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


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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.	Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.
Best For
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	Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 8 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FMA (New Zealand) NFA (United States) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) FINMA (Switzerland) MAS (Singapore) FFAJ (Japan) FSCA (South Africa) BMA (Bermuda)	FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)
The Good
Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs	Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
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	Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	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
1974	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $10 to $450.	From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, 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	243
Exchange Access
8	0
📙 Real Stocks
15,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
15,000	100
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80	100
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
37	7
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
76	10
📔 ETFs
2,000	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
2,000	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
15	26
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
19	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
1,000	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
0.01 Contracts	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
1 Contract	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
250	2000
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 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.	None
💰 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.	Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips	1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $90	From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No