FTSE 100 ~ nounA share index of the 100 most highly capitalised UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Trading the FTSE 100
If you want to place a financial spread bet based on movements of the FTSE 100 Index with ShortsandLongs.com (S&L), you can trade a product known as the UK 100 Index. You can trade the UK 100 Daily, Future or Daily Future markets.
The UK 100 is a very popular product to spread bet on. In fact, it is consistently the most traded product by S&L members.
Trading the UK 100 index gives you the flexibility to go long or short on the entire market, allowing you to profit from a rise or fall in the FTSE 100 share index.
This can be done as a speculative bet if you feel the market is due to move sharply one way or the other, or indeed as a protection against a portfolio of assets you may have in the event of a falling stock market, or in times of uncertainty like the Credit Crunch environment.
