Does JustMarkets Offer Synthetic Indices? Available Markets in 2026

Looking for JustMarkets synthetic indices? You will not find them. As of October 2026, JustMarkets offers no synthetic indices of any kind: no volatility indices, no Crash and Boom, no Jump, Step or Range Break products. Its range is built entirely from CFDs on real underlying markets, namely forex, metals, energies, stock indices, shares and cryptocurrencies, traded on MT4, MT5 and the JustMarkets app.

That makes JustMarkets a different kind of broker from the providers that built their following on synthetic products. This guide sets out what is actually available in 2026, how each market group works, which account types unlock which markets, and how to decide whether real markets suit your style. We also explain what synthetic indices are and why the distinction matters for pricing, risk and regulation, so you can judge any broker's offer, not just this one.

Everything below is based on JustMarkets' public account, market and help pages, checked in October 2026. Symbol lists and trading conditions change, so we show you how to confirm the current picture yourself before you trade.

Want to browse the live symbol list as you read? You can set up a JustMarkets account in minutes and explore every market on demo, which is the most reliable way to see exactly what your account type includes.

Does JustMarkets Offer Synthetic Indices? What the Official Pages Show

JustMarkets lists its instrument groups on each account page. For Standard, Pro and Raw Spread accounts the groups are forex, indices, commodities, stocks and crypto. For Standard Cent the groups are forex and commodities. Nowhere in those lists, or on the separate markets pages, is there a synthetic, derived or simulated index category.

The indices JustMarkets does carry are cash-index CFDs on real stock market benchmarks. The broker's indices page lists AU200, DE40, EU50, FR40, HK50, JP225, UK100, US100, US30, US500, CHA50 and ES35. These follow the Australian, German, Euro Stoxx, French, Hong Kong, Japanese, British, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, S&P 500, China A50 and Spanish markets respectively. Each moves because of real company earnings, economic data and investor sentiment.

Synthetic Indices Explained in Plain Language

A synthetic index is a market that exists only inside a provider's software. The provider writes an algorithm that produces a new price every second or two, usually using a random number generator, and lets clients trade CFDs on that price. JustMarkets itself has published an explainer describing them as fully digital instruments that "simulate the price movements of real markets but are independent of fundamental factors".

The main synthetic families

• Volatility indices: calibrated to a constant level of volatility, such as 75 percent per year. The best known is Volatility 75.
• Crash and Boom indices: drift steadily in one direction and are interrupted, on average every few hundred or thousand ticks, by a sudden spike the other way.
• Jump indices: mostly calm, with occasional large jumps of either direction.
• Step indices: move in fixed-size steps up or down with equal probability.
• Range Break indices: oscillate within a range and break out after a set number of touches.

What makes them attractive to some traders

The appeal is easy to understand. They are open every day, they have no news events, and their behaviour is consistent by design. Small minimum stakes made them popular with newer traders, especially in parts of Africa and Asia. JustMarkets' explainer sums up the appeal as "digital, fast, and always open".

What makes them controversial

The same explainer is frank about the downsides. It lists opaque pricing, because there is no external market to compare with; an addictive, fast-paced trading environment; and the absence of any fundamental value behind the price. It also notes that the provider acts as both the price engine and the counterparty, which gives it control over execution and market conditions. Those are reasons many traders prefer to keep their money in real markets where prices can be cross-checked.

Available Markets at JustMarkets in 2026: A Full Walkthrough

With synthetics ruled out, here is what JustMarkets does offer, group by group. Trading hours are given in server time, which JustMarkets states as GMT+3.

Forex

JustMarkets says it offers more than 60 currency pairs, covering majors, minors and exotics. All pairs trade from Monday 00:02 to Friday 23:59 server time. Forex is available on every account type, including Standard Cent, and it is where the broker's maximum leverage of up to 1:3000 is advertised. That figure is a ceiling, and your effective leverage can depend on your entity, account equity and the specific pair.

