Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 68% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets, CFDs, OTC options or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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The registration details of CMC Markets UK plc are:
Registered address: 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX, United Kingdom
Registered in: England and Wales.
Registration Number: 02448409
VAT Registration Number: 849 1757 83
Email: clientmanagement@cmcmarkets.co.uk
The registration details of CMC Spreadbet plc are:
Registered address: 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX, United Kingdom
Registered in: England and Wales
Registration Number: 02589529
VAT Registration Number: 849 1757 83
Email: clientmanagement@cmcmarkets.co.uk
CMC Markets UK plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. It appears on the FCA's Register with registration number 173730.
CMC Spreadbet plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. It appears on the FCA's Register with registration number 170627.
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These demo platform terms of use (“Terms”) are between you, and us, CMC Markets UK plc and/or CMC Spreadbet plc (“CMC”) as appropriate. In these Terms we may refer to ourselves as “we”, “us”, “our”, “ours” or “ourselves”, as appropriate. Similarly, you may be referred to as “you”, “your “yours” or “yourself”, as appropriate in relation to these Terms.
CMC’s demo account is a risk-free simulation of our trading platform. If you register for a demo account to trial CMC’s trading platform, CMC grants you a personal, nonexclusive, revocable and non-transferable licence, to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the demo platform for the limited purpose of trialling financial betting, contract for difference (“CFD”) and options trading in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted in respect of the platform.
The demo platform is for demonstration purposes only and any trades you place do not create any rights or obligations between us and you. The information, content and functionality including pricing and order execution of the demo platform may differ from the live CMC trading platform. CMC does not warrant that any information, content or functionality of the demo platform will display, operate or otherwise perform in the same way as the live CMC trading platform. Please note that shares on a CFD demo trading account are available for a limited period due to exchange restrictions.
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(i) knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material or code which is malicious or technologically harmful;
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The 1-Click Trading feature allows you to open or close a CFD Margin Trade with just one click. Once a CFD Margin Trade size has been entered, clicking once on the buy or sell Price will send the Order straight through for processing.
You will not be asked to confirm the Order, it will be placed immediately (for more information on using 1-Click Trading, please refer our website).
Before you can use 1-Click Trading on your Account, you will need to carefully read and then accept these Terms of Use on the Platform.
The Chart Forum feature in our platform allows you to chat with fellow analysts and traders. To ensure the optimum running of the service safely, please read the rules carefully.
These rules apply to you whether you are a client with a live account or a demo account user (although a demo account user has only “read-only” access to the Chart Forum). They summarise what we consider is acceptable and unacceptable content and use of the Chart Forum. We may update the rules from time to time, so please read them before posting any content on the Chart Forum. These rules will be available to you on the Chart Forum itself, should you need to refer back to them at any time.
CMC Markets' conflicts of interest policy ("Policy") sets out the procedures and controls which help us identify, prevent and appropriately deal with conflicts of interest, whether actual, apparent or potential, in respect of our obligations to clients.
The objective of the Policy is to ensure that conflicts of interest within CMC Markets are identified, prevented and managed appropriately and, where necessary, disclosed in order to ensure the fair treatment of clients and compliance with the rules and principles of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA").
This Policy applies to all of CMC Markets' FCA regulated activities and activities in connection with or for the purposes of such regulated activities, including outsourced activities provided by a third party.
In assessing whether a conflict of interest has arisen, CMC Markets will consider, amongst other things, whether:
A non-exhaustive list of some of the arrangements CMC Markets adopts in order to manage conflicts of interest are:
If arrangements made by CMC Markets are not or cannot be sufficient to ensure, with reasonable confidence, that risks of damage to the interests of a client will be prevented, CMC Markets will disclose the general nature and/or source of conflicts of interest and the steps taken to mitigate those risk before undertaking business for/with the client.
