Capital Spreads or CMC?

Hey guys I am looking for a limited risk account to practice trading on. I am currently with IG index but they have already cocked up so............

After reading the forums I have noticed that the 2 best providers are capital spreads or CMC, however I am not sure as to which to pick.

I am looking for tight spreads as usual and a clear, concise user interface.

If you could help me to pick and provide reasons I would be greatful.

Thanks

you could open demo accounts with both of them and see how you go

http://www.trade2win.com/knowledge/brokers/

http://www.trade2win.com/boards/spread-betting-cfds/20471-top-3-spread-betting-firms.html

http://www.trade2win.com/boards/spread-betting-cfds/16595-capital-spreads.html

http://www.trade2win.com/boards/spread-betting-cfds/21943-worldspreads-upgraded.html

http://www.trade2win.com/boards/forex/20743-best-fx.html

It's all on here my friend if you want some homework for the night... shouldn't take long to wizz through speed reading the important stuff...I am quite happy with CMC but not many knock Capitalspreads, I have never used them so can't comment.

Good luck, oh and don't try news scalping with any of 'em coz they wont like you!

How did IGIndex **** up?

regards

Ben

no1 needs tight spreads as usual and a clear, concise user interface.

every1 needs entries exits and stops.

I will remind u on this matter while delivering your first entry

Hello garagemc,

You don't say what you plan to trade, or the frequency of it, but I think you'll find the tightest spreads are with CMC for equities. Unlike the others, who offer a fixed additional spread, CMC's spread depends on the liquidity at the time. Their worst spread is worse that all the others, but 95% of their spreads are far tighter than the others.

I believe Capital aren't too far behind - however be aware that because of the way they operate stops (your margin is proportional to the distance of your stop) you can find that this is a significant additional cost. Money tied up in margin is money not appreciateng elsewhere. It was an issue for me, though I'm a longer term trend follower and my stops are as wide as a barn door - I use hedging to limit my risk. It may be much less of an issue for you.

Take a look at the thread "cost of spreadbetting" for a comparison of costs from varioius providers, use the spreadsheet at the end of the thread - sadly not too many entries for CS - but you may want to compare CMC's average with a snapshot of the CS website's.

Cheers,
UTB

I will be mainly trading the uk and US indices, I have tried a demo a/c with capital spreads however the interface was nowhere near as good as IG index's. Will have to try CMC. Thanks for the info guys much appreciated!

Is there a place where we can discuss what shares/ equities and indices etc we are trading/spreadbetting?

Some time ago, I have heard from a fellow trader that CMC demo was not that great, slow and not performing as good as live account. So I never got a demo, instead I have open a live account with them. Within the last few years they really have put together imho a good system, good charting packet. One has to get used to the way of executing trades and keeping things tidy!!!!! especially in the "Current Orders" and "Pending Orders". There is also no Trailing StopLoss which I would like to use on some trades. I find their execution good and over all I have found CMC to provide a good service.