Trade with Our FX Active Account

FX Active is an account designed for high-volume traders, who want to get even more from their forex trading. It features tighter spreads and fixed commissions, enabling pure price transparency. In addition to 300+ FX pairs on our CMC platform, or over 175+ pairs through the MT4 platform, all other non-FX instruments are also available to trade in the same way as with a standard account.

Trade a wide range of forex instruments, including over 300 FX pairs on our CMC platform and 170+ on MT4.

With an FX Active account, you can trade on all the markets and instruments available on our CMC platform including forex, indices, commodities, shares, ETFs, plus rates and bonds. On MT4, you can trade on FX, indices, commodities and popular Canadian shares. Note that only certain FX instruments have spreads from 0.0 pips.

FX Active has fully transparent commissions across all forex pairs at 0.0025% per transaction, as well as minimum spreads from 0.0 pips on six major FX pairs, and a 25% spread reduction compared with our standard CFD account on all the other currency pairs we offer.

Commission is charged at a fixed rate of 0.0025% per transaction. This works out as $2.50 per $100,000 worth of currency trade. At this notional volume, it would cost $5 to open and close a trade. MT4 commissions are charged upfront for opening and closing trades.

Yes, there is an FX Active demo account.

An FX Active demo account allows you to experience the platform's wide range of innovative features and tools in a risk-free environment. You can practice trading on your favourite instruments and try out trading strategies and techniques with $10,000 of virtual currency.

Our CMC platform demo account remains open once created. MT4 platform demo accounts remain active provided that you log in to the platform at least once every 30 days. If you don't log in within that timeframe, your demo account will automatically be closed. You can set up a new account again at any time in the future.

There's no cost when opening a live trading account with us. You can also view prices and use tools such as charts, Reuters news or Morningstar quantitative equity reports, free of charge. However, you'll need to deposit funds in your account to place a trade.

Yes, CMC Markets Canada Inc. is a member of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO). CFDs are distributed in Canada by CMC Markets Canada Inc. acting as principal.

As a CMC client, your money is held separately from CMC Markets’ own money and is held on trust in segregated bank accounts with a Canadian bank. This account is opened and maintained in the name of CMC Markets Canada Inc. We do not use client money to hedge our positions or to meet the trading obligations of other customers. This offers you financial security and you can rest assured that your money with us is protected.

Our income primarily comes from our spreads, while other fees, such as overnight holding costs, make a minor contribution to our overall revenue.