Updated May 13 2022
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IG is a global broker established in 1974 that holds 10 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. |
BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices. |
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![]() Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 7 Other Licenses 1 Provided by |
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🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
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 | 2014 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards. |
$200 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. | 9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes (excluding CFDs) | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
SY, IR. | US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks |
23,000 + (Through a separate option which is hard to find) |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
210 | 64 |
📗 Commodities | |
37 | 15 |
📕 Indices | |
76 | 13 |
📔 ETFs | |
2,000 + both CFDs and real ETFs | N/A |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
15 | 8 |
📒 Bonds | |
19 | N/A |
📓 Options | |
Availability only for select countries. | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates. |
N/A |
📝 Notes: | |
IG provides both CFD trading and real equity. US traders cannot trade CFDs. |
All of BlackBull Markets assets are CFDs. | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | N/A |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1 ETF | N/A |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
0.01 Contracts (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, ADA’s contract has 100 ADA coins) |
N/A |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
1 Contract (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, 1 EUR / USD standard contract has 10,000 units) |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | N/A |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | N/A |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | N/A |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Varies per option (usually 1 contract) | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes (MT4 & 5) |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
No |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals. |
💰 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. |
In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips | From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 150 Pips | From 5.5 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 50 Pips | From 16 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $1.03 | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - From 0 Pips | Dynamic - Market spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $140 | N/A | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |