Why CMC Markets?

Competitive inter-bank spreads

Our spreads are extremely competitive regardless of trade size. CMC Markets is committed to offering our customers these spreads allowing clients to trade with confidence. CMC Markets doesn't just offer competitive spreads in the four majors, but in ALL the currency pairs we offer.

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World leader in real-time Internet derivative trading

As one of the longest-standing provider of online Foreign Exchange trading, CMC Markets' extensive global client base is a reflection our commitment to becoming a worldwide force. As our client base grows we continue to foster a relationship of trust with our clients by offering a quality service.

CMC remains wholly committed to developing and offering unique and innovative trading vehicles as we did when we started to offer FX trading to the retail client in 1989.

Award winning trading platform and service

Smart traders rely on the CMC Markets platform - they know it stays stable, reliable and available in even the busiest trading conditions.

There is no charge to use the Marketmaker™ software.

First launched in 1996, Marketmaker™ is continuously being enhanced by CMC Markets' own developers who work to add further features and improvements to the trading platform to ensure Marketmaker™ remains the premier online trading software. Testament to its enduring high standard, Marketmaker™ has been presented a number of awards.

Features include:

• Downloadable application, independent from an internet browser
• Customizable platform
• One-Click Trading
• Advanced Charting
• Create your own Indicators
• Back Test your strategies
• Real-time IDEAglobal Analysis & Dow Jones News

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Wide product range, 24 hour market

Trade Multiple Product Types including Spot FX and Forward FX (Outright or Broken-Date) in all the major currencies 24 hours a day. We offer over 300 instruments including an extensive range of cross currency combinations of all majors with highly competitive spreads. Click here for a partial listing of the currency instruments we offer.

Small minimum trade sizes and competitive margins

You can deal in lot sizes as small as a quantity of 10,000 on all the currencies we offer. Margins are 0.5% of the deal amount (200-to-1 leverage) on the major currency pairs listed below:

FX	New Margin Requirements
EUR/USD	0.5%
USD/JPY	0.5%
USD/CHF	0.5%
GBP/USD	0.5%
AUS/USD	0.5%
USD/CAD	0.5%

USD $2,000 is the minimum account initial deposit.

Commission-free* FX trading

At CMC Markets we provide our customers with commission-free trading* on any Forex trade, regardless of trade size. CMC Markets is remunerated for our services from the spread between the bid and ask prices.

* CMC Markets is remunerated for its services from the spread between the bid and ask prices.