Investment Trends: FX Traders Award CMC Markets ‘Best Platform Features’
Sydney (PRWEB) March 18, 2014 -- CMC Markets has been awarded ‘best platform features’, and received the highest satisfaction rating for ‘range of currency pairs’ and ‘margin requirements’ in the key findings of the Investment Trends December 2013 Australia Foreign Exchange Report.
Matthew Lewis, head of CMC Markets ANZ said, "We have been at the forefront of FX trading for over twenty years."
"CMC Markets consistently deliver to the needs of FX traders by offering the best platform features, cutting edge automated execution, precision pricing and cash rebates with the industry’s most competitive margins and spreads."
Lewis says the new report shows that CMC Markets is well positioned for future growth and its investment in the Next Generation platform and customer service is showing tangible results.
"CMC Markets is featured 14 times within the top three provider’s satisfaction categories, highlighting that active traders really can have it all when they choose to trade with us," says Lewis.
In addition to receiving the accolades for platform features, range of currency pairs and margin requirements, the new findings also show that an easy to use platform, charting tools and customer service remain the most common drivers of FX provider selection, and CMC Markets was within the top three industry providers for all these attributes.
Renowned for investing heavily in technology, CMC Markets never stops improving its online trading platform, Next Generation. In line with Investment Trends ‘Best platform features’ award, CMC Markets introduced Execution Alerts and 1-Click Trading in January.
"In today’s fast moving FX markets these new platform features allow traders to react quickly and have the ability to immediately place and exit positions with minimal obstacles," added Lewis.
• The Execution Alerts feature was added to the Next Generation online trading platform in January 2014. This new feature notifies traders when pending orders have been executed via an in-platform pop-up and optional alert sound. Execution Alerts also enhance CMC Markets iPhone, Android™ and iPad apps as the new feature pushes notifications to traders when their first pending trade since they last logged out has been executed.
• The 1-Click Trading feature was also added to the Next Generation online trading platform in January 2014. This new feature gives traders the ability to immediately place and exit positions with minimal obstacles while maintaining pre-set order management settings to pre-determine risk and reward ratios by product or asset class such as currency, commodities, indices, shares and treasuries.
The Investment Trends report also states: ‘CMC Markets saw a significant reduction in the number of people switching to another broker’, highlighting CMC Markets low attrition rates are assisting the company maintain a strong market position.
Lewis added, "I believe the low attrition rates are a direct result of our best value approach and continual improvements in our customer service offering."
"As 2014 progresses I’m looking forward to rewarding our existing clients and switchers with customer service excellence and efficiency, to ensure they choose to stay – and prosper – with CMC Markets."
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About The Investment Trends December 2013 Australia Foreign Exchange Report
The report is based on a detailed online survey of traders conducted between 6 November and 22 December 2013. This survey also supported the 2013 Second Half Australia Online Broking Report.
About CMC Markets Stockbroking
The CMC Markets Group, a leading independent financial services provider, offers a range of investment products and investment tools including shares, options, listed managed investments, warrants, interest rate securities and CFDs. In 2007 CMC Markets launched its broking service, CMC Markets Stockbroking, which is now one of the few remaining non-bank aligned, online stockbrokers in Australia. Please see our website for more information http://www.cmcmarkets.com.au.
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