Metals

Gold is quoted against several currencies, including XAUUSD, XAUEUR and XAUAUD. Silver is available as XAGUSD and XAGEUR, and platinum (XPTUSD) and palladium (XPDUSD) are also listed. Metals trade on weekdays with a short daily break, and gold is one of the most-traded instruments at many retail brokers because of its large daily ranges.

Energies

JustMarkets lists Brent crude, WTI crude and natural gas (XNGUSD). These respond to inventory data, OPEC+ decisions, weather and geopolitical events, and their spreads can widen sharply at the daily open and around major reports.

Stock indices

The twelve index CFDs listed above trade mostly from Monday 01:02 to Friday 23:59 server time with a daily break, while ES35 has shorter hours that follow the Spanish market. Index leverage is much lower than forex leverage and is fixed per instrument, so read the contract specification before sizing a trade.

Shares

Share CFDs on large US companies are available on Standard, Pro and Raw Spread accounts. Examples visible on JustMarkets' pages include Apple, Airbnb and NVIDIA. Share CFDs trade during the underlying exchange's hours and can gap on earnings announcements.

Cryptocurrencies

This is the one group that behaves most like synthetics in terms of hours. JustMarkets says crypto CFDs trade 24/7, apart from scheduled server maintenance, with a short daily break from 00:00 to 00:05 server time on pairs including BTCUSD, BTCEUR, BTCGBP, BCHUSD, ETHUSD, LTCUSD and XRPUSD. Listed coins include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Solana, Cardano, Polkadot, Dogecoin, Chainlink, Tron, Stellar and others. Leverage is listed at up to 1:500 for BTCUSD and ETHUSD and up to 1:200 for BCHUSD, LTCUSD and XRPUSD.

Crypto is also where JustMarkets promotes swap-free holding for clients with the relevant status. To see current crypto spreads and hours side by side with other markets, visit the JustMarkets official site and compare its market pages.

How Real-Market Activity Changes Through the Trading Day

A synthetic index offers the same conditions at any hour. Real markets do not. Liquidity and volatility rise and fall as financial centres open and close, and knowing this rhythm is one of the most useful things a trader leaving synthetics can learn. The table below uses JustMarkets server time (GMT+3) and describes typical patterns rather than guarantees.

For someone in Lagos (GMT+1) or Johannesburg (GMT+2), the London and New York sessions fall in the working day and early evening. For someone in Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur, the busy overlap falls in the late evening. Matching the market to the hours you can actually focus is more important than chasing whichever instrument moved most last week.

Which Account Type Unlocks Which Markets

Your account type decides which of these markets you can trade. This table is based on JustMarkets' standard and professional account pages.

Two notes. First, some older JustMarkets pages list 100 USD rather than 200 USD as the Pro and Raw Spread minimum; the current professional-accounts and deposit pages say 200 USD, so confirm at registration. Second, the commission on Raw Spread is charged in USD terms; if your account currency is not USD, JustMarkets says the USD-equivalent amount is charged.

Synthetic vs Real Markets: Pricing, Risk and Regulation

Regulation is a further consideration. JustMarkets operates through companies regulated by the Seychelles FSA, CySEC in Cyprus, the FSCA in South Africa, the FSC in Mauritius and the FSC in the British Virgin Islands. Each regulator sets its own rules on what products can be offered to retail clients and how they must be described. We have not seen any statement from JustMarkets linking its product range to a regulatory decision, so we make no claim about its reasons, but the regulatory angle is worth knowing when you compare brokers.

Our guide to JustMarkets' home countries and entities explains which of those companies is likely to serve you, which affects the protections you receive.

Five Trader Profiles: Is JustMarkets a Fit Without Synthetics?

1. The weekend-only trader

If you can only trade on Saturdays and Sundays, crypto is your only choice at JustMarkets. That can work, but weekend crypto is often thinly traded, spreads can widen and moves can be sharp. Keep size small and use stops.

