips
  • Rated 4.7/5 on TrustPilot based on 1679 reviews

  Disadvantages

  • Not available in some countries, such as America

A lakossági befektetők 74,6%-a pénzt veszít, amikor spread fogadásokkal és CFD-kkel kereskedik ennél a szolgáltatónál.

3. XTB

XTB online brokerage company allows anyone to trade stock indices. You can learn how to trade them yourself with the help of educational materials on the platform (xStation, MetaTrader 4) .

When trading stock indices, you as an investor have the opportunity to evaluate the state of the markets and compare the returns of individual investments. xtb-logoWhen trading index CFDs, you can trade long (buy) or short (sell).

When trading stock indices, always take into account changes in the market environment and economic news! Strive to understand how indices work and their risks. Keep in mind that the price of indices is constantly changing, so the invested capital may also be at a loss. Understand the risks associated with leverage!

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Try stock index trading! You can trade multiple indices on XTB .

Learn about some index types:

  • DAX (Deutscher Aktienindex): An index consisting of the 30 largest companies in Germany.
  • FTSE 100 (Financial Times Stock Exchange): An index of the 100 largest companies in the United Kingdom, listed on the London Stock Exchange.
  • S&P 500 (Standard & Poor’s 500): an American stock market index that tracks the performance of the 500 largest American companies by market capitalization.
  • DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average): The Dow Jones Industrial Average indicates the stock market status of the 30 most important companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.

Don’t worry, you can learn how to trade stock indices smartly with the help of educational materials on the XTB website.

Experience the award-winning platform with a free 30-day demo account, then open your real account and enjoy fast, confident, live trading.

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If you still need help, please contact our friendly customer service, available 24 hours a day!

Commission 0%
Deposit fee None
Withdrawal fee None
Inactivity fees After 1 year of inactivity 10 euros/month

Advantages:

  • Broker with 20+ years of experience
  • Brand ambassadors
  • Easy and free registration
  • Mobile application
  • Fast deposits and withdrawals
  • User-friendly platforms
  • All-day customer service
  • Great educational materials and market analyses

  Disadvantages:

  • Inactivity fee applies after 1 year
  • Trading is risky.

A lakossági befektetők 78%-a veszteséget könyvel el CFD-kereskedés során ezzel a szolgáltatóval.

4. Admiral Markets

Admiral-Markets-LogoWhile there is no shortage of online traders, it would be hard to find one like Admiral Markets .

The site, which has a history spanning two decades, has never been involved in any scandals, and no supervisory body has ever found anything objectionable about the site’s operations.

It is also important to highlight that you can access higher investor insurance compared to the competition. For users registering from the European Union, insurance is automatically added to the transferred amount up to a limit of 20,000 euros.

Not only is a wide range of instruments available on the Admiral Markets platform, but it is also possible to purchase them with low spreads.

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With nearly 7,000 different stocks to choose from, you can expect to pay between 0.4 and 1 pip in most cases. And all this with most of the site’s fees already included!

Withdrawals and transfers are completely free and in most cases are completed immediately.

However, it is important to note that a fee will be charged after 2 years of inactivity, so it is worth making a trade from time to time.

In addition to CFD stocks, you can also buy various forex and crypto assets and access the largest ETFs.

Commission Built into spreads
Deposit fee None
Withdrawal fee None
Inactivity fees 10 euros/month after 2 years of inactivity

Advantages:

  • A long-established, scandal-free service provider
  • The most popular tools are all available
  • It is also possible to buy crypto, forex and ETFs
  • Friendly and helpful customer service

  Disadvantages:

  • Inactivity fee
  • Limited tutorials

A lakossági befektetői számlák 74%-án veszteség keletkezik, amikor ennél a szolgáltatónál CFD-kkel kereskednek.

5. Libertex

libertex index tradingLibertex has a large selection of indices, offering a total of 25. Trading is fast, and if you want to get to know the platform for the first time, the demo account is easily accessible by entering your email address and password on the homepage.

Trading commissions are different for each index. For example, the standard commission for the S&P 500 is 0.0148% without a discount. The Nasdaq (see screenshot below) is more expensive at 0.0219%.

You can trade with up to 100x leverage, but please note that if you do not wish to use leverage or would like to reduce the amount you pay for leverage, you must change this before trading.

The minimum deposit at Libertex is just $10, which is ideal for first-time investors who want to start their activities cautiously, although you will not be able to trade stock indices with such a small amount.

The platform accepts multiple payment methods, including bank/credit cards and e-wallets. It is licensed by CySEC (the Cyprus regulatory authority). Since Cyprus is a member of the EU, your money is safe in the event of a broker’s bankruptcy.

index concept stock market

Libertex fees:

Commission See the discount summary table below
Deposit fee None
Withdrawal fee 1 EUR credit/debit card, 1% for Neteller, Skrill is free
Inactivity fees After 180 days 10 EUR

Depending on the amount paid, discounts on commission are available.

GOLD level

Total deposit €250

GOLD+ level

Total deposit €1450

PLATINUM level

Total deposit €1500

VIP level

Total deposit €5,000

Discount rate – 3% Discount rate – 4% Discount rate – 20% Discount rate – 30%

 Advantages:

  • Discount on commission
  • Options trading with indices
  • 25 indices available for trading
  • Demo account available
  • Mood indicator
  • Discount on commission for higher deposit amounts

 Disadvantages:

  • News and analysis service limited
  • Commission charged for trading

A lakossági befektetői számlák 73.77%-a pénzt veszít az ezen az oldalon végzett CFD-kereskedés során.

