CMC Markets
UK CFD and spread betting broker on proprietary platform
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 1 independent review sources
- 3,276 third-party reviews counted
- 2 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 0.95
- 15 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 34.9
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why CMC Markets ranks #2
CMC Markets ranks #2 of 6 cfd platforms with a TOP SCORE of 63.
The category leader scores 65, a gap of 1 points.
That is 9 points above the category average of 54.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 79; its weakest is Web Authority at 38.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
56 → 63 ↑7.5
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot ↗ | 4/5 | 80 | 3.3k | 30 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude grounded | 65% | 50% | 30% | 3.2 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 90% | 65% | 0% | 4.4 | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 50% | 35% | 20% | 2.8 | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 80% | 40% | 0% | 4.0 | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Arincen30 Aug 2026
- SourceForge30 Aug 2026
- Invezz30 Aug 2026
- Good Money Guide30 Aug 2026
- The Investors Centre30 Aug 2026
- ForexBrokers.com30 Aug 2026
- MoneyHub New Zealand30 Aug 2026
- Compare Forex Brokers30 Aug 2026
- DayTrading.com30 Aug 2026
- FX Leaders30 Aug 2026
- WikiFX30 Aug 2026
- Slashdot30 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot30 Aug 2026
- BrokerChooser30 Aug 2026
- ProductReview.com.au30 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- CMC Markets is a UK-based leveraged derivatives broker offering CFDs and spread betting across forex, indices, commodities, shares and treasuries on its own proprietary web and mobile platform. It targets active traders who want tight FX and index spreads, professional charting, fully automated execution and guaranteed stop-loss orders with a refundable premium. The vendor's own mandated disclosure states that 73% of retail investor accounts lose money trading with it.
- Category
- CFD Platforms
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Products
- CFD trading account, Spread betting account, Proprietary web trading platform, iPad, iPhone and Android trading apps
- Markets
- Retail traders, Active/frequent traders
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Pricing
- Spreads from 0.7 points on major FX pairs; share CFD commission from 0.10% · free tier: None — costs are spread, commission and financing rather than plan tiers pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- Regulatory status was not verified in this session: the FCA Register entry, firm reference number, FSCS coverage, negative balance protection, client-money segregation and retail leverage caps were all unretrieved and should not be published without a direct FCA Register check. The only confirmed regulatory-adjacent fact is the vendor's mandated risk disclosure that 73% of retail investor accounts lose money spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider.
- Official website
- https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-gb/ ↗
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
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Head to head
Category context
- This platform63
- Category leader65
- Category average54
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