{"id":319768,"date":"2020-09-06T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T09:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/?faq=what-is-an-index-cfd"},"modified":"2020-09-06T09:30:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T09:30:38","slug":"what-is-an-index-cfd","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/?faq=what-is-an-index-cfd","title":{"rendered":"What is an index CFD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stock index (or plural indices) is a barometer of the overall performance of the stock markets. Roughly speaking, an index helps traders understand the way the market is moving \u2014 and make predictions for the future.<\/p>\n<p>You can use a CFD (Contract for Difference) to make speculations on stock indices. In taking a CFD position, a trader is essentially agreeing to exchange the difference in the price of an index from one time period to another. Trading index CFDs is extremely popular. They&#8217;re available for all the key indices around the world, which enables traders to participate in world markets no matter where they are located themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_categories":[],"faq_tags":[11104],"class_list":["post-319768","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_tags-indices-en-mena"],"acf":[],"current_lang":"en-mena","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/319768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/319768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_categories?post=319768"},{"taxonomy":"faq_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zfx.com\/en-mena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_tags?post=319768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}