Though long-term investors, like pension funds, track them closely, short-term CFD traders simply tend to speculate on indices. If you are keen to kickstart your journey trading indices, these are some of the more popular indices to consider: Dow Jones Industrials Average (US 30) Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) Nasdaq (Composite and Nasdaq 100) Dow Jones Industrials (DJIA) UK FTSE 100 (FTSE 100) DAX (Germany 30) Euro Stoxx 50 (Euro 50)