timsk
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Hi BBB,
Stocks and shares
These are essentially the same thing. You buy and sell a 'share' of a company and profit from a rise in its value (if you're long) or lose if it falls in value.
Forex
Forex, FX or Foreign Exchange plots the value of one currency relative to another and are traded in pairs. The major pairings include the USD$ as it's the world's most important currency.
Indices
Indices are benchmarks which enable traders and investors to gain a macro view of the market as a whole - or a sector within a market. Most indices are not tradeable instruments in their own right, although there are numerous ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) which mirror the movement of the index, along with various derivative products (see below).
Options & Futures
These aren't tradeable instruments but, rather, derivative products that enable traders to speculate on price movements of 'underlying' instruments such as shares.
Spread betting
Technically, SB isn't a true derivative product, although it's reasonable to think of it as such for all intents and purposes. Like options and futures, SB firms base their prices on an underlying instrument like shares, FX and indices like the Dow and S&P.
More information of the different tradeable products can be found here: What Should I trade?
Tim.
You are a vendor and you are asking a question like that? Give us a break.
You do realise you have a vendors badge and we can all see it, right?
scose-no-doubt
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Wont he come up under google if you search any of those terms 
galeonbaster
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Wont he come up under google if you search any of those terms
What is the point of making such posts? Everybody knows about Google and Wiki but don't to go there. Forums are for discussions, sharing information and asking questions.
Forums are also for vendors to peddle their latest get rich quick forex scams. The original poster is a vendor yet he doesn't even know the difference between stocks and futures, I don't think so. What you are about to see is the same vendor using a different name posting here saying he's got a great product to help beginners. We've seen it hundreds of times here, that's why he got the reception he did.
scose-no-doubt
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You obviously missed the point you f**ktard
