When trading binary options online you have the ability to trade in four major underlying markets. They are also popularly called assets. The assets that can be traded online range between 20 to more than 200 depending on which broker you choose to join. It is amazing that you from your living room are able to trade gold, silver, oil and USD without ever having to leave your room or involve a broker firm or be a member of a hedge-fund.  Binary Options trading truly have revolutionized the global commerce by allowing rich and poor to trade under same conditions. The online binary platforms and software are divided into four major markets. Stocks Companies traded in the stock exchange around the globe have its face value calculated in stocks. The stock prices determine how valuable the company is at any given time according to the market expectations. The price is fictive in the sense that it does not necessarily reflect the actual value. A company worth $100 million in stocks might only be worth $80 million or maybe even twice as much if the market is yet to discover its inventions or notice how well it perform compared to its competitors. Currencies Currencies is one of the most popular assets traded anywhere in the world. People are always speculating what currency that will increase in value withing a given time frame. Traders are on the look out for major changes that can affect the national economies making a currency rise of fall. Currency trading also known as forex trading is very popular and has been around before binary options surfaced the internet and became legal in 2008. Commodities There are not many commodities to choose from when trading binary options. The most popular is gold, silver and oil. The markets are less volatile compared to the stocks and currencies so they attract less people since you have to trade in higher quantities to make a scoop. Indices It takes a bit of expertise to successfully trade indices. You need to know an index well and follow the market closely to have an educated guess whether the market is going up 0.1 point that day or decreasing by 0.2 points the day after. Indices are nevertheless very interesting since you can be an expert in a local stock exchange and thereby gain a significant edge on the market.