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CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. CFDs are complex financial instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

What are IG's indices MT4 product details?

Our MT4 stock index CFDs are undated transactions which aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying index, and are therefore adjusted for interest and dividends [4]. Notes in [square brackets] can be found at the bottom of the page.

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Indices Margin Tiers (Retail) (959KB)

Indices Margin Tiers (Professional) (959KB)

Index name [1]

MT4 symbol

Value of one contract

Trading hours (UK time) [2]

Trading spread [3]

Margin requirment
(per contract)

Professional clients Retail clients

Australia 200
24 hours

AUS200

AUS25

09.50-10.00 (Sydney)
10.00-16.00 (Sydney)
16.00-16.30 (Sydney)
17.10-08.00 (Sydney)[3a]
All other times

2
1
2
3
5

0.45%

5%

EU Stocks 50
24 hours

EUSTX50

10

07.00-21.00
21.00-00.15

00.15-07.00

1.5
3.8

2

0.45%

5%

France 40
24 hours

FRA40

€10

00.15-07.00
07.00-08.00
08.00-16.30
16.30-21.00
21.00-00.15

3
2
1
2
4

0.45%

5%

FTSE 100

24 hours

FTSE100

£10

01.00-07.00
07.00-08.00
08.00-16.30
16.30-21.00
21.00-01.00

3
2
1
2
4

0.45%

5%

Germany 40
24 hours

GER30

€25

00.15-07.00
07.00-08.00
08.00-16.30
16.30-21.00
21.00-12.15

4
2
1.2
2
5

0.45%

5%

Netherlands 25
24 hours

NET25

€200

08.00-16.30
16.30-21.00
21.00-07.00
07.00-08.00

0.1
0.3
0.5
0.3

0.90%

5%

Hong Kong HS50
24 hours

HK50

HKD50

01.45-05.00
05.50-09.30
10.15-19.59
All other times

5
5
8*
30

1.35%

5%

Japan 225 [1a]

24 hours

JPN225

$5

23.00-00.30
00.30-21.15
21.15-21.59
All other times (GMT)

15
7
15
30

0.45%

5%

Spain 35

SPA35

€10

07:00-08:00
08.00-16.30
16.30-19.00
19.00-07.00

5
5
5*
12

0.90%

5%

Sweden 30

SWE30

SEK100

08.00-16.25
16.25-08.00

0.5
1.5

0.68%

5%

Switzerland Blue Chip

SUI30

CHF10

07.00-21.00
21.00-07.00

2*
6

0.68%

5%

US Tech 100

NAS100

$100

14.30-21.00
22.00-23.00
All other times

1
5
2

0.45%

5%

US 500

SPX500

$250

14.30-21.00
22.00-23.00
All other times

0.4
1.5
0.6

0.45%

5%

Wall Street

US30

$10

08:00-14.30
14.30-21.00
22.00-23.00
All other times

3.6
2.4
9.8
4.8

0.45%

5%

Taiwan index

TAIWAN

$10

00.45-05.45
07.00-21.00
All other times (GMT)

7
7
24

4.5%

10%

Notes to tables

Our stock indices CFDs are contracts which give a client exposure to changes in the value of a stock index but cannot result in the delivery of any share or instrument by or to the client. Minimum transaction sizes usually start from 0.2 contract. Please refer to this page to find the minimum transaction size for each market. We will not charge any additional commission unless we notify you in writing.

1. Where indicated, 24-hour dealing opens at 23.02 (London time) on Sundays, with the exception of Wall Street, US 500, US Tech 100 and Japan 225, which open at 23.00 (London time) on Sundays. 24-hour dealing closes at 22.00 (London time) on Fridays.

Other indices CFDs are offered only when the underlying market is open. Please ask dealers for information about public holidays.

We offer Standard and Mini contracts on all our indices, and Micro contracts on a selection of markets. The contract value is the amount per whole index point that the contract is worth.

a) Please note that Japan 225 is priced as a USD denominated contract.

b) In order to publish more accurate and reliable prices, IG calculates theoretical fair values for the China A50 cash markets rather than relying upon market differentials. In general where there are price discrepancies between the cash and futures markets, arbitrageurs return the market closer to its fair value. However, because of trading restrictions in China, these arbitrage trades are often not able to be executed, resulting in wide variances and movements between the market differentials and the theoretical fair values.

