Open a live CFD trading account
Start trading CFDs on our award-winning trading platform*
- Thousands of instruments including forex, indices, commodities & shares
- Powerful charting and innovative trading tools
- Never miss an opportunity with our enhanced mobile trading app
- No stamp duty to pay on CFD trades**
- Live, award-winning support† around the clock, whenever the markets are open
Cash rebates^
- We reward high-volume traders with cash rebates
- Earn rebates on forex, index & commodity trades
- We paid €15.7m globally to our clients in 2017-18
Enhanced mobile trading
Experience enhanced mobile trading with an app you can customise to suit your trading style, so you can keep track of the markets that matter to you and stay informed on the go.
Value for money
We offer competitive and reliable pricing, with tight spreads and low margins‡. Trade CFDs on key FX pairs like EUR/USD from 0.5 points, 1 point on major indices like the UK 100, and 0.2 points on Gold. Our margin rates start from 3.3% for FX and 5% for index CFDs.
More opportunities
CFD trading offers you the ability to diversify your portfolio with leveraged trading on a huge range of forex, indices, commodities, shares and treasuries.
Nearly 30 years' experience
Since launching in 1989, we’ve become one of the world's leading CFD trading and spread betting providers. As one of the industry's pioneers, you can be confident that when you're trading CFDs with us, you're trading with one of the best in the business.
Intuitive platform
Our unique online CFD trading platform, Next Generation, has already won multiple awards and we’re consistently working on new functionality, products and trading tools to enhance your CFD trading experience.
Multiple award-winners
We have won over 50 awards worldwide over the last two years – a recognition of the quality of our service, and dedication to delivering innovation and technology through our web-based trading platform and native mobile apps.
98% of calls answered in under 20 seconds
When there's a market open, we are too
What is CFD trading?
What are CFDs?
A CFD is a cash-settled leveraged product that tracks the price movement of a financial market, such as indices, forex, commodities, shares and treasuries. A key feature of trading leveraged products is that you only have to put down a small deposit for a much larger market exposure, and as such there is the potential to magnify profits, as well as losses, which can exceed deposits.
When you trade CFDs, you don’t buy or sell the underlying asset or product. Instead, you speculate on whether the price of that product will rise or fall. We offer CFDs on thousands of global instruments, and you can buy or sell a number of units depending on whether you think prices will go up or down.
For every point the price moves in your favour, you gain multiples of the number of units you have bought or sold. For every point the price moves against you, you make a loss.
Find out more about CFD trading
Why trade CFDs with CMC Markets?
- Access thousands of global CFD instruments
- Trade on our award-winning Next Generation platform and mobile apps
- Manage your risk with our range of stop orders, including guaranteed stop-loss orders
- Tight spreads from 0.7 points on FX and 1 point on major indices
- Low margins from 3.3% on our FX and 5% on our indices CFDs
- Award-winning customer service
Earn cash rebates as you trade^
- Trade high-volumes and earn cash rewards
- Earn rebates on forex, index & commodity trades
- We paid €15.7m globally to our clients in 2017-18
Trade CFDs with a reputed global provider
80,000+
active clients worldwide across all account types
64.5M
trades per annum across all products
13
global offices
Losses can exceed your deposits
*Awarded Best Platform Features and Best Mobile Phone/Tablet Platform; ranked highest for Platform Reliability and Charting, based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report; Best Online Trading Platform, Shares Awards 2017.
**Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and can change or may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.
^Professional clients only. Terms and conditions apply.
†Awarded Best Customer Service, based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report.
‡Spreads may widen and margins may increase in volatile markets