Platform APIs only
CMC Markets API options
Large UK spread betting and CFD broker whose automation route is MT4.
Risk warning: CFDs and spread bets are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You can lose money on these products, and each provider publishes its own loss figure under FCA rules. You should consider whether you understand how they work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Automated and API trading can amplify losses through bugs, connectivity failures and runaway orders.
Access, authentication and streaming
API types listed in the record: FIX (CMC Connect, institutional only).
- How you get a key
Platform access only for retail clients, on the pages opened. CMC's UK platforms page offers its own web platform, its mobile app and MetaTrader 4, and the MT4 page presents Expert Advisors as the way to automate. An API appears only on CMC Connect, the institutional side, which offers market data and trade execution over the FIX protocol, either through a direct API or through a third party technology hub. No page opened on 12 Oct 2026 offers an API to retail clients, which is what the pages show and not a statement by CMC that none exists.
CMC Markets UK trading platformschecked CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked CMC Connect connectivitychecked
- Demo
Platform demo only: an MT4 demo account with GBP 10,000 of virtual funds, which stays open as long as you log in to MT4 at least once every 30 days. It is a demo of the platform, not of an API. The CMC Connect page does not say whether a test FIX session is offered.
CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked CMC Connect connectivitychecked
- Rate limits, as worded
No retail API on the pages opened. CMC Connect offers market data and execution through the FIX protocol to institutional clients, and its connectivity page states no rate limit (re-read 12 Oct 2026). A page that states no limit is not evidence that there is none.
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Platform APIs an account here can reach
| Platform API | Offered | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetaTrader 4 (MQL4) | Yes | Offered for spread betting and CFDs. The MT4 page says Expert Advisors can be used to automate trading. | CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked |
| MetaTrader 5 (Python package and MQL5) | Not verified | Not listed on UK platforms page; MetaQuotes MT5 directory lists CMC Markets (region not stated). | UnverifiedCMC Markets UK trading platformschecked |
| cTrader Open API | No | cTrader not listed on the broker's UK platforms page; absence from an overview page is not proof, so unverified. | UnverifiedCMC Markets UK trading platformschecked |
| TradeLocker API | No | TradeLocker not listed on the broker's UK platforms page; absence from an overview page is not proof, so unverified. | UnverifiedCMC Markets UK trading platformschecked |
| Match-Trader Platform API | No | Match-Trader not listed on the broker's UK platforms page; absence from an overview page is not proof, so unverified. | UnverifiedCMC Markets UK trading platformschecked |
| DXtrade APIs | No | DXtrade not listed on the broker's UK platforms page; absence from an overview page is not proof, so unverified. | UnverifiedCMC Markets UK trading platformschecked |
CMC Markets API: questions and answers
Each answer is read from the record on this page, not written separately. Where the record is unverified, the answer says so.
Does CMC Markets have an API?
No API of its own is recorded for CMC Markets on this register. Platform APIs recorded as offered: MetaTrader 4.
CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked
CMC Markets API demo: is there a demo or sandbox?
Platform demo only: an MT4 demo account with GBP 10,000 of virtual funds, which stays open as long as you log in to MT4 at least once every 30 days. It is a demo of the platform, not of an API.
CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked CMC Connect connectivitychecked
What are the CMC Markets API rate limits?
No retail API on the pages opened. CMC Connect offers market data and execution through the FIX protocol to institutional clients, and its connectivity page states no rate limit (re-read 12 Oct 2026).
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Which platform APIs work with an account at CMC Markets?
Recorded as offered, with a source: MetaTrader 4. Not verified either way: MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker, Match-Trader and DXtrade.
CMC Markets UK MetaTrader 4checked
CMC Markets API questions, each answered in a sentence or two.
The capability tables read one feature at a time across every broker and platform record, CMC Markets included.
Everything this site records for CMC Markets, as one JSON file. Each section of the file states its own licence. About the files. This page as Markdown.
Partner programme
No published figure. The CMC Markets partner programme record. The programme register holds every record. This site carries no affiliate links.
How to cite this
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