69% of retail investor accounts lose money
- Good Money Guide experts rate CMC Markets Index Trading highly, noting its ability to trade over 80 global indices with tight spreads and fast execution. The platform is praised for its excellent customer service, although it lacks options for index ETF investing and direct market access trading.
- Across 237 user reviews on Good Money Guide, averaging 4.2/5, customers frequently commend the platform's user-friendly interface, efficient trade execution, and responsive customer service. Many highlight the competitive spreads and the reliability of the trading platform, while some suggest improvements for the mobile app's user experience.
CMC Markets Index Trading Expert rating
Our expert rating is the average of the areas listed here, each scored out of 5 by our team.Our experts have rated CMC Markets Index Trading across five key areas of our review framework.
- Pricing4.0
- Market Access4.0
- Online Platform4.0
- Customer Service4.0
- Research & Analysis4.0
Pros
- Excellent client index trading sentiment
- Tight spreads on major indices
- Very good index trading platform
Cons
- No index ETF investing
- No DMA index trading
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Our verdict
CMC Markets lets you trade on over 80 cash and forward global indices based on the FTSE 100 and more, with leverage, on an award-winning spread betting and CFD platform. Trade indices with tight spreads, lightning-fast execution and the highest-rated customer service in the industry.
- Indices available: 80+
- Index pricing: FTSE 1, DAX 1, Dow 2, NASDAQ 1, S&P 0.5
CMC Markets Indices Trading
- Indices available: 80+
- Minimum deposit: £1
- Account types: CFDs, spread betting
- Index pricing: FTSE 1, DAX 1, Dow 2, NASDAQ 1, S&P 0.5
Customer reviews for CMC Markets
Customer ratings come from reviews left on this site. Every review is read and approved before it is published.Based on 237 reviews
- Excellent52%
- Very good22%
- Basic18%
- Poor6%
- Bad2%
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4/5
Pros:
easy to use
5/5
Pros:
Range of markets
Cons:
better spreads
2/5
Pros:
Good selection of markets
Cons:
Serious issues with the trades not automatically closing leading to situations where money is held overnight and fees are charged. Support team are unsupportive and very hard to understand.
4/5
Pros:
Easy Access
Cons:
Less overnight charges
4/5
Cons:
More info
3/5
Pros:
UI
Cons:
More markets
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3/5
Pros:
None
Cons:
Loads
3/5
3/5
Pros:
app look nice, also first broker i opened an account with
Cons:
no thoughts
2/5
Pros:
Nothing
Aaron Parsons @ 10/09/2020 05:44
Their online trading platform has MAJOR KNOWN ISSUES as admitted to me via email and experienced first hand.
It leads to day trades not automatically cancelling and releasing your money and your money being held until you complain and force them to fix it.
This has cost me a full night and half a days trading, not to mention hours of my time trying to have the trades cleared and funds returned for use.
Also, your stock holdings vanish from your account summary from time to time for no apparent reason.
Their customer service ÔÇ£teamÔÇØ are a complete joke. No-one can do anything except take a message. They have no after hours support of any kind even though they allow customers to trade 24/7 on world wide markets.
This is simply not good enough from a Stock Broker, and I will be ensuring the AFCA and ASX know about it.
Eze Kenechukwu Daniel @ 08/15/2020 03:07
Is amazingly awasome
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