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UKX 100 Strategies

UKX 100 Chart

UKX 100 chart is illustrated and displayed and portrayed above. On above example the index is named as UKX100CASH. As a trader you want to find an online broker that provides UKX 100 chart so that as you as a trader can begin to trade it. The stock indices illustration shown above is of UKX 100 on MT4 Software Platform.

Trade Strategy for UKX100 Index

UKX100 shows the relative market movement of the top 1 hundred shares in the United Kingdom. In general the share value of the top 1 hundred corporations will keep moving upwards, hence this stock index will also over time keep heading upward. Should a corporate not meet required business expansion targets, the corporate will be removed from the index and replaced with an alternative company that has better growth prospects.

As a trader wanting to trade this index, over-all direction at any one time will likely be bullish than bearish. This is because as long as these top 100 corporations that are which are being tracked and monitored are doing good business, then their share value will keep heading upward, & hence this stock index also will keep moving in an upward trend.

As a indexes trader you want to be biased and keep on buying as the index moves & heads upwards. When UK economy is performing well (majority of the times it is performing well) this upward market trend is more than likely to be in place. A good strategy for a trader to use when trading this stock market index would be to buy and keep buying the market dips.

During Economic Slow-Down & Recession

During economic slow down recession periods, firms begin reporting slower revenues, lower profits & lowers growth prospect. It is because of this reason that traders start to sell stocks/shares of corporations that are recording lower profits & hence stock index tracking these particular stocks will also start to move downwards.

Hence, during these times, market trends are more likely to be moving downward and as a trader you should also adjust your strategy accordingly to fit the current downwards trends of the stock market index which you're trading.

Contracts Specs

Margin Requirement for 1 Lot/Contract - £ 70

Value per 1 Pip(Point) - £ 0.1

NB: Even though general trend is in general moves upwards, as a stock indices trader you've got to factor in daily market volatility, on some of the days the index may move in a range or even pull-back, market pullback may also be significant some times and hence you as a trader you need to time your entry precisely using this trading strategy: trade strategy and at the same time use the proper and suitable money management guidelines & principles in case there is more unexpected market trend volatility. About equity management methods/guidelines in indexes trading lessons: What's trading equity management and stock indexes trading money management methods/strategies.

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