STARTRADER has announced the launch of 31 new CFD instruments on US stocks and ETFs, available on its trading platform from August 3, 2026, and on the mobile app from August 5. The sectors covered include semiconductors, AI infrastructure, optical networks, and nuclear energy. The message is clear: nuclear power has earned its place in the basket of assets tied to artificial intelligence and the digital infrastructure of the future.
For the nuclear segment, STARTRADER has selected two specific names: Centrus Energy and NuScale Power. Centrus is America’s leading nuclear fuel supplier, with more than 1,850 reactor-years of supply delivered since 1998, and is currently engaged in the production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) under a $900 million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. NuScale Power, meanwhile, is one of the defining names in the development of small modular reactors, or SMRs. Both companies represent distinct but complementary directions in nuclear development: the fuel cycle on one side, next-generation power generation on the other.
The full package of 31 new instruments includes 24 stocks and 7 ETFs. On the semiconductor side, the lineup features ON Semiconductor, Wolfspeed, Astera Labs, Rigetti Computing, SanDisk, and others. Cerebras Systems, CoreWeave, and Vertiv Holdings cover AI chip architecture, GPU cloud infrastructure, and data center power management, respectively. Seven CFD ETFs span semiconductors (SMH, SOXX, SOXL), memory (DRAM), photonics (FOTO), tech software (IGV), and the Taiwanese equity market (EWT). Nokia, EchoStar, USA Rare Earth, Nebius, and Iris Energy round out the offering.
The rationale behind this expansion is straightforward. Data center energy demand is growing at a pace that intermittent renewables alone cannot meet. Nuclear power — and SMRs in particular — is increasingly seen as the structural answer to this need. Placing Centrus and NuScale within an AI-focused basket is no coincidence: it reflects a clear reading of the market, where nuclear companies are now valued as components of the technology infrastructure stack rather than as traditional utilities.
STARTRADER operates as a multi-asset regulated broker across several jurisdictions, including CMA, ASIC, FSCA, FSA, and FSC, with platforms that include MetaTrader and its own copy trading system. This expansion into nuclear follows the addition of SK Hynix as a US stock CFD in July 2026 by just a few months. If the trend holds, the number of nuclear supply chain titles accessible through derivative instruments on globally regulated platforms — spanning uranium mining to reactor construction — could grow further in the months ahead.
