CMC Markets: verified forex broker facts
Compare source-backed account conditions, check what remains unknown, and follow each value to its evidence.
This page lists only facts accepted against a cited source. Each one applies to the legal entity, account, jurisdiction and instrument named beside it, on the dates shown. It is not a review and reports no hands-on testing.
Research summary
Also verified: Demo account; MetaTrader 4; TradingView.
Not yet verified: Minimum deposit; Forex spread.
Legal entities named on the brand's official site: CMC MARKETS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD; CMC MARKETS STOCKBROKING LIMITED; CMC Markets UK plc (licences and recorded status). No source page here states which of them operates it; each value applies only to the scope shown on its card.
Detailed guides
Each guide shows only the CMC Markets costs or account conditions accepted against the cited source, with the account and entity they apply to.
Accounts & conditions at a glance
| Account | Minimum deposit | Maximum leverage | EUR/USD spread | Commission | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| live accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified |
| Standard accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| FX Active accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| Standard AccountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| FX Active AccountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| CFD accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| Corporate accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| CMC CFD accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| MT4 accountEntity: Not stated on source; Jurisdiction: Not stated on source | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified |
One row per account and scope as named on the sources; equal values are not merged across accounts. Values not tied to a named account are only in the sections below. Repeated answers share one line with links to every evidence record.
Which companies operate under the brand?
CMC MARKETS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
- Regulator
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Licence number
- 238054
- Recorded status
- Not verified
- Source
- data.gov.au — /data/dataset/asic-afs-licensee
- Source observed
- Source effective
- Not stated on source
CMC MARKETS STOCKBROKING LIMITED
- Regulator
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Licence number
- 246381
- Recorded status
- Not verified
- Source
- data.gov.au — /data/dataset/asic-afs-licensee
- Source observed
- Source effective
- Not stated on source
CMC Markets UK plc
Named by the broker on its official website. No official register record is linked; this states no licence or authorization.
Licence: Not verified
A licence belongs to the legal entity named in its row, not to the brand. A company registration number is not a licence number and is not shown as one. Nothing in this section states that any client is protected or that you are eligible to open an account with an entity.
Legal entity & regulation
4 verifiedLegal entity named on the source
CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited
- Entity: CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Australia
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
CMC Markets UK plc
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Accounts
13 verifiedMinimum deposit: not yet verified.
Account type
live account
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: live account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Standard account
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Standard account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
FX Active account
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: FX Active account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
CFD account
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Corporate account
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Demo account
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: demo account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: CMC CFD account
- Platform: CMC Markets Platform
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: MT4 account
- Platform: MT4
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: MT4 account
- Platform: MetaTrader 4
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: CFD account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Corporate account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 3 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Costs
3 verifiedEUR/USD spread: not yet verified.
Trading commission
5 EUR
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: German stock and ETF CFDs
5 EUR
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Basis: fixed
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: German stock and ETF CFDs
10 USD
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Basis: maximum
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: US stock and ETF CFDs
Leverage
8 verifiedMaximum leverage
1:30
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Standard Account
- Basis: Retail Clients
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:500
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Standard Account
- Basis: Professional Clients
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:30
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: FX Active Account
- Basis: Retail Clients
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:500
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: FX Active Account
- Basis: Professional Clients
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:50
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: CFD account
- Basis: maximum
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:50
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Corporate account
- Basis: maximum
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:50
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: CFD account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
1:50
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Corporate account
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Platforms
5 verifiedMetaTrader 4
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Standard account
- Platform: MT4
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: FX Active account
- Platform: MT4
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
TradingView
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: Not stated on source
- Platform: TradingView
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
Yes
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: CMC CFD account
- Platform: CMC Markets Platform
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
No
- Entity: Not stated on source
- Account: MT4 account
- Platform: MT4
- Jurisdiction: Not stated on source
- Instrument: Not stated on source
Stated on 2 source pages; each value applies to its own scope.
What we could not verify
There is no current accepted fact for the items below. They are unknown here, not zero and not unavailable.
- Operator named on the source page — Not verified
- Minimum deposit — Not verified
- Minimum lot size — Not verified
- Islamic (swap-free) account — Not verified
- EUR/USD spread — Not verified
- MetaTrader 5 — Not verified
- cTrader — Not verified
- Copy trading — Not verified
Questions
What is the maximum leverage at CMC Markets?
On its official website, CMC Markets states a maximum leverage of 1:30 for the Standard Account account; 1:500 for the Standard Account account; 1:30 for the FX Active Account account; 1:500 for the FX Active Account account; 1:50 for the CFD account account and 1:50 for the Corporate account account, as recorded by ForexInspect with each value's source link and verification date. Anything not listed is shown as not verified, which means unknown — not zero.
Which trading platforms does CMC Markets support?
ForexInspect records CMC Markets as supporting MetaTrader 4 and TradingView, as stated on its official website. Any platform not listed is shown as not verified, not confirmed absent.
Does ForexInspect rate or rank CMC Markets?
No. ForexInspect publishes only individual facts it can check against CMC Markets's own website, each with a source link and the dates it was observed and verified. It gives no ratings, rankings, star scores or trading results.
Where does ForexInspect get its CMC Markets facts?
From CMC Markets's own official website, read under the site's own access rules, with licence details taken from official public registers. A fact is accepted only when two independent readings agree, and it is removed once it expires until confirmed again.
Sources and attribution
- data.gov.au — /data/dataset/asic-afs-licensee
- cmcmarkets.com — /en-au/cfd/account-types
- cmcmarkets.com — /en-gb/cfd-trading/cfd-trading-costs
- cmcmarkets.com — /en-sg/account-specifications
Licence data: “ASIC - Australian Financial Services Licensee Dataset”, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, used under creativecommons.org — /licenses/by/3.0/au. Source: Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC - Australian Financial Services Licensee Dataset, published on data.gov.au under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence. ForexInspect selected and reformatted records. ASIC does not endorse ForexInspect. Changes made: Parsed into sandbox rows; licence number, legal name and ABN/ACN extracted
How a source observation becomes an accepted fact is described in the methodology. Who is accountable for corrections is on the about page.
Change history
Computed from the stored published revisions of this page. Date-only updates (a fact observed, verified or given a new expiry date with the same value) are counted as re-verified.
Revision 10, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 9, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 8, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 7, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 6, published
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd · Jurisdiction: Australia): CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Added: Demo account (Account: MT4 account · Platform: MetaTrader 4): Yes
- Added: Maximum leverage (Account: CFD account): 1:50
- Added: Maximum leverage (Account: Corporate account): 1:50
- Removed: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd · Jurisdiction: Australia): was CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
29 other items re-verified, no value change.
Revision 5, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 4, published
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets UK plc · Jurisdiction: United Kingdom): CMC Markets UK plc
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd): CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited): CMC Markets Stockbroking Limited
- Added: Account type (Account: live account): live account
- Added: Account type: CFD account
- Added: Account type: Corporate account
- Added: Demo account (Account: demo account): Yes
- Added: Demo account: Yes
- Added: Demo account (Account: CFD account): Yes
- Added: Demo account (Account: Corporate account): Yes
- Added: Trading commission (Basis: fixed · Instrument: German stock and ETF CFDs): 5 EUR
- Added: Maximum leverage (Account: CFD account · Basis: maximum): 1:50
- Added: Maximum leverage (Account: Corporate account · Basis: maximum): 1:50
- Added: TradingView (Platform: TradingView): Yes
- Removed: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets UK plc · Jurisdiction: United Kingdom): was CMC Markets UK plc
- Removed: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd): was CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Added: Operating entity: CMC MARKETS STOCKBROKING LIMITED
- Added: Operating entity: CMC Markets UK plc
- Added: Licence: ASIC 246381 (Entity: CMC MARKETS STOCKBROKING LIMITED): Not verified
16 other items re-verified, no value change.
Revision 3, published
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd · Jurisdiction: Australia): CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Added: Legal entity named on the source (Entity: CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd): CMC Markets Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
- Added: MetaTrader 4 (Account: Standard account · Platform: MT4): Yes
- Added: MetaTrader 4 (Account: FX Active account · Platform: MT4): Yes
- Added: Operating entity: CMC MARKETS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD
- Added: Licence: ASIC 238054 (Entity: CMC MARKETS ASIA PACIFIC PTY LTD): Not verified
10 other items re-verified, no value change.
Revision 2, published
Re-verified, no value changes.
Revision 1, published
First published.