Underlying financial assets are the measured value of the stock, commodity, currency pair or index from which the position is derived. Because of the assets’ lack of ownership, when purchased, the cash value reflects the live market price of the asset it is based upon. Most common assets refer to the following four major markets: Stocks (Coca Cola, Barclays PLC, Google Inc., Snapchat, etc.) Indices (NASDAQ, DAX30, CAC40, DJIA, etc.) Commodities (Gold, Silver, Oil, coffee, etc.) Currencies (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, AUD/CHF, etc.)