Updated Oct 20 2022
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Overview | |
Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies. |
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. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 8 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2001 | 1974 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$100 | From $10 to $450. |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF. | 6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | Yes |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
None | SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | Hybrid |
Total Asset Offering | |
5,371 | 35,227 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 8 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 15,000 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
4,500 | 15,000 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
93 | 80 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
35 | 37 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
24 | 76 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 2,000 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
700 | 2,000 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
5 | 15 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
14 | 19 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 1,000 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares) | 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional) |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK) | 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 | |
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold) | 1 Contract |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Contract |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Contract |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Contract |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
500 | 250 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | 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 | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
Depending on account type.
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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 0.8 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 40 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 50 Pips | Dynamic - From 30 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $120 | Dynamic - From $90 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
Yes | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | Yes |