IG Vs. Plus500 - Compare and Choose the Right One

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.

Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options

• 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

• Intermediate traders looking to trade short term
• Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options

• Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds
• Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs

• CFDs on american options offered
• Low minimum trade sizes
• Propietary platform with multi-charting tools

• 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

• No ability to remove leverage
• All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)

• 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.

0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards.

10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks

Option CFDs (Calls and Puts) on: Alphabet, Facebook, Apple, Deutsche Bank, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla and NIO along with major indices and EUR/USD.

Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates.

IG provides both CFD trading and real equity. US traders cannot trade CFDs.

All of Plus500's assets are CFDs.

0.01 Contracts (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, ADA’s contract has 100 ADA coins)

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)

After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee.

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.