Trade Global Indices with Precision and Power

Index CFDs allow you to trade on the price movements of major global stock market indices—without owning the underlying stocks. Instead of investing in a full basket of companies, you speculate on whether the index will rise or fall. At ADFX, you can trade a selection of major stock index CFDs from the US, Europe, and Asia. These instruments track the performance of leading equity markets and represent the overall health of each region’s economy.

Our offering includes well-known benchmarks such as:

• US indices: Covering top tech and industrial companies
• European indices: Reflecting large-cap stocks across Germany, the UK, and beyond
• Asian indices: Including key markets like Japan and Hong Kong

Stock indices are made up of multiple companies, each carrying a specific weight within the index. When one of these companies issues a dividend, its share price typically drops by the dividend amount on the ex-dividend date, reflecting the cash paid out to shareholders.

Because an index reflects the combined value of its constituents, this drop—proportional to the company’s weight—can cause a slight or noticeable decline in the index price. The impact varies depending on the size of the dividend and the influence of the company within the index.

To account for this, we apply a dividend adjustment to your trading account at the start of each index’s trading session (if applicable). This adjustment is calculated per instrument and applies to all open positions held at the end of the trading day prior to the ex-dividend date.

• Long (buy) positions will receive a credit.
• Short (sell) positions will be debited.

You can refer to our Dividend Calendar for the estimated payment schedule. Please note that the calendar is for reference only and may be updated by ADFX in response to changes from exchanges or liquidity providers.

You can trade index CFDs around-the-clock during their trading hours. However, volatility often increases during earnings season or key economic announcements, which may lead to wider spreads and price gaps. Use caution and appropriate risk management during such periods.

Same with trading Forex CFDs, holding a index CFD position overnight incurs a financing cost. This reflects the cost of maintaining leveraged positions beyond the daily trading session and is either charged or credited depending on the position and the underlying instrument. In addition to daily swaps, a triple swap is applied on Friday to account for the weekend rollover period,

Swaps apply to positions held past 23:59 server time, which operates on GMT+3 during Daylight Saving Time and GMT+2 during Standard Time.