Financial Instruments

Dividends are the portion of corporate profits that are allocated to shareholders, and the cut-off date for

Most of the instruments we offer, that are based on a futures contracts, have a rollover date. You can find this information by clicking on

Plus500 quotes prices with reference to the price of the relevant underlying financial instrument and its spread.
Our prices are obtained from a range of independent third-party market data providers who source their price feeds from relevant exchanges.

A corporate action is an event initiated by a public company that affects the shares/equities issued by the company.

Occasionally instruments are temporarily unavailable for trading when market events restrict price feeds, for example but not limited to

Whenever a futures contract reaches its expiry date, and an automatic rollover is defined for the instrument, all open positions and orders are automatically rolled-over to the next futures contract.

Instruments that are based on a futures contract either have an expiry date or a rollover date. You can find out which by clicking on

The spread can be calculated by subtracting the sell price from the buy price of the instrument, and can change whilst your position is open

Useful instrument information can be found in the “Details” tab for each instrument on the trading platform. These details may change from

Plus500 offers CFDs on over 2000 financial instruments, including Shares, Forex, Indices, Cryptocurrencies, Commodities,