Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Introducing share baskets
Our exclusive share baskets are mini portfolios of leveraged stocks built around a specific theme. Our traders and market analysts sift through data on popular themes and growing trends in the markets, and handpick stocks to give you maximum exposure to those themes with a single position.
We've found the trends
Our analysts have already done the hard work to discover current and emerging trends driving the economy, and the companies best placed to reap the potential rewards.
Portfolio diversification
Through diversification, share baskets give you broad exposure to a theme, avoiding the risk of putting all of your eggs in one basket when trading on a single company.
One position
Share baskets allow you to gain exposure to a theme without opening and maintaining multiple positions, saving you time and money.
Leveraged trading
We offer up to 5:1 leverage on our share baskets. This means for every £1 you'll have £5 of exposure. Leverage amplifies gains and losses equally.
Low costs
Trade commission-free with exposure to some of the highest-performance companies in the world, and benefit from reduced holding costs.
Performance
Our share baskets are optimised for their growth potential - our in-house trading team have selected shares based on their level of exposure to a particular theme, and their ability to best capitalise on the growth projections of that trend.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
How we build our share baskets
Explore our share baskets themes
| Type | 1 Day | 1 Week | 1 Month | 1 Year | |
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| Automation & Robotics | - | - | - | - |
The big tech companies are currently battling it out to incorporate the latest advances in AI into their businesses - especially considering that inserting the buzzword into corporate messaging is a sure-fire way to demonstrate a firm's future-proofing efforts. Take the various voice-powered digital assistants, such as Google's Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana. There's even 'Jibo', the home robot that's received $72m in funding.
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| China Tech | - | - | - | - |
While US firms dominate the tech market, China is catching up quickly. In 2019, despite the mounting cloud of trade conflict and economic downturn, Chinese technology stocks still finished the year with astonishing gains. Among them, JD.com (+ 71.7%), Alibaba (+51.9) and NetEase (+ 31.5%), were among the top performers, far outperforming the global index. Tencent (+ 18.2%) also recorded double-digit gains.
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| Driverless Cars | - | - | - | - |
It may still be a while before we see autonomous vehicles in series production. But if, when fully developed, the driverless car industry could help save the 1.25million lives lost each year in road accidents it would then be in line with cancer drugs, space travel or other innovations that have the potential to transform our society and the way we live together.
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| Social Media | - | - | - | - | |
| Streaming | - | - | - | - |
Up until recently, Netflix had the ruled streaming media. However, at the end of 2019 things started to heat up as both Apple and Disney launched their own streaming service. Early signs show that rather than a winner takes all, there appears to be room for multiple providers in this growing market where content is king.
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| Big Tech | - | - | - | - |
The mega tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google continue to drive innovation and adoption worldwide. Global demand has driven huge growth in their bottom line and share prices. As the world becomes more interconnected, there seems to be no stopping the expansion prospects of these companies.
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| Cannabis | - | - | - | - | |
| UK Banks | - | - | - | - |
It's almost 12 years since some of the most established - and trusted - banks helped send the global economy into a financial crisis. Now, technical innovators such as Monzo and Revolut are helping disrupt a sector overdue change. The incumbants are adapting quickly and after a turbulent start to 2020, it's all to play for.
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| 5G | - | - | - | - | |
| Gaming | - | - | - | - | |
| Mobile Payments | - | - | - | - | |
| Renewable Energy | - | - | - | - |
Environmental awareness has gone mainstream, which is helping to transform the way the world stores, distributes and generates power. Major energy and utility companies are now increasingly going green, driving up the demand for wind farms, solar parks, hydropower plants and renewable tech.
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| European Banks | - | - | - | - | |
| US Banks | - | - | - | - |
In 2019, shares in the five biggest US banks (JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America) increased by an average of around 40%, while the S&P 500 was up by nearly 30%. US banks' return on capital stood at 18% in 2019, supported by a strong return on assets of 1.5%, according to Deloitte's 2020 banking outlook.
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| Cyber Security | - | - | - | - | |
| Software as a Service | - | - | - | - |
Software as a service is being touted as the new FAANG, the new growth engine underpinning the markets. These technology companies, such as Adobe and Docusign, offer services to customers over the cloud, enabling them to scale their services quickly with demand.
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| EU Automobiles | - | - | - | - | |
| Luxury Lifestyle | - | - | - | - | |
| Oil & Gas | - | - | - | - | |
| US Gold | - | - | - | - | |
| Collaborative Technology | - | - | - | - | |
| Remote Lifestyle | - | - | - | - |
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
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FAQs
New to CMC Markets?
Is it free to open an account?
There's no cost when opening a live spread betting or CFD trading account. You can also view prices and use tools such as charts, Reuters news or Morningstar quantitative equity reports, free of charge. However, you will need to deposit funds in your account to place a trade. Learn about the costs involved in spread betting and CFD trading
What are the costs of trading on indices?