2. The former Crash/Boom spike hunter

The "spike" behaviour of Crash and Boom indices has no real-market equivalent. The nearest experience is trading news releases on gold or indices, which is fast and risky in different ways, with slippage and widened spreads. Many traders in this position are better served by first learning a calmer approach on a demo.

3. The scalper who liked constant volatility

Real markets have quiet and busy hours, so a scalping approach needs session filters. JustMarkets states that strategies such as scalping, hedging and news trading are allowed; our article on scalping at JustMarkets looks at the practical conditions, and the Raw Spread account is the one JustMarkets positions for short-term traders.

4. The newcomer with a small budget

The Standard Cent account, with balances in US cents and a 10 USD listed minimum, is designed for this. It offers forex and commodities only, which is a narrower but more manageable set of markets for learning.

5. The swing trader

Holding positions for days means swaps and weekend gaps matter more than spreads. JustMarkets' swap-free levels can reduce or remove overnight charges on many instruments for eligible clients; check your status in the Personal Area and read the swap values in each contract specification.

Three Markets Former Synthetic Traders Often Try First

Gold (XAUUSD)

• Why traders like it: large daily ranges, deep interest from traders worldwide and clear reactions to US data.
• What to watch: US inflation and jobs reports, Federal Reserve meetings, and the US dollar. Spreads can widen around these events.
• Account types: available on all four, including Standard Cent.
• Swap-free note: JustMarkets' help pages list XAUUSD among instruments covered by the Extended swap-free level.

Nasdaq 100 (US100)

• Why traders like it: strong trends and active US-session trading driven by large technology companies.
• What to watch: earnings from the largest constituents, US data and interest-rate expectations; weekend gaps.
• Account types: Standard, Pro and Raw Spread.
• Leverage note: much lower than forex and fixed per instrument; check the specification.

Bitcoin (BTCUSD)

• Why traders like it: trades at weekends, which is the closest match to synthetic market hours.
• What to watch: sudden sentiment shifts, regulatory headlines and thin weekend liquidity; the short daily break at 00:00 to 00:05 server time.
• Account types: Standard, Pro and Raw Spread.
• Leverage note: listed at up to 1:500.

Step-by-Step: Writing Your First Real-Market Trading Plan

A one-page plan is enough to start. Writing it before you trade forces you to answer questions that synthetic markets let you ignore.

1. Market and hours: name one instrument and the exact hours you will trade it.
2. Setup: describe in two or three sentences the conditions that must be present before you enter.
3. Stop placement: explain where the stop goes and why (for example, beyond a recent swing or a multiple of ATR).
4. Target or exit rule: decide whether you use a fixed target, a trailing stop or a time-based exit.
5. Size: write the formula you use to convert risk percentage and stop distance into lots.
6. News rule: list the releases you will avoid and how long before and after.
7. Review: set a date, perhaps after 30 trades, to decide whether to continue, adjust or stop.

Keep the plan next to your screen. If you find yourself about to take a trade that is not described in it, that is a signal to pause. Over time, the plan becomes the main difference between deliberate trading and the reflexive clicking that fast synthetic charts can encourage.

How to Set Up a JustMarkets Account for Real-Market Trading

If you decide that real markets suit you, the path is straightforward. JustMarkets publishes the deposit steps on its site; the account-creation screens can change, so follow the on-screen prompts where they differ from this outline.

1. Register on the official website or app. Use only the official domain or app store listing. Bookmark it.
2. Complete verification. JustMarkets' help pages say identity can be verified with a passport, national ID or driving licence copy that is clear, high resolution and valid for at least a month.
3. Open a demo first. Pick the same account type you plan to fund, so the symbol list matches.
4. Choose your account type and currency. Decide between Standard Cent, Standard, Pro and Raw Spread based on the markets you want and how you prefer to pay (spread only or spread plus commission).
5. Deposit. According to JustMarkets, you log in to the Personal Area, go to Funds, then Deposit, choose the trading account, pick a payment method, enter the details and amount, and confirm. JustMarkets says it charges no deposit or withdrawal fees, though banks and payment systems may.
6. Install MetaTrader or use the app. Log in with your trading account number and the password you set.
7. Check contract specifications for each instrument before your first live trade, especially leverage, swap and hours.

