Trade forex on an award-winning platform
With over 10 years’ of onshore experience backed by over 27 years’ of global insights and innovation, you can be sure that you’re with one of the industry’s most trusted providers.
- Unmistakably Kiwi, we have a local team here to assist you, whenever the markets are open
- Trade CFDs on over 300 major, minor and exotic FX pairs
- Spreads from just 0.7 points on EUR/USD and USD/JPY
- Powerful charting and innovative trading tools
- Trade forex on the move with our mobile and tablet apps
- Create an account for free - no minimum deposit required
You are our focus
Our goal is to offer you a superior forex trading experience. We're passionate about online forex trading, constantly innovating and aiming to improve how our clients invest in the financial markets.
Value for money
We offer competitive and reliable pricing, with tight spreads and low margins. Trade CFDs on key forex pairs like EUR/USD from 0.7 points and GBP/USD from 0.9 points. Forex margin rates start from 0.20%.
Advanced charting
Powerful charting offers a host of features to support your forex trading, including multiple chart types, over 80 technical indicators and drawing tools, pattern recognition and our chart forum community.
Over 25 years' experience
Since launching in 1989, we’ve become one of the world's leading CFD trading 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 trading platform, Next Generation, has already won multiple awards and we’re consistently working on new functionality, products and tools to enhance your forex 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
How does forex trading work?
Foreign exchange trading, also known as FX or forex, is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. The forex market is not based in a central location or exchange, so it's open 24 hours a day from Sunday night through to Friday night.
Forex is always traded in pairs. When trading forex, you always speculate on whether the price of the base currency will rise or fall against the counter currency. So with GBP/USD if you think GBP (the base currency) will rise against USD, you 'go long' (buy) the currency pair. Alternatively, if you think GBP will fall against USD (or that USD will rise against GBP), you 'go short' (sell) the currency pair.
If you were right (that is if you went long GBP/USD and GBP went up in value against USD), you would make a profit. If the trade went against you, however, you would make a loss, which could exceed your deposits.
Why trade with CMC Markets?
- Huge choice of FX pairs, tradable around the clock
- Competitive spreads and low margins from just 0.20%
- Trade on our award-winning Next Generation platform and mobile apps
- Manage your risk with our range of stop orders, including guaranteed stop-loss orders
- Award-winning customer service
Earn cash rebates on your FX trades
- Trade high volumes of forex and earn cash rewards
- Earn $5 - $10 per $1m of forex traded
Trade forex with a reputed global provider
57,000
active clients worldwide across all account types
66.8M
trades per annum across all products
14
global offices
*Awarded 'Service Excellence', The Australian Business Awards 2015; 'Platform Features', 'Research Tools', Australia CFD Report 2015, for our Next Generation Platform; CANSTAR Online Share Trading Best Value Australia 2011-2016. CANSTAR Online Share Trading Outstanding Value Australia, casual investor 2011-2016.