About the Dow

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (more commonly known as the Dow Jones or Dow) contains 30 of the largest and most influential companies in the USA and is intended to represent the stock market's general market condition.

While the Dow Jones has the word 'industrial' in its official title, many of the 30 components have very little to do with heavy industry and this title is only based on its historical naming.

Many household names such as McDonalds, Microsoft, Walt Disney, Citigroup & American Express make up the Dow 30.

At Trade With Precision the Dow is one of our preferred trading instruments due to its techincal nature, supreme liquidity and perfect timezone for traders in most parts of the world.  We prefer to trade the mini-dow futures contract or for traders outside America who insist on spread betting or CFD's, we still aim to spead bet the Dow future rather than cash market. Join our Intraday Index Futures Trading free webinar to find out why.