There are a number of costs to consider when spread betting and CFD trading, including spread costs, holding costs (for trades held overnight which is essentially a fee for the funds you borrow to cover the leveraged portion of the trade), rollover costs for expired forward trades, and guaranteed stop-loss order charges (if you use this risk-management tool).
Is CMC Markets regulated?
CMC Markets Germany GmbH is a company authorised and regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) under registration number 154814. CMC Markets meets the requirements of Section 84 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) with regard to customer funds. It keeps retail client funds separate from its own funds in segregated bank accounts.
How does CMC Markets protect client funds?
CMC Markets Germany GmbH is a company authorised and regulated by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). CMC Markets meets the requirements of Section 84 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) with regard to customer funds. It keeps retail client funds separate from its own funds in segregated bank accounts. In the unlikely event that CMC Markets Germany GmbH is unable to meet its financial obligations, the EdW would cover up to 90% of the receivables from transactions (maximum EUR 20,000) provided certain criteria are met.
How does CMC Markets make its money?
Our income comes primarily from our spreads and commissions, while other charges - such as overnight holding costs - make a small contribution to our total revenue.
New to share basket trading?
What are the costs involved in share basket trading?
There are a number of costs to consider when trading on share baskets, including spread costs, holding costs (for trades held overnight) and guaranteed stop-loss order charges (if you use this risk-management tool). Find out more about our costs.
How does spread betting/trading CFDs on share baskets work?
When you spread bet or trade CFDs on share baskets through our platform, you don't buy or sell the underlying shares. Instead, you're taking a position on whether you think the instrument's price will go up or down.
With spread betting, you buy or sell an amount per point movement for the instrument you're trading, such as £5 per point. This is known as your stake. With CFD trading, you buy or sell a number of units for a particular instrument. For every point or unit that the price moves in your favour, you gain multiples of your stake, and vice versa.
What is the tiered weight methodology for share baskets?
You can find all the information about how our share baskets are created in our share baskets methodology.
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Do share baskets attract dividends?
Dividends are cash payments made to shareholders out of a corporation's profits. Typically, corporations will make regular periodic dividend payments throughout the financial year (quarterly, semi-annually or annually) and will therefore be classed as ordinary cash dividends.
When a stock goes ex-dividend, the value of that stock effectively falls by the dividend amount. This means if you hold a spread bet or CFD position on a company which announces a dividend, your account will be credited or debited on the day the stock goes ex-dividend.
If you were long (holding a buy position), you would have been disadvantaged by the drop in the market caused by the pay out of the dividend, so we would credit your account with the dividend amount, less any applicable dividend withholding taxes. If you were short, you would benefit from the drop in the price, so the equivalent amount would be deducted. So, overall, you don't lose or gain anything from the adjustment. There are no withholding taxes on short positions. The dividend will appear as a 'price adjustment' in your account history within the platform.
For share baskets, any ordinary cash dividend events will be treated as a price adjustment within the share basket. On ex-date the share price of the share basket component will decrease by the approximate value of the gross ordinary cash dividend. This will in turn result in an equivalent adjustment to the overall share basket price based on the weighted average of the share basket component. A cash adjustment will then be made to the holder of the share basket for the net ordinary cash dividend value.
Special cash dividends are dividends that are paid outside of the regular periodic dividend payments of a corporation. These are typically one-off payments that are derived from excess funds within a corporation, such as profit or the sale of assets. Any special cash dividend events will be treated as a price adjustment within the share basket. On ex-date, the share price of the share basket component will decrease by the approximate value of the gross special cash dividend value. This will in turn result in an equivalent adjustment to the share basket price based on the weighted average of the share basket component. A cash adjustment will then be made to the holder of the share basket for the net special cash dividend value.
Dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) and SCRIP dividend schemes (SCRIPs) are optional dividend events that allow shareholders to choose between receiving their ordinary cash dividends in the form of a cash dividend payment or alternatively re-investing the cash dividend back into shares in the corporation from which the dividend originated, with the shareholders then receiving new shares in place of the cash dividend payment. Any optional dividend event will be treated as an ordinary cash dividend event and will therefore result in a price adjustment within the share basket. On ex-date the share price of the share basket component will decrease by the approximate value of the gross dividend value. This will in turn result in an equivalent adjustment to the share basket price based on the weighted average of the share basket component. A cash adjustment will then be made to the holder of the share basket for the net dividend value.
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What are the risks of share basket trading?
You can lose all of your capital - leveraged trading means that both profits and losses are based on the full value of the position.
Risk of account close out - market volatility and rapid changes in price can cause the balance of your account to change quickly, and if you do not have sufficient funds in your account to cover these situations, there is a risk that your positions will be automatically closed by the platform.
Market volatility and gapping - financial markets may fluctuate rapidly, which can result in market gapping. This may mean that stop-loss orders are executed at unfavourable prices.
Sector Risk - It is possible that the shares of many companies in one sector will fall in price at the same time because of an event that impacts the entire industry.
