I have been doing my research for about 12 mnths - getting ready to trade CFD's. My brother currrently uses CMC and while he likes the 5% margins he has reservations about their service & on occassions delays or questionable spreads on orders. Basically he is aware of their faults but is happy.
My opinion:
It's horses for courses! Each one uses a provider that suits there situation.
I want security, service, transparency, and an A1 trading platform.
Hence I have waited for eTrade to deal CFD's. Their service is up now. Top security, great service, I prefer DMA & it's transparency (they use Man Fin), and their Power eTrade is the best. Plus as I already trade with them, I get to keep it all together on one platform, linked acccount, etc.
