You can access all market sectors on the global stage by opting to trade indices. You can profit from the market’s ups and downs rather than being exposed to the volatility of just one stock. An index is calculated by averaging the shares of the top businesses in a particular industry. Indices are frequently used to assess the status of the economy overall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, DAX performance index, and S&P 500 are the most widely used indices. Index funds, futures, options, and index ETFs are frequently traded forms of indices. These instruments have the positive attributes of requiring very little management and providing diversification at a very low cost.