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. |
Oanda is an international Forex broker founded in 1996 with headquarters in the United States. Oanda specialises exclusively in currency trading solutions for all trader levels. Their greatest selling points are their strong regulatory framework and robust proprietary platforms. |
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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 minimum (may take longer) |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. *There is no document verification needed for gross account deposits below US$9,000. |
📍 Year Founded | |
1974 | 1996 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards. |
$, €, £, - 0. |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. | 9 - USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD, HKD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes (excluding CFDs) | Yes |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
SY, IR. | AF, AL, BS, BB, BW, BF, BI, KH, KY, CF, TD, CD, CG, CU, ER, ET, GH, IR, IQ, JM, KP, LY, MU, MN, MA, MM, NI, NG, PK, PS, PA, SN, SL, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TN, UG, VU, YE, ZW. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks |
N/A |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
210 | 68 |
📗 Commodities | |
37 | 13 |
📕 Indices | |
76 | 16 |
📔 ETFs | |
2,000 + both CFDs and real ETFs | N/A |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
15 | 4 |
📒 Bonds | |
19 | 6 |
📓 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 Oanda's assets are CFDs. In the case of commodities, they only have 13, but each commodity has various trading pairs against several different currencies, eg: GOLD/EUR, GOLD/CHF, etc. |
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) |
Varies by crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 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 unit of any currency pair (Eg: 1 Euro, 1 Usd, 1 GBP, etc) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | 1 unit of any Bond contract |
📈 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 1:100 |
✍ 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 |
💻 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 |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
Yes, $10 after 1 year of inactivity |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | Credit and Debit cards are free, when it comes to Bank transfer depends on the account's base currency (eg: the first withdrawal costs $, €, £ 20 and any subsequent ones 35). In the case of SGD, there are no fees. |
💰 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, but they do charge currency conversion fees. If your account base currency is GBP and you trade the EUR/USD pair, you'll be paying a conversion fee. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 150 Pips | Dynamic - From 30 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 50 Pips | Dynamic - From 26 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $1.03 | N/A |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - From 0 Pips | N/A |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $140 | Dynamic - From $100 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |