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Who is CMC Markets?

A World Leader in Online Trading.

Since its inception in 1989, CMC Markets' goal has been to remove the barrier of high cost that previously made institutional styled trading inaccessible to the retail investor.

Originally, CMC Markets was aware that when trading with large financial institutions the retail customer often experienced prohibitive trading costs due to high commission charges, account management fees, wide trading spreads and costly additional market information.

CMC Markets' launch of the world's first online, real-time Foreign Exchange trading platform in 1996, saw it seize the opportunity to offer a service designed specifically for the retail financial market, a service that removed the high associated cost of trading.

In January 2000 CMC Markets launched its CFD product and once again demonstrated a commitment to offering an institutional, professional styled trading product to retail clients.

Including our award-winning Marketmaker™ software, real-time news feeds, streaming pricing and free market analysis, the CMC Markets brand has strongly communicated our desire to offer the most competitive and innovative trading service available within the global market place. This commitment to offering a cost effective trading service has helped CMC Markets become one of the world's leading players in online trading, attracting customers from 70+ countries worldwide and transacting an average of over 1 billion USD dollars every day.

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CMC Markets Canada Inc. is a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and Member CIPF. CFDs are distributed in Canada by CMC Markets Canada Inc. dealer and agent of CMC Markets UK plc. Trading CFDs and FX involves a high degree of risk and investors should be prepared for the risk of losing their entire investment and losing further amounts. CFD and FX trading is available in jurisdictions in which CMC is registered or exempt from registration, and outside of Ontario and Quebec is available to Accredited Investors only. CMC Markets is an execution only dealer and does not provide investment advice or recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of any securities.*Remuneration is from the spread between bid and ask prices. For full details of our fees please refer to our rates schedule.**The Forex market operates over-the-counter from Sunday 4pm EST-Friday 5pm EST ***Examples used are for illustrative purposes only and not to be misunderstood as a recommendation. Real market conditions will vary the results.