Trade on forex from 0.0 pips with FX Active

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 over 330 FX pairs on our proprietary platform, or over 175 through the MT4 platform, all other non-FX instruments are also available to trade in the same way as with a standard account.

On CMC Markets’ trading platform, there are more than 330 forex instruments to trade, while on MT4 you can trade on over 170 FX pairs with us.

With an FX Active account, you can trade on all the markets and instruments available on our standard CFD platform. So, on our own platform, you can trade on FX, indices, commodities, shares, ETFs, share baskets, forex indices, plus rates and bonds. On MT4, you can trade on FX, indices and commodities. 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.

There is also a holding cost for trades held overnight, which is essentially a fee to cover the leveraged portion of the trade. Learn more about trading with leverage

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 practise trading on your favourite instruments and try out trading strategies and techniques with £10,000 of virtual currency.

Our own 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.