Which instruments can traders trade?
Quick answer
The default feed covers 28 major and cross currency pairs, exotic pairs including USD/MXN, USD/ZAR and USD/TRY, gold, silver and palladium, WTI and Brent crude, natural gas, twelve stock indices, Bitcoin and Ether. Each firm can restrict an account type to a chosen list with the allowed instruments rule.
Detailed answer
Traders see the instruments their account is allowed to trade.
Forex
- Majors: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD.
- Crosses: EUR, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD and CHF crosses, 21 in total.
- Exotics: USD/MXN, USD/ZAR, USD/TRY, USD/SEK, USD/NOK, USD/SGD and USD/CNH.
Metals and energy
Gold, silver and palladium; WTI and Brent crude; natural gas.
Indices
US30, US500, USTEC, UK100, GER40, FRA40, ESP35, NETH25, SWI20, EU50, JP225 and AUS200.
Crypto
Bitcoin and Ether against the US dollar.
Restricting instruments
The allowed instruments rule limits a rule set to a chosen list; orders on anything else are refused. Firms often offer forex, gold and the main indices on standard challenges and keep crypto for a separate account type.
Contract details
Each instrument uses the broker's real specification: lot size, minimum and maximum order size, and price precision. Instruments quoted in other currencies, such as GER40 in euros, are converted into the account currency for profit and loss.
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