CMC Markets has added spreading betting options to its product library.
The new options sit alongside the firm’s existing over-the-counter (OTC) options, which include CFD options.
The addition of the new product comes amid a marketing push by the firm which has seen cabs across London bearing its logo.
Spread betting involves speculating on the price of shares, indices, commodities, forex and fixed-income markets going up or down based on a bid price and an ask price. Investors bet on whether the bid price will be higher or lower than the ask price.
An option is a contract that gives the purchaser the right to buy or sell a financial instrument at an agreed price if the product moves beyond that price within a specific period of time.
CMC doesn’t charge commission on the trading of options, but makes money from the difference between the ask price and the bid price of instruments as well as a currency conversion fee of 0.5%.
Like other firms that provide CFDs, CMC is obliged by regulation to disclose the percentage of retail accounts that lose money when spread betting or trading CFDs, which is 68%.
The platform’s users are currently able to trade options on a selection of US and European stock indices, with the firm stating more assets will be added later.
The Good Money Guide has reviewed some of the best spread betting brokers here, while some of the best UK options trading brokers can be seen here.
Earlier this month CMC Markets reported its profit shot up to an estimated £51 million in the first half of the 2025 financial year, or the six months to the end of September, reversing a loss in the same period of the year before.
In the unaudited trading update, the firm stated that the gains were driven by “sustained levels of client trading activity” and growth in its B2B business.
The firm also noted it had commenced the onboarding of Revolut clients under a partnership agreement announced in June, which has seen the two companies connecting their software platforms.
CMC also recently announced its CapX secondary funding service is set to allow clients of the platform to invest in big name private companies including SpaceX and Klarna.
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