 Getting started. Basic features explained. Welcome to the CMC Market Spreadbetting Platform. The first time you log into the platform you'll notice a number of preset default layouts to choose from. It's possible to save up to five different layouts which you can switch between at any time. You can navigate around the platform using the main toolbar. From here you can search for products. Create watch lists. View market news and analysis. Use trading tools. View your account details. Make payments. And develop your skills with us Port Area. Let's start by opening up a blank layout. From here you can build your own layout from scratch. The product library is your gateway to the world's financial markets and it's here that you'll find the wide range of global products that we offer. You can search for a product by entering its name into the search field and the results will update in real time. Or you can filter by type such as commodities, shares, currencies, indices or treasuries. And you can go on to filter your results further by country. It's also possible to filter by price performance and even volatility. You can also easily filter product types by all, cash or forwards. By clicking on the product menu icon you can gain access to a variety of different functions. Using the order ticket allows you to play spread bets with optional risk management. While charts allow you to see the historical chart action plus add a series of technical indicators. The price quote window gives you price centric information such as the real time spread, daily highs and lows plus the daily price percentage change. And you can use the product overview to get information on margin rates, position limits, holding rates and trading hours. Client sentiment which is very useful gives insight to the current view of buyers versus sellers of the product. And if you are looking for the latest Reuters news headlines then click here. The chart forum allows you to view, copy and share technical analysis with other traders. While the price alerts will inform you when a specific price level has been broken. It's possible to also add this product to a specific watch list or create a new one. Finally order settings will give you access to set order preference defaults specific to this product. Though you can also do this across all asset types in the order settings section here. You can also use the module linking feature here or within the module header here. If you link two or more modules together within the same color group, changing the product in one will automatically change the product in the other. You can change the product displayed in certain modules by clicking the search icon here. Let's return to the product library. If you want to save the search and filter results in your product library as a watch list you can do so at any time. Your watch list is then automatically generated. You can see the product name, the highs, lows and point and percentage changes for the day as well as your products current buy and sell prices. Your account summary is displayed here. This is how much margin is currently being used for open positions and this is the amount that is available for margin to open new positions. This figure tells you how much cash you have on your account. And here is your real-time profit or loss plus the summary of your entire account value. From here you can also see a more detailed view of your account value. You can also choose to hide these details or reveal them again. You can view your positions in the account section. From here you can see the name of the product, whether you have bought or sold, the stake and your real-time profit or loss. It's also possible to amend and set stop loss and take profit orders. You can close out any spread bet by clicking the X icon here. Each product has a live streaming buy and sell price. Use the buy price if you think the price is going to rise and the sell price if you think it's going to go down. In this example we will buy. Clicking on the price launches an order ticket. The order ticket clearly displays the product name, the sell and buy price, the daily low and high price levels, the real-time spread and the direction of your spread bet. You can swap the direction of the spread bet easily by clicking the relevant buy or sell price box. First of all you need to enter your stake, then hit return. The amount of money required for margin is displayed here. If any costs are payable then these will be displayed here. It is possible to add a stop loss with your order by clicking here. Stop loss orders can be set at a specific price level or according to approximate amount of money you would like to risk or even by a set number of points distance from the current market price. It is also possible to set a regular, trailing or guaranteed stop loss order. Guaranteed stop loss orders work the same as regular stop losses except they are guaranteed to close out trades at the price specified regardless of volatility or gapping. There is a small premium paid when placing a guaranteed stop loss order. You can add a take profit order which you can set by target price by approximate amount of money you would like to gain from the position or a set number of points distance from the current market price. You can also view and amend your risk management levels directly from the chart. You can see the current market price and then set the potential take profit and stop loss orders from here. This allows for more effective risk management placement as you can compare your levels to historical prices. If you are ready to place your spread bet you can now go ahead and confirm your order and the spread bet has been executed. Your spread bet will now appear in your account window where you will be able to see it updating in real time. All the details of the spread bet are visible including the real time profit or loss. You can also edit an add stop loss or take profit orders from here and you can close out of the position by clicking the red X icon. Be sure to view our other guided tour videos for more details on specific platform features.