What is the Margin Required for 1 Lot of SP 500 Index? - SP 500 Trading

The Standard and Poor's 500 is a stock index that tracks the capitalization of 500 stocks that represent major industries in the American economy. The list of 500 companies is made up of stocks listed in the NYSE & NASDAQ.

Contracts and Specifications - SP 500 Index

Margin Required Per 1 Lot for SP 500 is - $ 12

Value per 1 Pips for SP 500 is - $ 0.1

The SP 500 just like the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is more volatile than most of the other Top Traded Stock Index, The SP 500 index will over longterm trend upwards but it will have more price pull-backs and more consolidations than other index. Traders may prefer to trade other indices other than this one if they are more accustomed to trading more stellar trends found in other top stock indices.

One of the reason this index has more oscillations than other indices is because it has more constituent stocks than other indices. This index also has a weighting factor in its calculation which also contribute to making it more volatile.

The SP 500 Trade Chart