2. All trading hours are listed in London time, unless otherwise stated. Please note that actual trading times are governed by local time in the country of the index's origin. Consequently, seasonal adjustments (such as daylight saving) in either the UK or the country of origin may cause times shown to be imprecise.

a) During US daylight saving time, this session runs from 17.10-07.00 (Sydney time).

3. a) CFDs on indices are quoted with reference to the front month contract in the underlying futures market. Cash CFD prices are adjusted for the fair value between the prices of the cash index and relevant futures contract.

b) Spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions. On 24 hour index markets, our spreads depend on whether the underlying futures market is open (in-hours) or closed (out-of-hours). Other index markets are only quoted when the underlying futures market is open. Our dealing spreads may change to reflect the available liquidity during different times of day. Out-of-hours spreads on US indices may vary during the US reporting season. Our normal spread during each time period is shown in the table.

c) Dealing spreads may be offered as a fixed or variable amount. If variable spreads are in use, then the spread shown in this table is the amount of IG spread added to the underlying futures market spread. Any variable dealing spreads are marked with an asterisk (*).

d) On all index markets, when the underlying futures market is open, we do not apply any weighting or biases to our pricing sources (with the exception of fair value adjustments).

e) During the out-of-hours sessions on 24 hour index markets, our quotations reflect our own view of the prospects for a market. This could include referring to price movements in other relevant markets which are open. Furthermore, business done by other clients may itself affect our quotations. There may be nothing against which to measure our quotation at these times.

f) On IG’s weekend index markets, our quotations reflect our own view of the prospects for each market. This could include analysing specific market or geographic news flow that may affect the equity index market we are pricing. Furthermore, business done by other clients may itself affect our quotations. There may be nothing against which to measure our quotation at these times.

4. CFDs on cash stock indices are undated transactions that do not expire (unless requested, please see note 6). For each day that a position is open, adjustments are calculated to reflect the effect of interest (i), and, if necessary, dividends (ii).

i) A daily interest adjustment is calculated for any position that is opened before 22.00 (London time) and that is still open after 22.00 (London time). For stock index contracts denominated in Australian dollars a daily interest adjustment is calculated for any position that is opened before 16.50 (Sydney time) and that is still open after 16.50 (Sydney time). These adjustments are posted daily to the client's account. Please note that on Fridays open positions will be adjusted for 3 days funding, covering the weekend.

Interest adjustments are calculated as follows:

D = n x L x C x i / 365

Where:

D = daily interest adjustment

n = number of lots

L = lot size

C = underlying index price at 10pm (London time)

i = applicable annual interest rate

Note: The formula uses a 365-day divisor for the FTSE® 100 and other GBP, SGD and ZAR denominated markets, and a 360-day divisor for all others.

Interest in respect of long positions is debited from a client's account, and interest in respect of short positions is either credited to or debited from a client's account.

ii) A dividend adjustment is applied to take account of the ex-dividend adjustment to the index. This is the number of points by which the index price must be adjusted downwards to take account of those shares in the index which go ex-dividend at the close of the cash market. We will use the ex-dividend figure estimated by Bloomberg (E&OE), rounded to the tick size we use for that index, to determine what adjustment to apply. In the case of long positions, the dividend adjustment is credited to the client's account. In the case of short positions, the dividend adjustment is debited from the client's account.

5. When you trade in a currency other than your base currency, margin requirements and any profit or loss will be booked to your account in that currency. As a default, we will automatically convert any profit or loss you realise on closing a position to your base currency, including a charge of no more than 0.5% of the current spot rate. For indices, margin requirements do not take leverage into account.

6. Clients may request that an open stock-index position will expire on the day that the request is made.

We are unlikely to agree to such a request if either:

a) the size of the position or positions is larger than 10 contracts

b) the request is made less than two hours before the close of the related expiry market

On our agreement to an expiry request, the transaction or transactions in question will become an 'Expiry Transaction', and will automatically expire at the official closing price of the related expiry market, as listed in the 'Expiry Markets' column.


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