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. |
Founded in 2001, easyMarkets offers three types of accounts – VIP, Premium and Standard – with fixed spreads for its Web, App and MT4 platforms. |
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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 | 2001 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards. |
$, €, £ 25 for Standard account, 2,000 for premium and 10,000 for VIP |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. | 19 - EUR, CAD, CZK, JPY, NZD, USD, SGD, CHF, GBP, MXN, AUD, PLN, TRY, CNY, HKD, NOK, SEK, ZAR, BTC |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes (excluding CFDs) | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
SY, IR. | US, IL, CA, AF, AI, BI, KY, KY, TD, CD, CG, DM, GQ, FJ, GW, HY, HN, IR, IQ, LA, MZ, MM, NI, KP, PW, PA, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TM, VU, VE, YE |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks |
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📘 Currency Pairs | |
210 | 62 |
📗 Commodities | |
37 | 17 |
📕 Indices | |
76 | 13 |
📔 ETFs | |
2,000 + both CFDs and real ETFs | N/A |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
15 | 17 |
📒 Bonds | |
19 | N/A |
📓 Options | |
Availability only for select countries. | 23 |
📗 Futures | |
Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates. |
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📝 Notes: | |
IG provides both CFD trading and real equity. US traders cannot trade CFDs. |
All of easyMarkets assets are CFDs |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | Varies per stock (Eg: AMZN 0.05, APPL 0.25) |
📉 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) |
$2,500 (0.025 lots) |
📉 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) |
Varies per commodity (Eg: $25 for WTI, $75 for XAG) |
📈 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) | Varies per option (Eg. 5 XAU for XAU/USD, 5,000 GBP for GBP/USD) |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes, it's possible to adjust it using pre-set levels by EasyMarkets. |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes, for Web and App accounts |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
N/A |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No |
💰 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. |
No | Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips | Fixed per account (Eg: 1.7 Pips Standard MT4, 1.2 Pips Premium MT4 and 0.7 Pips VIP MT4) |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 150 Pips | Fixed at 150 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 50 Pips | Fixed per account (Eg: $0.05 Standard MT4, $0..4 Premium MT4 and $0.03 for VIP MT4) |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $1.03 | $13 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - From 0 Pips | N/A |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $140 | Fixed from $110 for Web/App and $100 for MT4 accounts |
Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |