Execution alerts

Set up alerts to notify you when important price levels are breached, or when your pending orders are triggered. Receive platform pop-ups and set alerts to be emailed, sent by SMS, or pushed to your mobile device.

Via email, SMS or push

Get trade execution alerts, including mobile push notifications, when pending orders (such as stop-entry, limit, stop-loss or take-profit orders) are executed in your account.

To complement execution alerts, we also offer price alerts. These enable you to receive notifications when the price of an instrument that you're interested in reaches a significant level you've specified, such as a major support or resistance level.

Account close-out

You can choose your preferred account close-out method⁴ in the platform to automatically close out your trades if your account revaluation amount (cash + net unrealised profit/loss) falls below your close-out level. Change your close-out method from the account settings menu on the platform.

Complete close-out

This is the default setting, where all trades on your account are closed out.⁵

Last trade in, first out

This option will start by closing your most recent trade first, or a portion of it. Then the next most recent trade will be reduced or closed if necessary, and so on.

Largest position loss first

This option will start by closing the position showing the largest unrealised loss first, or portions of it, on a first in, first out basis.

Largest position margin first

This option will first close the position with the largest position margin, or portions of it, on a first in, first out basis.

Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 70% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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Order types and execution

Our proprietary web platform provides ultra-fast, 100% automated execution¹, complemented by multiple order types for flexibility on how you enter trades, giving you more control over your risk management.

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Multiple order types

Our range of order types allow flexible order placement, while our risk-management tools are customisable and easy to use. You can set default stop-loss and take-profit orders to manage your risk on every trade. It's important to be aware that most stop-order types – except guaranteed stop-loss orders (GSLOs) – are susceptible to the possibility of market slippage and gapping.

Guaranteed stop-loss orders

For a premium, our GSLOs give you 100% certainty that your stop-loss will be executed at the exact price you want, regardless of market volatility or gapping. We refund the premium if the GSLO is not triggered.

Market orders

Use market orders to open or close trades at the current market price. Our automated execution means market orders get filled at the next available price.

Limit and stop entry orders

Limit orders and stop-entry orders are used to trigger a trade execution at a specific price above or below the current market price, and within a set time period.

Partially close trades

It's possible to close only a portion of existing trades. For example, if you have four CFD trades of 2 units each on the UK 100, you can choose to close out one part (2 units), leaving the other three trades in place.

Stop-loss orders

Stop-loss orders allow you to specify a price at which a position will be closed out by the platform, if the market moves against you.

Trailing stop-loss orders

A trailing stop-loss will follow a price as it moves favourably for you, remaining at the distance specified when the order was placed.

Take-profit orders

Take profit orders are used to set a predetermined target level at which you would like the platform to close a trade and secure the profit from that trade.

Advanced order features

The platform includes a range of advanced order features that facilitate control, flexibility and customisation on your orders and trade execution.

Trade from charts

Open, close and amend orders directly from charts and view levels against historical price action. Once a position has been opened, select the triangular trade entry icon on the chart and drag stop-loss and take-profit levels to change them.

One-click trading allows you to place trades immediately by choosing any streaming buy or sell price. Your usual default risk management and order settings will be applied automatically.

Use boundary orders in volatile markets

Control slippage in volatile markets by specifying a boundary price range in the order ticket. If the price at execution is outside this range, then the order will be rejected. Available on market and stop-entry orders.

Price ladder trading for large orders

Our price ladder displays prices for trades that are larger than what's available at the first bid and offer price. It lets you enter trades which you otherwise wouldn't be able to enter, with just one order, but with a wider spread.

Our automated trade execution ensures that positions up to our maximum trade size will always be executed through price ladder trading.

Trade using unrealised profit

If a trade is in profit, you can use this unrealised profit to open new trades, thus taking advantage of other opportunities without having to close profitable trades.

Pre-set order preferences

Set default order preferences for all, or specific instruments. You can turn off pre-order confirmations and set last trade size, stop-loss and take-profit orders as default.

Rollover discount on forwards

When you manually roll a forward to the next contract, you enter the new trade at the mid-price and save 50% on the spread cost. You can also set forward settlement behaviour to automatically roll over, so the rule is applied to all your forward positions.

Go long and short simultaneously

With account netting disabled (via 'Account Settings'), it's possible to place long and short trades on the same product at the same time.

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FAQs

New to order execution?

A stop-loss order is a market order that helps you manage risk by closing your trade at a pre-determined level. It's a risk-management tool that you can attach to your order ticket to help to minimise any loss on your trade.

We offer a regular stop-loss order, plus a trailing stop-loss order and a guaranteed stop-loss order. Find out more about these risk-management order types in our FAQs below.

A limit order is a trade order to 'buy' or 'sell' an instrument at a specific price. A buying limit order can only be placed at the market price or lower, while a selling limit order can only be placed at the market value or higher. A limit order helps to give a trader more control as to what price they will pay for an asset, and are placed with an expiration date. A good way to understand limit orders is by placing practice trades with €10,000 of risk-free virtual funds on our demo account.

A market order is a buy or sell order for a financial instrument at the current prevailing price level. It's well suited to high-volume trades in particular, as it's considered to be the fastest type of order. A trader will place a market order to pay the immediate bid or ask price.

A trade order is a type of order that is placed to open a trade, involving the buying or selling of an instrument at a certain price. The most common trade orders include market orders, limit orders and stop-loss orders.

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CMC Markets Germany GmbH is a broker regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). It holds funds of private clients separately from its own funds in separate bank accounts. In the unlikely event that CMC Markets Germany GmbH is unable to meet its financial obligations, the EdW would cover any claim for damages by claimants up to €20,000, provided that certain criteria are met.

CMC Markets Germany GmbH is a company authorised and regulated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). CMC Markets complies with the requirements of §84 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) regarding client funds.

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.

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

You can trade on 21,000 financial instruments when you spread bet and trade CFDs with us. Take a look at our popular markets and instruments.
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4If at account close-out you have an open position in a product that is greater than the maximum CFD margin trade size in that product, then the account close-out will be performed on a 'last in, first out' basis, irrespective of which account close-out method has been selected.

5Each of the account close-out methodologies is applied to our products within their applicable trading hours and where trading is not otherwise suspended. After any initial account close-out, as and when the trading hours for any remaining positions on your account recommence and/or remaining positions on your account cease to be suspended, one or more subsequent account close-outs may be carried out. Trades relating to the same product may be aggregated by our platform during an account close-out, in which case each relevant trade will be closed at the relevant sell price or buy price on the price ladder, applicable to a market order for the aggregated number of units. Each initial alternative close-out or subsequent alternative close-out will attempt to increase your account revaluation amount above the reset level. (The reset level is a percentage of your total margin displayed on the platform at any given time.) If, following the completion of any initial alternative close-out or subsequent alternative close-out, your account revaluation amount increases above the close-out level, then the alternative account close-out will stop.

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