Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Android trading app

Access your account anytime, anywhere with our responsive, native Android trading app. Set up your own customisable dashboard and trade with a range of mobile alerts, live streaming prices and powerful charting technology.

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Experience enhanced mobile trading

A customisable dashboard

This feature gives you a personalised way to manage your account and monitor the markets that matter to you. The dashboard on the Android app is your own customisable homepage, which you can set up to meet your unique trading needs.

Simply resize, remove or reposition the different tiles to tailor a layout that suits you and your trading strategy best.

Notification centre

Set up price, execution, market calendar, breaking news and price-mover alerts using the notification centre. Receive alerts in-app, or via push, SMS or email, so you never miss an important market event.

Mobile-optimised charts

Analyse price action on charts that have been optimised for mobile, with increased data points, a range of technical indicators and customisable chart extensions, so you can project analysis into the future. See our full list of chart features and types available on mobile.

In-app education hub

Get direct access to our comprehensive trading education material within the support area or the app. Register for upcoming webinars, read articles and watch videos on platform features and trading strategy.

Fingerprint authentication

Fingerprint login gives you quick access to your account and the markets, along with the reassurance that your account is always secure.

An award-winning app*

Powerful mobile charting

View live streaming prices and add over 40 popular technical indicators and drawing tools to your charts. The charts on our Android trading app allow you to devise a fully-integrated trading strategy, even if you’re away from your home computer.

Apply a wide range of chart types, trading tools and default settings. When charts are opened from a watchlist the app automatically saves your chart analysis for future use, enabling you to react more quickly to market conditions.

Powerful trading wherever you are

Advanced order tickets

Access our full range of order types including guaranteed stop-loss orders, trailing stops, boundary orders and the price ladder, directly through the order tickets on our Android trading app.

Guaranteed stops

For a charge, you can place guaranteed stop-loss orders (GSLOs) via your Android device. These orders close you out of a trade at the price you specify, regardless of market volatility or gapping. We refund the GSLO charge in full if the order isn't triggered.

Intelligent watchlists

Our customisable watchlists automatically sync with your web platform. Along with live streaming data and performance measures, our watchlists automatically save your chart analysis for future reference.

Enhanced product search

Use advanced product search capabilities. You can filter products by performance and volatility measured over multiple timeframes, and filter further by type, country or sector.

Detailed 'product overview'

Get easy access to essential product information at the touch of a button, including commission costs, headline spreads, holding cost rates, margin rates and trading hours.

Customisable home screen

You can set which platform feature you would like to load as default when you open the Android trading app, so you can always access your important information quickly.

Access charts on the go

Live streaming prices with intervals as low as five seconds

Access over 40 technical indicators and drawing tools

Trade, modify and close positions directly from charts. View open positions against historical price action

Access a range of chart types including candlestick, spread and Heikin-Ashi

Charts opened through watchlists automatically save your analysis for future use

Create default chart layouts and save an additional five presets for quicker access to your preferred trading tools

Advanced support features

Reuters news

Access free, live streaming Reuters news within your Android trading app. This helps you to respond quickly to market events and trading opportunities.


Analyst 'Insights'

Let our global team of in-house market analysts help you to devise stronger trading strategies with fundamental and technical insights provided throughout the trading day.

Client sentiment**

Updated every minute, our client sentiment charts show how other CMC Markets clients are positioned in a particular product, including their position value as a percentage. Sort by 'all' or 'top' clients^ to get unique insights into trader behaviour.

Market calendar

Keep up to date with important market events with our economic calendar, powered by Thomson Reuters. Set up a combination of push, email and SMS alerts to get real-time notifications when important data is announced, even when the Android trading app is closed.

Real-time alerts

Configure push, email and SMS notifications to get alerts when orders are executed when you are logged out of the trading platform. You can also set price alerts to notify you when significant price levels are reached.

More login options

As well as fingerprint login, you can also choose traditional text login, or our swipe login feature, which gives you another fast way to access your account via our Android trading app.

Manage your funds

Manage the funds in your account directly from your Android device, giving you complete flexibility to fund and withdraw from your account anytime, anywhere.

How can we help?

Our award-winning Customer Services team* is available whenever the markets are open, meaning help is always at hand when you’re trading.

FAQ

How do you trade on Android?

To start trading the financial markets on Android, visit the Google Play Store and download our CMC Markets app​. Once you have an account with us, you will have access to trade on over 10,000 instruments. You can choose your instrument from the product library, specify your order type (market, limit or stop-entry), add risk-management controls, such as stop-loss orders, and much more via our Android app.

What does the CMC Android trading app offer?

Our Android trading app allows you to speculate on the financial markets with derivative spread bets and CFDs (contracts for difference), including shares, forex, commodities, indices and treasuries. Learn more about trading on the go with our award-winning mobile trading app​*, which has won numerous awards for ‘Best Trading App’.

Can you practise stock trading on Android?

You can practise trading on over 9,500 stocks and ETFs with our Android trading app, which includes established blue-chip and large-cap stocks, as well as start-up penny stocks. Learn more about opening a spread betting demo account​ to practise trading on shares risk-free with virtual funds.

Can I trade forex on the Android trading app?

You can spread bet or trade CFDs on over 330 currency pairs with our Android trading app, which is the largest offering in the industry*. Learn about our competitive spreads on major forex pairs​ such as EUR/USD and GBP/USD, where margin rates start at just 3.3%.

Which is the best trading app for Android?

Our trading software, which is compatible with Android devices, has won multiple awards for best trading app*, due to our advanced charting and execution packages. Download our trading app​ to get started.