Practical tips

• Withdraw using the same method you deposited with. JustMarkets' AML policy requires this.
• Turn on every security option offered in your Personal Area and never share login details.
• Start with a deposit you could afford to lose entirely, and test a small withdrawal early to understand the process.

Hypothetical Example: Comparing Costs Across Account Types

This is a hypothetical illustration with simplified numbers. Real spreads float and change constantly; check live quotes in the platform.

Suppose a trader opens and closes 10 trades of 1 standard lot on EURUSD in a month. On a commission-free account, the cost is built into the spread. On Raw Spread, there is a tighter raw spread plus a commission of 3 USD per lot per side, which means 6 USD per round-turn lot.

In this made-up scenario Pro looks cheapest, but the ranking can flip with different spreads, instruments and trade counts. The method matters more than the result: add up spread plus commission per round turn, then multiply by your typical monthly volume. Do this with actual spreads from your demo before choosing.

A Practical Risk Framework for Real Markets

Synthetic traders often rely on very small stakes and frequent trades. On real markets the same discipline can work, but it needs a written framework because the market will occasionally do something you have never seen. Here is a simple structure many traders use; adapt the numbers to your situation.

1. Risk per trade: decide a fixed maximum, such as 0.5 to 1 percent of the account. This is the amount you lose if the stop is hit.
2. Daily loss limit: stop trading for the day after losing, for example, 3 percent. This prevents revenge trading.
3. Weekly review: once a week, review every trade against your plan, not against the outcome.
4. Effective leverage cap: divide the total value of your open positions by your equity. Keeping this modest, well below the broker's maximum, keeps margin level healthy.
5. News rule: decide in advance whether you trade through major releases. Most beginners are better off flat.

Hypothetical example: how margin call and stop-out work

This is a hypothetical illustration, not a real account. A trader has 1,000 USD equity and opens positions that require 500 USD of margin. Margin level is equity divided by used margin, so 1,000 / 500 = 200 percent. If losses reduce equity to 200 USD, margin level falls to 40 percent, which is JustMarkets' listed margin call level: a warning that the account is close to its limit. If equity falls further to 100 USD, margin level reaches 20 percent, the listed stop-out level, and positions begin to be closed automatically, usually starting with the largest losing position.

The lesson is that stop-out is not a risk-management tool; it is what happens when risk management has failed. A trader who keeps used margin small relative to equity will rarely get near either level.

Building a Balanced Watchlist Without Synthetics

One reason traders liked synthetics was the sense that each index was independent. Real markets are connected, and a watchlist of instruments that all react to the same thing is less diversified than it looks.

A practical approach is to pick one instrument from two or three different rows rather than several from the same row. If you hold long positions on US100, US500 and US30 at the same time, you effectively have one large bet on US stocks, not three separate trades.

How to Judge Any Broker That Claims to Offer Synthetic Indices

Whether you stay with JustMarkets or look elsewhere, it helps to know how to assess a synthetic-index offer. These questions apply to any provider.

• Who generates the price? Is it the broker's own engine or a third party? Is the methodology published?
• Has the generator been independently tested? Look for a named testing firm and a date, not just the word "audited".
• Which regulated entity offers the product in your country? The same brand can serve different countries through different companies.
• What happens if the price engine fails? Read the terms for outages, trade cancellations and disputes.
• How are profits paid out? Test a small withdrawal early.
• Is the offer on the official domain? A synthetic product promoted only through Telegram links, not on the broker's website, is a serious warning sign.

