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.

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Browse our education content to learn how forex trading works and how to develop your own forex trading strategy.

Forex trading explained

What is forex?

How to trade forex

Forex trading examples

Why trade forex?

Leverage in forex

Economic news and forex

Forex technical analysis​

Five reasons to trade forex​

Key forex trading tips​

Key forex trading tips​

Forex trading strategies

News and forex trading

Day trading

Recognising trading patterns

Trendlines

Support & resistance

5 powerful forex trading strategies​

Introduction to swing trading​

Macroeconomic factors and FX​

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Trading on economic announcements

This article from our Trading Smart series explains some of the most important regular economic data releases, such as non-farm payrolls, CPI and GDP, and why forex traders are interested in the data. 

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ForexGetting started
Event trading

Learn about some of the key events that can affect prices and the tools available to take advantage of these movements.

ForexGetting started
Learn about technical indicators

Learn about some of the more popular indicators used by traders, including MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence), RSI (Relative Strength Index), SMAs (Simple Moving Averages) and Slow Stochastics.

ForexGetting started
Support & resistance

Learn about how support and resistance levels are common technical analysis technique used to help identify trade opportunities

ForexGetting started
Five common trading mistakes

Learning from your own mistakes is important, but in this short video we will highlight some of the most common mistakes to try and avoid.

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Trading forex with CMC

Trade CFDs on over 330 currency trading pairs, including all the major FX pairs and a huge range of minor and exotic currencies.

What is a spread in forex?

What is a spread when trading Forex and CFDs? Enhance your trading knowledge and learn how to use our platforms with our useful CFD trading guides.

Trading guide
Forex options trading

An FX option is a financial derivative that gives the right but not the obligation to buy or sell a currency pair at a set price on a specified date.?

Trading guide
Currency pairs

A forex currency pair can be split into the ‘base’ currency, which is the first named currency; and the secondary currency, which is called the ‘quote’ currency.

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