Contracts for differences can be long or short, so that you can also have profit opportunities in a bear market. In the real stock market, you can hedge your long risks by shorting.
The trading of contracts for differences covers more than 20 major exchanges around the world, with more than 2,500 varieties, including:
Precious metal contracts with price difference: gold, silver, palladium and platinum;
Stock and stock index difference contract: North American, European and Asian stocks;
Agricultural futures contract price difference: wheat, soybean, oat, corn;
Cash crop commodity futures contract difference: coffee, cocoa, sugar;
Metal commodity futures contract price difference: copper, aluminum;
Energy commodity futures contract price difference: crude oil, natural gas;
Treasury bond futures contract for difference.