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69.23% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

AAATrade Vs. IG - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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69.23% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

AAATrade is a Cyprus based broker established in 2013, that offers a variety of financial instruments including contracts for difference (CFDs), forex, stock, commodities, cryptocurrencies and others.

IG is a global broker established in 1974 that holds 8 reputable financial licenses and provides CFD trading on stocks, commodities, ETFs, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, futures, options along with real stocks through their share dealing account.

Best For
  • Beginner traders looking for a simple web and mobile platform to get started
  • Passive investors looking for real equity
  • Professional traders looking to exploit their customisable platform and broad asset offering
  • High volume traders that can offset their commission costs by trading in larger volumes
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

8

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FMA (New Zealand)
  • NFA (United States)
  • DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
  • FINMA (Switzerland)
  • MAS (Singapore)
  • FFAJ (Japan)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • BMA (Bermuda)
The Good
  • Simple and friendly proprietary trading platform
  • Intuitive overview of account analytics
  • Wide variety of CFDs and real equities
  • Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds
  • Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs
The Bad
  • Above-average FX spreads
  • High fees (depending on the deposit / withdrawal methods)
  • High deposit requirements for advanced services ($25,000 , $100,000)
  • There are too many small costs such as custody, in-and-out-commissions in some cases, management fees, etc
  • Their standard contracts can be too large some times for low volume traders
Status
Operational Operational
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Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day 1 day
📋 Documents Required
  • Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
  • Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

  • Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
  • Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

📍 Year Founded
2013 1974
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$500 From $10 to $450.
💰 Payment Methods
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Wire Transfer
  • Skrill
  • Neteller
  • FasaPay
  • UnionPay
  • Giropay
  • QIWI
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
3 - EUR, USD, GBP. 6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No Yes
❌ Restricted Countries

US, AS, AI, BB, FJ, GU, PW, PA, WS, SC, TT, VU, AL, BS, BW, KH, GH, JM, MU, MM, NI, PK, UG, SY, YE, ZW, IR, KR, AF, IQ, MN.

SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
No Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
2,162 35,227
Exchange Access
25 8
📙 Real Stocks
1,000 15,000
📙 Stock CFDs
1,000 15,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80 80
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
4 37
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
12 76
📔 ETFs
0 2,000
📔 ETFs CFDs
5 2,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
50 15
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
4 19
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 1,000
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
7 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 share 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) 0.01 Contracts
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots) 1 Contract
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots) 1 Contract
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
100 units 1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots) 1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable 1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 250
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

€15 after 3 months of inactivity.

After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee.

💰 Deposit Fees

From 0.2% for cryptocurrency, credit and debit cards up to 5% for alternative payments. Direct wire transfers have a fee of €10.

None
💰 Withdrawal Fees

Wire transfers have a €10 fee.

None
💰 Commissions
  • No commissions on novice accounts.
  • Commission free trading for stock ETFs on Experienced accounts
  • FX commissions are $4-$8 per lot depending whether the pair is major, minor or exotic.

Yes, they charge depending on the client’s account base currency and exchange location of the shares being traded. For example, for some clients US shares can have a minimum charge of $10 in-and-out.

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 2 Pips Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 95 Pips Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.21 Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.01 Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $511 Dynamic - From $90
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No Yes
📡 Educational Content
Yes Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
Yes No
📡 Webinars
No Yes