Why trade company CFDs with CMC Markets?
Trade company CFDs from just 0.05% with no minimum charge.
CMC Markets has driven down the costs of trading through low dealing spreads and low margins. We have now also cut the effective commission on trading company CFDs to just 0.05% on many markets, including both Australian and International companies, and the good news is that there is no minimum charge. This becomes an even greater advantage when coupled with our fractional trading: you can now trade any amount, and transactional trading costs will only apply to the amount you trade.
For a list of effective commission for each market, please click here.
Transactional cost of trading built into spread
In order to make the costs of trading company CFDs as transparent as possible, we have built an effective commission charge into our dealing spread. As a result, when you execute a company CFD trade with us, what you see is what you get. No additional commission will ever be charged to your CFD account. You click and trade, and that’s it. This also applies to resting stops and limit orders.
Transaction based stop losses and customisable leverage
Over the last few years there have been extreme movements in the share markets, so we want our customers to have additional tools to help protect them during times of volatility. This is why we introduced our transaction based stop loss and customisable leverage tools.
Transaction based stop losses
Whenever you open a trade, the CMC Tracker platform automatically suggests a stop loss based on the margin requirement for your trade (this feature can be disabled in Preferences). This will be done by product, every time you trade.
If you vary your margin, the stop loss will be aligned to your new margin requirements automatically. There is a simple financing slider in the deal ticket to allow you to move margins up or down. This enables you to balance your risk profile against your borrowing requirements.
You can also have the CMC Tracker platform automatically suggest a take profit order at a percentage of the market price. So if the stop loss is set at 5%, you could have the take profit level automatically set at 10% to create a 2 to 1 risk to reward ratio (this feature can be enabled in Preferences).
Click here for minimum margin requirements for all company CFDs.
Customisable leverage
You now have the option to choose your own margin requirements for each and every trade, which can help you manage risk and financing costs. From a financing perspective, if you decided to fund 50% of the trade and use 50% margin you would only pay financing on your net borrowings (in this case, 50% of the total value of the trade).
Traditionally, most CFD providers have fixed margin requirements, which means you have to pay financing on the total position size regardless of your margin. We believe customisable margin (the ability to de-leverage your position) is a cost-effective way to help you to manage your financing costs.
By using a customisable leverage, you can control your risk and financing during volatile markets to try and avoid a quick liquidation of your positions if they move against you.