Indices - Module 3
What trading indices costs
The wrapper decides the cost: cash CFDs and their overnight financing, futures and their spreads, and why the same index costs differently by vehicle. Full futures roll mechanics belong to the futures track, not here.
9 lessons, about 60 minutes
- 1The wrapper decides the cost6 min
- 2What an index spread actually costs6 min
- 3Overnight financing on a cash index position7 min
- 4Dividends, and why your position moves at the ex-date7 min
- 5The future has no nightly charge, because it is in the price6 min
- 6Commission, exchange fees, and what is bundled6 min
- 7Slippage at the open, the close, and the fix6 min
- 8The crossover: when a wider spread beats nightly financing9 min
- 9The all-in cost of one index trade7 min