Updated Oct 13 2023
Visit 79% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Visit 71% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Overview | |
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. |
AvaTrade is a top-tier multinational broker with more than 7 financial regulators specialising in FX and options trading with their own proprietary platforms. |
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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 | |
1974 | 2006 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
From $10 to $450. | $100 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. | 4 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
SY, IR. |
US, BE, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
Hybrid | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
35,227 | 863 |
Exchange Access | |
8 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
15,000 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
15,000 | 626 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
80 | 55 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
37 | 27 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
76 | 33 |
📔 ETFs | |
2,000 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
2,000 | 59 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
15 | 17 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
19 | 2 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
1,000 | 44 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional) | Variable - From 1 to 100 units |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional) | Variable - From 1 to 100 units |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
0.01 Contracts | Variable (eg: BTC 0.01, ETH 0.1) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Variable (eg: 1 ounce of gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | 10 units |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
1 Contract | 10,000 FX Option contracts |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
250 | 500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | No |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
$50 per quarter after 3 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
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. |
None | Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 40 Pips | Dynamic - From 50 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 34 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $1.92 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $90 | Dynamic - From $137.31 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
Yes | No |