Sri Lanka — Adding the Nasdaq 100 - the USTEC Symbol
The name will not find it: the contract is USTEC, and USTECm on cent and mini accounts. Add it from the indices branch, read the contract specification, then size the first order from that rather than from a forex habit.
Open Exness Account →Adding the Nasdaq 100 on Exness starts with the ticker, because the name will not find it. The index trades as a CFD under the symbol USTEC, and on cent and mini accounts as USTECm. Add it from the indices branch of the symbol tree, read the contract specification before sizing, and expect the spread to widen around the cash-market open, high-impact US data and the daily rollover.
Step 1 - the ticker to type into the symbol tree
On Exness, the NASDAQ 100 index is traded as a CFD under the symbol USTEC — on cent and mini accounts it appears as USTECm. Some brokers label the same index NAS100 or US100; on Exness the ticker is USTEC. The Dow Jones 30 is US30 and the S&P 500 is US500.
| Index | Exness symbol | Also searched as |
|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ 100 | USTEC | NAS100 or US100 at other brokers |
| Dow Jones 30 | US30 | US Wall Street 30 (the Dow) |
| S&P 500 | US500 | US 500 |
These are contract names as the terminal lists them, which is why searching by index name returns nothing useful. On cent and mini accounts each one carries an m suffix.
Step 2 - what an index entry cost at the moment of capture
| Index (Exness symbol) | Cent symbol | Lowest | Typical (median) | Busy market (p90) | Ticks sampled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ 100 (USTEC) | USTECm | 112 | 112 | 112 | 896,354 |
| Dow Jones 30 (US30) | US30m | 10 | 10 | 13 | 135,518 |
| S&P 500 (US500) | US500m | 40 | 40 | 40 | 119,588 |
Recorded on Exness’s own MetaTrader 5 feed — 1,151,460 ticks sampled, last captured 2026-09-06. Values are index points. Lowest is the tightest quiet-market quote, typical is the median, and the busy-market column is the wider quote seen a fraction of the time. Read the column that matches the hour you intend to trade. Server Exness-MT5Trial11, feed 2026.09.06 07:46:14.
Step 3 - the specification lines to read before sizing
| Trading the NASDAQ 100 at Exness | |
|---|---|
| Underlying | NASDAQ 100 index (US tech 100) |
| Exness symbol | USTEC (cent / mini account: USTECm) |
| Instrument type | Index CFD — cash contract for difference |
| Measured typical spread | 112 index points (lowest 112, p90 112 over 896,354 ticks) |
| Contract size | 1 per lot |
| Min / max order | 0.05 / 500 lots |
| Tick value | $0.01 per lot (from the measured feed) |
| Platforms | MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app |
These are indicative conditions for the index CFD. Spread, margin and swap are all variable, so the figures in your own order window are the ones the server will act on.
Where the index figures come from
- Recorded in-terminal on Exness’s own MetaTrader 5 pricing feed — not a third-party estimate.
- An MQL5 expert advisor logs every tick’s bid and ask in-terminal, so the spread is exactly what the platform shows.
- 1,151,460 ticks across the US index CFDs; the figures refresh on a schedule.
Index spreads widen around the cash-market open, around high-impact data and at the daily rollover, so read the figure at the hour the order will be sent. Past readings do not guarantee future spreads. Last updated 2026-09-06.
Trade indices with Exness →Why the symbol is the first obstacle
Index CFDs are the instruments people most often conclude are missing, because the search is done on the index name rather than on the contract name. The contract names are USTEC for the Nasdaq 100, US30 for the Dow and US500 for the S and P 500, and cent and mini accounts add an m suffix to each.
Once the naming rule is known, the rest of the tree becomes predictable, and the same rule applies to metals - gold is XAUUSD, and XAUUSDm on cent accounts.
What changes about sizing on an index
An index CFD is a cash contract for difference, and its contract size has nothing in common with the 100,000-unit convention of a currency pair. Sizing from a forex habit is the single most expensive mistake available here, and the specification line that prevents it takes ten seconds to read.
Spread behaviour differs too. Index spreads are variable and widen around the cash-market open, around high-impact US data and at the daily rollover, so the measured figures on this site are worth reading at the hour the order will actually be sent.
Adding an index and sizing the first order
- Open the symbol tree and go to the indices branch. Typing Nasdaq finds nothing useful - the contract is named USTEC.
- Add USTEC, or USTECm on a cent or mini account. The Dow is US30 and the S and P 500 is US500, with the same m suffix rule.
- Open the contract specification and read the contract size and the minimum volume before touching the volume field.
- Convert one point of index movement into money for the volume planned, because index contract sizes are not the same as forex ones.
- Check the trading session. An index CFD is a cash contract and does not quote continuously, so a rejected order is often a closed market.
- Send the order, then re-check the spread after the cash-market open: index spreads are variable and widen around the open and around US data.
Elsewhere the same index may be listed as NAS100 or US100. In the symbol tree here, the contract to search for is USTEC.