Platform guides

CFD Trading Platform - How to Place a Trade

Learn how to place a trade on the Next Generation trading platform.

CFD Trading Platform - Charting

In this video we take you through the charting function of the Next Generation trading platform.

CFD Trading Platform - Alerts

In this video we take you through how to set up alerts in the Next Generation trading platform.

How to place an order on the HTML5 platform

Trade CFDs using guaranteed stop-loss orders

Find out how you can apply a guaranteed stop-loss order to your trades, and amend or cancel it should you choose to.

Access the markets with our product library

Learn how to search for markets on our platform, look for undervalued and overvalued CFDs with our useful filtering tools and much more through our product library.

How to create a watchlist

Create and customise your own watchlists with saved charts and the ability to sort products by daily price performance.

How to place a CFD order

Learn how to place a CFD trading order on the Next Generation trading platform, including how to add one of our range of stop-loss orders as part of your risk-management strategy.

How to set up price alerts

The price alerts function allows you to configure alerts to trigger when your chosen product hits a certain price.

One-click trading

Discover the full capabilities of '1-Click Trading' and how it could aid you in more efficient order placement, especially in fast-moving, volatile markets. 1-Click Trading is not recommended for inexperienced clients.

CFD trading tutorial with our Next Generation platform

Find out how to set up specific layouts tailored to your needs, access the markets and find useful information within the product library. You'll also learn how to place an order, set up a watchlist, and access our powerful trading tools to aid in your trading decisions and strategies.

How to use module linking

Learn how you can group different platform features together, so that when you update the product you want to look at, all the other features you've linked will also update.

Monitor your positions

Your account window shows detailed information about all of your CFD trades and/or spread bets, including open positions, real-time profit or loss, and a detailed history of all your transactions.

CFD boundary orders

Sometimes in volatile, fast-moving markets there can be slippage or gaps between the price on the screen and the price of execution. Boundary orders allow you to specify a range or 'boundary price' that you are willing to accept in terms of slippage, ensuring your trade is executed.

Our market calendar

Our market calendar, powered by Thomson Reuters, displays a wide range of global economic data releases along with the relative potential impact on financial markets. Find out how to configure alerts to notify you in advance of an announcement.

CFD client sentiment analysis

Our client sentiment feature provides an insight into the trading sentiment of other CMC Markets clients. Accessible via the product overview, it shows what percentage of our clients are long and short, on a particular product.

What is the portfolio mixer?

Discover our unique trading tool that allows you to create your own CFD portfolio across multiple asset types.

Using Morningstar to analyse share CFDs

Morningstar quantitative equity research reports are available across most of our global CFD share products. The reports present the current cash fundamentals for a share, along with a series of value estimates, to reveal what the share could potentially be worth versus its current underlying price.

Price ladder explained

Find out how our price ladder technology allows you to trade CFDs in larger sizes in just one transaction, with 100% automatic order execution.