How Do I Trade CFDs?

Our award-winning trading platform, Marketmaker™, allows you to trade on thousands of instruments from around the world with absolute ease. It gives you access to one of the world’s first CFD real-time trading systems, equipping you with live dealing prices, breaking news feeds and sophisticated charting.

For a more detailed account of a CFD trade, please review the following example:

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In addition to knowing how to execute a trade, you should also be aware of two key components of CFD trading: going short and financing costs.

Going short allows you to potentially profit from falling and volatile markets. Shorting opens a position by selling, then, when the position falls in price, you buy it back, making a profit on the difference in price. However, if the position increases in price you will be exposed to a loss.

Short Trade Example

Financing costs are important because they affect your return levels, depending on the value of your exposure to the market. Quite simply, if you carry a CFD position overnight, it will incur a financing cost.

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When you trade CFDs with CMC Markets you can look forward to a professional trading service that provides you with a wide range of global instruments from one account. Not only can you trade equities, but Indices, Commodities and Treasuries are also available.

Index CFD Example Commodity CFD Example Treasury CFD Example

You can also trade FX across the same platform. For more information visit our FX section.