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61% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Dec 22 2022

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61% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

ForexVox is a new trading name from Valutrades, a broker operating since 2012 that offers currencies, indices and commodities under FCA and FSAS regulation.

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
  • Experienced traders that look for an ECN account offering with commissions
  • Currency traders
  • 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

1

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
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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
  • FCA (United Kingdom)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
  • 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
  • FCA Regulation and being a trading name of ValuTrades (founded in 2012)
  • Scalping is allowed
  • Ecn account offered
  • 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
  • Poor asset offering (less than 100 instruments)
  • Low platform offering (only MT4 and MT5 available)
  • Client area lacks usability
  • Average spreads are high
  • 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 hour 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
2020 1974
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0 From $10 to $450.
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Skrill
  • Neteller
  • UnionPay
  • USDT (Tether)
  • Bank Transfer
  • SticPay
  • 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, CA, SY, IR.

SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
No Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
104 35,227
Exchange Access
0 8
📙 Real Stocks
0 15,000
📙 Stock CFDs
0 15,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
74 80
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
3 37
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
15 76
📔 ETFs
0 2,000
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 2,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5 15
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 19
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 1,000
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
7 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable 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
Unavailable 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
No No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
No Yes
📱 Android App
No Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
Yes No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None

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

💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 Commissions
  • No commissions on their standard account
  • A $7 per lot round turn commission on their ECN account

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 1 Pip Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 135 Pips Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 16 Pips Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Unavailable Dynamic - From $90
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No Yes
📡 Educational Content
Yes Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes No
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No Yes