Open a CFD demo account
Improve your trading skills with our award-winning platform*
- Practise trading across thousands of instruments, including FX, indices and commodities
- Powerful charting and innovative trading tools
- Practise on the move with our mobile and tablet apps
- Award-winning support around the clock, whenever the markets are open**
- News and insight from our team of global market analysts
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Losses can exceed deposits on a live account
No risk
- Trade £10,000 virtual funds
- No expiry date
- Instant approval – start practising in seconds
- No credit card information required
Enhanced mobile trading
Experience enhanced mobile trading with an app you can customise to suit your trading style, so you can keep track of the markets that matter to you and stay informed on the go.
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 3.3% for FX and 5% for 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 and treasuries.
Nearly 30 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 tools to enhance your CFD trading experience.
Multiple award-winners
We have won over 50 awards worldwide in 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 as you only have to put down a small deposit for a much larger market exposure, and as such it has 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.
Why trade CFDs with CMC Markets
- Access thousands of global CFD instruments
- Practise on our award-winning Next Generation platform and mobile apps
- Build your risk management skills with our range of stop orders including guaranteed stop-loss orders
No risk
Open a free CFD trading demo account today
- Trade £10,000 virtual cash
- No expiry date
- Instant approval – start practising in seconds
- No credit card information required
Losses can exceed deposits on a live account
Trade CFDs with a reputed global provider
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Losses can exceed deposits on a live account
Winner 2017
Platform Features
Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report
Winner 2017
Mobile Phone/Tablet Platform
Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report
Winner 2017
Financial Services Provider of the Year
Shares Awards
Winner 2017
Best Online Trading Platform
Shares Awards
Winner 2017
Best Spread Betting & CFD Education Tools
ADVFN International Financial Awards
Winner 2017
Best Spread Betting Provider
Wealth & Money Management Awards
Winner 2017
Best Spread Betting Provider
Investment & Wealth Management Awards
Winner 2017
Best Forex Trading Support
UK Forex Awards
Awarded Best Platform Features and Best Mobile Phone/Tablet Platform, among spread betters, CFD and FX traders.
Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report
*Awarded Best Platform Features and Best Mobile Phone/Tablet Platform; ranked highest for Platform Reliability and Charting, based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report; Best Online Trading Platform, Shares Awards 2017.
**Awarded Best Customer Service, based on highest user satisfaction among spread betters, CFD and FX traders, Investment Trends 2017 UK Leverage Trading Report.
^Spreads may widen and margins may increase in volatile markets.