What is the Margin Requirement per 1 Lot of US 500 Index? - US500 Trading

The Standard and Poor's 500 is a stock index that tracks the capitalization of the 500 stocks which represent major industries in USA economy. The listing of 500 corporations is made up of stocks illustrated & displayed in NYSE & NASDAQ.

Contracts and Specifications - US 500 Index

Margin Requirement per 1 Lot of US 500 is - $ 12

Value per 1 Pip(Point) for US 500 is - $ 0.1

The US 500 just like the Dow Jones Industry Average Stock Index is more volatile than most of the other Top Traded Index, The US500 stock index will over the long term trend upward but it'll have more pull backs and more consolidations than other index. Traders might & may prefer to trade other indexes other than this one if they're more accustomed to trading the more stellar trends found in other top indices.

One of the reason this index has more oscillations than other stock indices is because it has more component shares & stocks than other indexes. This stock index also has weighting component/constituent in its calculation which also contributes to making the index more volatile.

The US 500 Trade Chart

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