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Index CFDs
Starting from just 0.7pts on the major Index CFDs, like the UK 100, US 30 and Germany 30, and only 0.8pts on the Australia 200, our index spreads are extremely competitive, regardless of your trade size. In addition you can now trade from just 0.25% minimum margin requirement (400:1 leverage).
| Indices1 | CMC Markets2 | IG Markets3 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia 200 | 0.8 | 1 |
| UK 100 | 0.7 | 1 |
| US 30 | 0.7 | 2 |
Company CFDs
We have now cut the cost of trading Company CFDs to just 0.05% effective commission on many markets and the good news is that there is no minimum charge. You can now trade European and Australian shares from just 0.05% and again with no minimum charge. If you trade US shares these are now just 1 cent per share.
| CMC Markets | IG Markets7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission rate | Comm rate | Comm rate |
| Australia | 0.05% | 0.10% |
| UK | 0.05% | 0.10% |
| US | 1 cent per share | 2 cents per share |
Currency CFDs
We offer low dealing spreads across all of our 75 currency pairs starting from 0.7pts for pairs like the AUD/USD EUR/USD, and the USD/JPY. In addition you can you can now trade FX with just a 0.25% margin requirement (400:1 leverage). It gets better. Don’t forget to check our average spreads when you compare providers.
| FX spreads | CMC Markets4 | IG Markets5 |
|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 0.780 | 1.45 |
| EUR/USD | 0.721 | 0.9 |
| USD/JPY | 0.711 | 1.34 |
Commodities
CMC Markets revolutionised commodities trading with the introduction of cash commodities. You can now trade Gold from just 0.3pts spread with an initial margin of just 1%, and both Crude Oil West Texas and Crude Oil Brent are now from just 3.5pts spreads with a 1% margin requirement.
| Commodities8 | CMC Markets9 | IG Markets10 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Silver | 2.5 | 3 |
| Crude Oil Brent | 3.5 | 6 |
* Effective commission built into the spread for CMC Markets Company CFDs.
^There are additional factors that should be considered in selecting a CFD provider. Please refer to our PDS and the PDS of you current CFD provider for a comparison.
1) Naming conventions used by IG Index differ to those used by CMC Markets: UK100 = FTSE 100, US30 = Wall Street, US SPX500 = US SP 500 and US NDAQ 100 = US Tech 100.
2) Spreads may widen dependent on liquidity and market volatility.
3) Spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions. The IG spread depends on whether the market in question is 'in hours' or 'out of hours'. 'In hours' usually corresponds to the period in which the underlying market is open for trading. On some markets we also offer 'extended-hours' spreads outside of the usual 'in-hours' period; these are tighter than the corresponding 'out-of-hours' spreads.
4) CMC Markets weekly average spreads is a simple average of all available prices for week ending 17/02/12
5) IG Index applicable to Plus and Select accounts, for week ending 17/02/12.
6) IG Markets applicable to Trader and Select accounts, for week ending 25/11/11.
7) Taken from IG Markets website 29th November 2011 at 11:45am
8) Naming conventions used by IG Index differ to those used by CMC Markets: Daily Brent Crude = Crude Oil Brent, Spot Gold = Gold and Spot Silver = Silver.
9) Spreads may widen dependent on liquidity and market volatility. Spreads available at CMC Markets for spread bets and CFDs.
10) IG Markets normal spreads only. Any market spread may be added to the spread shown in the Information Table. Spreads are subject to variation, especially in volatile market conditions.