Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 72% 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 and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Learn to trade CFDs

Browse our education content to learn how CFDs work and how to develop your own CFD trading strategy.

CFDs explained

What are CFDs?

CFD examples

Advantages of CFDs

Risks of CFDs

Commission rates

Trading CFDs

CFD trading strategies

How does news affect forex trading?

Day trading

Tell-tale trading patterns

Trendlines

Support & resistance

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CFD platform quick guide

View, download and print our CFD platform quick guide. This concise guide shows you where to find all the products, features and tools you might need while trading CFDs on our platform. 

CFD quick guide

CFDsGetting started
Trade the financial markets using CFDs

See how to place a trade, set risk management and monitor positions on our easy-to-use CFD platform.

CFDsGetting started
Learn about our advanced charting package

Finding a strategy that suits you is important and we have over 80 technical indicators, an inbuilt Pattern Recognition Scanner, comparison charts and drawing tools that could help you.

CFDsGetting started
How to identify chart patterns automatically

On any chart, on most time intervals, our pattern tools function can highlight the most popular technical pattern types including triangles, channels, double tops & more.

CFDsGetting started
Our client sentiment tool

Easily accessible via the Product Overview, the Client Sentiment feature shows you what percentage of our clients are long and what percentage are short, on a particular product.

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Trading guide
CFD trading with CMC

Find out more about our award-winning CFD trading platform provides access to over 9,500 global products, at competitive spreads and margin rates.

Trading guide
CFD Margins

In order to open a CFD position on your account you will need to deposit an amount of money known as margin. Learn more here.

Trading guide
CFD Holding costs

At the end of each trading day (17:00 New York time), positions held in your account may be subject to a charge called a 'holding cost'. Find out more details here.

Trading guide
Guaranteed stop loss orders

Learn more about guaranteed stop-loss orders (GSLO), available for most products, they work in the same way as a stop-loss order except that it guarantees to close you out of a trade at the price specified

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