Back in 1989, our founder Peter Cruddas set out to make institutional-style trading accessible to the retail market.

Since then, CMC Markets has evolved into one of the world’s leading online Contracts for Difference (CFD) and Foreign Exchange trading companies, with over 115,000 trades executed daily. That means that more than a trade a second is being transacted

With a global footprint spanning four continents, CMC Markets’ international network of strategically positioned offices supports clients from over 85 countries worldwide.

The CMC Markets trading experience allows clients access to international financial markets by offering thousands of individual trading instruments, distributed in multiple global markets, covering equities, indices, treasuries, commodities and foreign exchange, all via the award-winning Marketmaker trading platform.

"The big advantage that CMC Markets offers its clients is a fully integrated trading platform, allowing clients to trade financial instruments in one account, in one currency and in real time via the internet."

In 2007 Goldman Sachs acquired a 10% stake in CMC Markets.

Peter Cruddas, Chief Executive Officer

Growth in Canada

CMC Markets has been present in Canada since 2005 – when it introduced CFDs to the Canadian marketplace. CMC Markets is the only CFD trading company in Canada.

Headquartered in Toronto, CMC Markets became the first CFD company to be regulated by IIROC in 2008 and in October 2009 become the first company to offer CFDs to retail investors in Quebec and Ontario.