IG Markets address
London office:
Cannon Bridge House,
25 Dowgate Hill,
London EC4R 2YA
UNITED KINGDOM
Melbourne office:
Level 15,
55 Collins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
| Year founded | 1974 |
| Main office | United Kingdom |
| Regulation | Financial Conduct Authority |
| Affiliate programme | |
| Demo accounts | 14 days |
| NDD accounts | |
| Islamic accounts | |
| Trading contests | |
| Trading platform | MT4, web based, DMA platform (direct market access) |
| Systems | Win, Web, Mac, Mobile |
| Min. forex lot size | 10000 units (0.1 lots) |
| Max. leverage | 100:1 |
| Scalping | |
| Hedging | |
| OCO | |
| Trailing Stops | |
| Social trading | |
| Social PAMM | |
| ZuluTrade | |
| Tradency | |
| Currensee | |
| Autochartist | |
| Trading Central | |
| Free VPS | Min. balance £5,000 |
| Min. deposit | 15 €/£/$ |
| Banks | |
| Bonuses | |
| Payment methods | Credit card, bank transfer, debit/prepaid cards |
| Withdrawal fees | 0£ in UK, 15£ elsewhere |
| List of instruments | |
| Currencies | 93 pairs |
| Metals | 2 |
| Commodities | 6 |
| CFDs on shares | 8000+ |
| CFD on indexes | 33 |
| Funds / ETFs | 5000+ |
| Binary options | |
| Bonds | |
| EUR/USD spread | ~1.01 pip |
| GBP/USD spread | ~1.8 pips |
| USD/CAD spread | ~3.5 pips |
| USD/CHF spread | ~2.9 pips |
| AUD/USD spread | ~1.09 pips |
| USD/JPY spread | ~1.5 pips |
| UK FTSE spread | 1 pip |
| DAX spread | 1.3 pips |
| Gold spread | 0.4 pips |
| Oil spread | 3 pips |
| ECN/DMA accounts | Lower spreads than above |
| Min. deposit | |
| Commissions | For DMA account, which features lower spreads |
IG Markets service review
The IG Markets brokerage offers a complete derivatives trading solution that includes CFDs (Contracts For Difference) on shares, indices, commodities and forex pairs. You can intervene - online via your computer or mobile devices - in the world's key equity markets, which feature thousands of different shares.
IG Markets has set up effective instruments to manage its clients' risk:
- The Limited Risk Account - which only validates orders with a guaranteed stop.
- The Guaranteed Stop order - which guarantees the closing of a position at the exact price specified by the trader.
- Trailing Stops - where the stop level automatically adjusts to the market's evolution.
IG Markets, a subsidiary of IG Group Holdings Plc, founded in 1974 and listed on the London Stock Exchange, offers both stability and financial transparency which are key to reassure its clients and partners in terms of the counterparty risk, which is essential in the context of OTC transactions.
Key figures:
- Offices in 17 countries across five continents
- 136,000+ clients worldwide
- Average of over 5,000,000 transactions each month
- FTSE 250 company with a market capitalisation of £2.9+ billion
- Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Net global trading revenue of £388+ million
- Over 1,000 staff members around the world (May 2015)
Your capital may be at risk.
IG Markets trading platforms: core platforms & specialist platforms
Company news
26/04/17 IG Markets removed from Forex-Central.net's list of recommended brokers
03/06/16 IG Markets added to Forex-Central.net