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Stock index is a basket of stocks
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A stock index is a basket of stocks representing a whole inventory market, such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the Nikkei in Japan. So the index tends to be less volatile than its individual shares, typically buying and selling in a .5-2% vary per day, perhaps a 3-5% range per week, eight-10% per month, and 20% per year.
Unlike currencies, inventory indices have an inherent pattern, like shares themselves, to rise. This is because their underlying value in a given foreign money will rise as inflation devalues that currency. It follows that this trend will strengthen with rising inflation.
In order that's two reasons why I like them as a futures dealer : they are not too risky, and the percentages favor a rise over time.
This is an example of a inventory index order:
Sell four Dec (pronounced "deck") Nikkei at 10,750 cease oco moc.
This means "Sell four December Nikkei contracts on cease at 10,750 order cancels order at market on close".