Regional Notes for 2026

Interest in synthetics is strongest in a handful of regions, and the practical position differs in each. JustMarkets lists local account currencies including the South African rand (ZAR), Nigerian naira (NGN), Indonesian rupiah (IDR), Malaysian ringgit (MYR), Thai baht (THB), Vietnamese dong (VND), Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) and UAE dirham (AED), which can reduce conversion costs for those markets. Availability can still vary by entity, so confirm in your Personal Area.

Separately from the broker's offer, your own country's rules apply. Some regulators restrict offshore derivatives providers or have issued warnings about unlicensed platforms. Check your local regulator's register and statements before opening any account, and read our country guides for detailed summaries where we have them, such as the position of JustMarkets in Nigeria.

Demo Versus Live: What Changes When Real Money Is Involved

JustMarkets is open about the limits of demo trading. Its account pages explain that demo accounts run in a simulated environment, that quotes are as close as possible to real ones, but that simulated liquidity differs from the live server and demo trades do not reach the financial markets. For a trader moving from synthetics, that has three practical consequences.

• Fills can differ. Around news and at the market open, live orders may fill at slightly different prices than demo orders would. Build a small allowance for slippage into your expectations.
• Spreads can behave differently. Check live spreads at the times you plan to trade, not just demo spreads.
• Psychology changes. The bigger difference is emotional. Losing real money feels different, and many traders take more impulsive decisions on live accounts. Starting live with a small balance, such as on Standard Cent for forex and metals, helps bridge that gap.

A reasonable sequence is demo first, then a small live account, and only then any increase in size, each step lasting long enough to include a range of market conditions. There is no shortcut, and anyone selling one is selling a story rather than a method.

Common Mistakes When Searching for Synthetic Indices

• Trusting screenshots from social media. A chart labelled "JustMarkets Boom 1000" proves nothing. Check the server name and the symbol list yourself.
• Paying for "synthetic account activation". No such service exists at JustMarkets. Anyone asking for a fee to unlock synthetics is not acting for the broker.
• Assuming crypto behaves like a synthetic. Crypto trades at weekends, but it is driven by real news, exchange flows and sentiment. It can gap and spike unpredictably.
• Using maximum leverage because it is available. A 1:3000 ceiling on forex is not a recommendation. High leverage magnifies losses as much as gains.
• Ignoring the account-type restriction. Standard Cent does not include indices, shares or crypto. Opening the wrong account type leads to "symbol not found" frustration.
• Skipping the demo. The behaviour of real markets is different enough that every former synthetic trader should spend time on a demo first.

Troubleshooting checklist

Alternatives If You Specifically Need Synthetic Indices

If synthetic indices are essential to you, you will need a provider that offers them. Deriv is the best-known one, and JustMarkets' own explainer notes that similar products are appearing on other platforms. We do not review or recommend those providers here. If you go down that route, apply the same checks you would apply to any broker: confirm the regulating entity for your country, read how prices are generated and audited, understand who takes the other side of your trades, and test withdrawals with small amounts.

Local law matters too. Countries such as Kenya and South Africa have their own regulators and rules on offshore derivatives providers, and the same questions apply whichever broker you choose.

Quick Checklist Before You Fund an Account

• I have confirmed on a demo that every instrument I plan to trade appears on my chosen account type.
• I know the trading hours of those instruments in server time and in my own time zone.
• I have read the contract specification for each one: contract size, leverage, spread, swap and stop level.
• I know which JustMarkets company my account is with and which regulator supervises it.
• I have checked whether my own country's regulator restricts or warns about offshore derivatives providers.
• I have a written risk limit per trade and per day.
• I am using only the official website or app and have enabled every available security option.
• I am depositing only money I can afford to lose, and I plan to test a small withdrawal early.

