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
- Trade on the move with our mobile and tablet apps
- No stamp duty to pay on CFD trades**
- Live, award-winning support† around the clock, whenever the markets are open
Watch our 'What is CFD trading?' video
Losses can exceed deposits
Cash rebates^
- Trade high-volumes and earn cash rewards
- Earn rebates on forex, index & commodity trades
- We paid £10.5m globally to our clients in 2015-16
You are our focus
Our aim is to help you become a better CFD trader. We're passionate about online CFD trading, constantly innovating our platform and product offering so you can get the most out of the financial markets and CFD trading.
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 0.7 points, 1 point on major indices like the UK 100, and 0.3 points on Gold. Our margin rates start from 0.20% for FX and 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.
Over 25 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 0.20% on our FX and 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 £10.5m globally to our clients in 2015-16
Losses can exceed deposits
Trade CFDs with a reputed global provider
60,000
active clients worldwide
across all account types
62.7M
trades per annum
across all account types
14
global offices
Losses can exceed your deposits
Winner 2016
Financial Services Provider of the Year
Shares Awards
Winner 2016
Best Online Trading Platform
Shares Awards
Winner 2016
Best Forex Trading Platform
UK Forex Awards
Winner 2016
Top Trading Platform for Charting
Canadian Society of Technical Analysts
Winner 2016
Best CFD Education Tools
ADVFN International
Financial Awards
Winner 2016
Best Mobile/Tablet Application
Online Personal Wealth Awards
Winner 2016
Mobile trading
Investment Trends 2016 UK Leveraged Trading Report
Winner 2016
Platform features
Investment Trends 2016 UK Leveraged Trading Report
Awarded Best Platform Features, based on highest user satisfaction among CFD and FX traders.
Investment Trends 2017 UK Leveraged Trading Report
*Awarded 'Best Platform Features' and 'Best Mobile Trading', based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2016 UK Leveraged Trading Report; 'Best Online Trading Platform', Shares awards 2016; 'Best Forex Trading Platform', UK Forex Awards 2016; and 'Best Mobile/Tablet Application', Online Personal Wealth Awards 2016.
**Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and can change or may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.
^Terms and conditions apply.
†Awarded 'Best Customer Service', based on highest user satisfaction among CFD traders, Investment Trends 2016 UK Leveraged Trading Report and 'Best Forex Customer Service', UK Forex Awards 2015.
‡Spreads may widen and margins may increase in volatile markets