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What’s the difference between index trading and stock trading?
What’s the difference between index trading and stock trading?

A stock trade is when you buy shares of specific companies at different prices whereas index trading involves trading a basket of stocks.

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Index Trading & Stock Trading

A stock trade is when you buy shares of specific companies at different prices. Once you buy a stock, it's yours whereas index trading involves trading a basket of stocks that make up the index through a single instrument.

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