If you cannot tick every line, wait. None of these steps takes long, and together they remove most of the problems that new JustMarkets clients, and especially former synthetic traders, tend to run into in their first weeks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does JustMarkets offer synthetic indices in 2026?

No. JustMarkets lists only CFDs on real markets: forex, metals, energies, stock indices, shares and crypto.

Does JustMarkets have Crash 500 or Boom 1000?

No. Crash and Boom indices are synthetic products and are not offered at JustMarkets.

What stock indices does JustMarkets offer?

The indices page lists AU200, DE40, EU50, FR40, HK50, JP225, UK100, US100, US30, US500, CHA50 and ES35.

Can I trade anything at JustMarkets on Sunday?

Crypto CFDs. JustMarkets says they trade 24/7 except for short daily breaks on some pairs and scheduled maintenance.

Which JustMarkets account is best if I'm moving from synthetics?

There is no single best account. Standard Cent suits small learning budgets but excludes indices and crypto; Standard is commission-free with all market groups; Pro has lower spreads; Raw Spread pairs very low spreads with a commission.

Is crypto at JustMarkets the same as a synthetic index?

No. It shares the 24/7 hours, but crypto prices come from real markets and react to real events.

Why doesn't JustMarkets offer synthetics?

JustMarkets has not published a reason. Its educational material does highlight opaque pricing and the provider acting as counterparty as key risks of synthetic products.

Can I use my synthetic-index trading bot on JustMarkets?

You can run expert advisors on MetaTrader, but a bot built for constant-volatility markets usually needs rework and thorough demo testing before use on real instruments.

What are the margin call and stop-out levels?

JustMarkets lists a 40% margin call and a 20% stop-out level on its account types.

Does JustMarkets charge deposit fees?

JustMarkets says it does not charge deposit or withdrawal fees, though your bank or payment provider may.

Is there a minimum deposit to trade indices at JustMarkets?

Indices are available from the Standard account, listed with a 10 USD minimum deposit. Pro and Raw Spread are currently listed at 200 USD.

Does JustMarkets offer VIX or other volatility products?

We did not find a VIX or volatility-index CFD in the index list JustMarkets publishes. Its index range covers equity benchmarks only.

Are JustMarkets crypto CFDs swap-free?

JustMarkets marks its crypto CFDs as covered by the Extended swap-free level, and its crypto page says customer accounts are given swap-free status automatically. Check your own swap-free level in the Personal Area, as conditions can differ by entity.

Will JustMarkets add synthetic indices in the future?

There has been no announcement. Treat any claim of upcoming synthetics as unconfirmed until it appears on the official site and in the platform.

Glossary

• Synthetic index: A market whose price is generated by software rather than by real trading.
• Crash/Boom index: A synthetic index that trends gradually and is interrupted by sudden spikes in the opposite direction.
• Cash index CFD: A CFD tracking a real stock index without an expiry date.
• Contract specification: The broker's rule sheet for an instrument: contract size, spread, leverage, swap, hours and stop level.
• Raw spread: A spread close to the underlying market spread, with the broker charging a separate commission.
• USC: US cents, the account currency of the Standard Cent account.
• Stop level: The minimum distance from the current price at which a pending order or stop can be placed.

Summary: JustMarkets Synthetic Indices and the Markets You Get Instead

JustMarkets synthetic indices do not exist: the broker offers none, and nothing on its official pages suggests that will change. What it offers instead is a real-market line-up of more than 60 forex pairs, metals, energies, twelve stock index CFDs, US share CFDs and round-the-clock crypto, spread across four account types on MT4, MT5 and the JustMarkets app.

For traders used to synthetic markets, that means adapting to news, sessions, gaps and changing volatility. It also means prices you can cross-check against the wider market. Decide which market fits your hours and temperament, choose an account type that includes it, test on a demo and keep risk small and defined.

🔥 Your next move: claim your JustMarkets demo and map out your real-market watchlist, then confirm the symbol list and contract specifications for your chosen account before funding.

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