6. AvaTrade

What does index mean?AvaTrade is a broker regulated in six different jurisdictions worldwide. This ensures a high level of security for your funds and gives you peace of mind when you deposit or withdraw funds with the broker – and these transactions are fee-free.

What is the index?

With AvaTrade, you can trade the full range of global stock indices, as well as access to markets covering over 1,250 stocks , commodities, forex, ETFs and cryptocurrencies . Trading is available through multiple account types, including CFD trading, options trading, spread betting and swap-free accounts.

What’s more, you can trade 100% commission-free with AvaTrade! The broker also offers a variety of trading platforms, including MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. It also has an easy-to-use web platform.

 Advantages:

  • Regulated in six different jurisdictions
  • Easy-to-use web-based platform
  • Trade in over 1,250 markets worldwide
  • Zero commission only spread and swap payable
  • No deposit and withdrawal fees

 Disadvantages:

  • Inactivity fees

A lakossági befektetői számlák 71% -a pénzt veszít az ezen az oldalon végzett CFD-kereskedés során.

Stock index trading today

Hopefully, you followed the instructions at the beginning of this guide and created an eToro account. Now, we will take a look at how to buy indices on eToro, using the desktop version of the platform. Since the Nasdaq 100 index is one of the popular indices, in our example we will show you how to trade on the Nasdaq 100.

1. Trade the NASDAQ 100 Index

We will trade the NSDQ100 index by opening a “buy” position. Click on the “NSDQ100” market in the index market list. This will take you to the instrument page, where you can find more information about the NASDAQ index market under the “feed”, “stats” and “charts”. The feed provides an overview of other users’ posts – you can like, comment on or share them – it is a great place to get trading ideas, but always do your own research. The statistics view (see screenshot below) provides useful insights into the characteristics of the selected market.

To display the order in view, click the blue trade button on the right:

etoro nasdaq100 trader

2. Set the amount, stop loss and take profit orders for the trade

The minimum amount you can trade is $200. In this example, we are using 20x leverage. eToro automatically sets the stop loss to -$100 and the take profit to $100 , which you can adjust to suit your risk tolerance and take profit requirements.

In the top right corner of the trading slip you will find a “trade” drop-down menu which you can change to “order” if you want to set a “limit” order. This means that you can decide at what price you want to trade instead of the market price shown on the screen by default.

“Unit” needs a little explanation. It’s basically the size of the position you’re taking. The screenshot shows the amount ($200), but underneath it, in gray, you can see that the equivalent units are 0.29. To the right of the amount you enter, there’s a “unit” button, clicking on which will display the corresponding unit instead of the dollar amount of the trade – see the screenshot below:

etoro stoploss nasdaq100

3. Transaction execution

To execute the trade, simply click the blue “open trade” button (see screenshot above).

4. Go to the portfolio page to view the completed order

To view your trade, go to the portfolio page , where you can see a list of all your properties.

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Click on the settings gear icon (screenshot above, right column) and a drop-down menu will appear where you can choose to open a new trade, write a new entry, view a chart, and set a price alert for NSDQ100.

While staying in the portfolio view, the down arrow on the right edge of the horizontal menu (see screenshots below) brings up the option to switch to “ manual trade view” . This is useful for editing all your trades in one place, for example if you want to quickly close more than one position:

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In the manual trades view, clicking on the gear icon displays various functions, such as the trading slip, where you can directly edit the trade by setting stop loss and take profit orders.

Stock index trading in Hungary – Summary

In summary, index trading is available on a wide range of investment platforms in Hungary, but for beginners, easy-to-understand and accessible trading features and tools are of paramount importance. We highly recommend eToro for its easy-to-use platform, its guidance on risk management. Its easy-to-access user interface makes opening and editing orders – such as changing leverage and stop loss – lightning fast.

eToro stands out from the crowd, whether you are a new or experienced trader. While we would have liked to see more indices available on their platform, that is no reason not to trade with this broker. We especially like eToro’s copy trading and the community of investors that has developed on its site.

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A lakossági befektetői számlák {etoroCFDrisk} %-a pénzt veszít, amikor CFD-kel kereskedik ezzel a szolgáltatóval.

FAQ – Stock index trading frequently asked questions

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Varga Péter Pénzügyi szakértő

Varga Péter Pénzügyi szakértő

Péter a Tradingplatforms írója, elemzője és befektetője aki Győrben él. Tapasztalt piaci elemző, aki aktívan kereskedik, és több mint 10 éves tapasztalattal rendelkezik a pénzügyi piacokon. Szakterülete a napon belüli kereskedés és a hosszú távú befektetés különböző eszközosztályokban.

Péter érdeklődése és elkötelezettsége a pénzügyi piacok bonyolultságainak megértése iránt már fiatalon kibontakozott, és élete során ez vált a pénzügyi piacok mélyebb megértésének elkötelezett elérésévé.

Pter jártas a Forex és a részvénybefektetések bonyolult világában, és éles észrevételeivel tűnik ki. Szenvedélye, mellyel a pénzügyi piacok összetettségeit megfejti, mind a kereskedési, mind az írói területen nyilvánvaló. Munkáiban Péter megosztja tudását, és bonyolult pénzügyi fogalmakat tesz hozzáférhetővé a szélesebb közönség számára. Újabban a kriptovaluta piacok is érdeklik.