Spread betting
When you spread bet on the financial markets with us, there’s no commission to pay, no currency conversion costs or market data fees. Learn about the costs involved below.
Spreads
The spread is built into the buy and sell prices of our instruments.
Overnight holding cost
At the end of each day (10pm UK time/5pm EST), positions held in your account may be subject to a charge called a 'holding cost'. The holding cost can be positive or negative, depending on the direction of your trade and the applicable holding rate.
Shares & ETFs additional spread
There's an additional spread on share and exchange-traded fund (ETF) spread bets when you enter and exit a trade, which is built into the prices displayed on our platform. The additional spread doesn’t apply to spread bets on UK and European shares (excluding Greek shares).
You can roll forward positions over to keep a trade open beyond its expiry date. When you roll a forward position to the next contract, your profit or loss is realised and you enter the new trade at the mid-price, saving 50% on the spread cost.
You can add a guaranteed stop-loss order (GSLO) to your trade for a premium, which guarantees to close you out at your specified level, regardless of market volatility or gapping. If the GSLO is not triggered, we'll refund 100% of the original GSLO charge. The charge, or 'premium', is calculated by multiplying the premium rate by the bet size.
There's a monthly charge of £10 (the amount depends on your account currency) on dormant accounts, but no deduction is made if there are no funds in the account. An account is considered dormant if there has been no trading activity for a continuous period of one year.
CFD trading
Learn more about the costs involved when you trade contracts for difference (CFDs) with us.
Spreads
The spread is built into the buy and sell prices of our instruments.
Overnight holding cost
At the end of each day (10pm UK time/5pm EST), positions held in your account may be subject to a charge called a 'holding cost'. The holding cost can be positive or negative, depending on the direction of your trade and the applicable holding rate.
We charge a currency conversion fee to convert foreign currencies into your account currency, if the instrument you're trading is priced in a currency other than your account currency. Any realised profit or loss will automatically be converted into your account currency at our prevailing currency conversion rate, which is the mid-price of our FX 'cash' instrument for the applicable currency pair (+/- 0.5%).
If you want to trade or view our price data for certain share CFD instruments, you will need to activate the relevant market data subscription. Monthly subscription charges may apply depending on your market data classification and the type of account you hold.
You can roll forward positions over to keep a trade open beyond its expiry date. When you roll a forward position to the next contract, your profit or loss is realised and you enter the new trade at the mid-price, saving 50% on the spread cost.
You can add a guaranteed stop-loss order (GSLO) to your trade for a premium, which guarantees to close you out at your specified level, regardless of market volatility or gapping. If the GSLO is not triggered, we'll refund 100% of the original GSLO charge. The charge, or 'premium', is calculated by multiplying the premium rate by the bet size.
There's a monthly charge of £10 (the amount depends on your account currency) on dormant accounts, but no deduction is made if there are no funds in the account. An account is considered dormant if there has been no trading activity for a continuous period of one year.
Options
You can trade options as a spread bet or use a CFD account to trade over-the-counter (OTC) options. All our options products are cash settled. As a CMC Markets customer, there are no commissions, holding or financing fees when you trade options with us.
We charge a currency conversion fee to convert foreign currencies into your account currency, if the instrument you're trading is priced in a currency other than your account currency. Any realised profit or loss will automatically be converted into your account currency at our prevailing currency conversion rate, which is the mid-price of our FX 'cash' instrument for the applicable currency pair (+/- 0.5%).
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