✅ Webinar Links
Start 30 mins before Frankfurt Open (8:30am CET European Time). Run for 3 hours.
20th May, 2025
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7210129310403638871
22th May, 2025
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6620457925892506454
🎯 Outcomes
Help traders:
- Join in on the European Session! Even if you don’t/can’t trade those instruments.
- Apply Brooks Trading Course materials to other instruments and markets and discover all price action is the same.
- The differences between FTSE 100 and DAX 40
- How to trade them via cash indices, futures, or CFDs
- What instrument suits their capital, style, and platform
- Take full responsibility over their own trading situation.
FTSE 100 vs DAX 40 – Cash Index and Futures Comparison (May 2025, Central European Time)
*I’ve done my best to get the below right, please double-check your own requirements before trading anything. Nothing here constitutes financial advice.
📊 General Overview
| Feature | FTSE 100 | DAX 40 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash Index Name | FTSE 100 Index | DAX 40 Index |
| Cash Exchange | London Stock Exchange (LSE) | Xetra (Deutsche Börse) |
| Cash Ticker | UKX (Bloomberg), .FTSE (Reuters) | DAX (Bloomberg), .GDAXI (Reuters) |
| Cash RTH (CET) | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM * | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM * |
📈 Futures Details
| Feature | FTSE 100 Futures | DAX 40 Futures |
|---|---|---|
| Futures Exchange | ICE Futures Europe | Eurex |
| Futures Ticker(s) | Z / ZL | FDAX (Full), FDXM (Mini), FDXS (Micro) |
| Contract Size | £10 × index level | €25 / €5 / €1 × index level |
| Tick Size | 0.5 index points | 0.5 index points |
| Tick Value | £5 | €12.50 / €2.50 / €0.50 |
| Settlement | Cash-settled | Cash-settled |
🕒 Trading Hours (Futures) – Central European Time (CET)
| Session Type | FTSE 100 Futures (ICE) | DAX 40 Futures (Eurex) |
|---|---|---|
| Futures RTH (CET) | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM |
| Futures ETH (CET) | 2:00 AM – 10:00 PM | 1:10 AM – 10:00 PM |
💻 CFD Access
If a trader prefers not to trade futures contracts, CFDs (Contracts for Difference) on these indices offer a practical alternative. You give up some precision for access.
| Feature | FTSE 100 CFD | DAX 40 CFD |
|---|---|---|
| Typical CFD Name | FTSE 100, UK100, UKX | GER30 (legacy), GER40, DAX CFD |
| Available On | Most CFD brokers (e.g., IG, Pepperstone) | Most CFD brokers (e.g., IG, Pepperstone) |
| Tradable Units | 1 index point or fraction | 1 index point or fraction |
| Typical Tick Value | User-defined (e.g., €0.10 to €1 per point) | User-defined (e.g., €0.10 to €1 per point) |
| Leverage | Broker dependent (typically 1:10 – 1:30) | Broker dependent (typically 1:10 – 1:30) |
| RTH / Trading Hours | Often 24/5 depending on broker | Often 24/5 depending on broker |
✅ CFDs are very scalable for accounts with lower capital requirements, but they typically include wider spreads and overnight financing costs. They’re not exchange-traded.
*Note: UK is on British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) in May 2025. CET is UTC+2, so 8:00 AM BST = 9:00 AM CET.
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