IG Vs. RoboMarkets - 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.

Founded in 2012, RoboMarkets offers five different types of accounts, including its proprietary R Stock Trader and ProCents accounts, with access to 12,000 instruments. The different accounts offer different spreads and investment instruments.

• 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

• Traders interested in trading U.S. equities, ETFS with access to 3,000 stocks
• Traders looking for a mix of CFDs and stocks through R Stock Trader
• Traders seeking small investments through its ProCents account

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

• Five different types of accounts for different types of investors, offers copy trading
• Access to 12,000+ investment instruments, including 3,000 U.S. stocks
• No inactivity or deposit fee
• Offers five base currencies, including GOLD, and remote VPS Server

• 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

• Withdrawals fees (EG: 2.4% on Visa and Mastercard, 2% for PayPal)
• No integrated news feed on trading platforms
• Serves only European Union Markets
• Limited commodities to trade

• 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 documents (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

Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates.

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

RoboMarkets offers a combination of real equities and CFDs depending on the account. Stock trading is offered on its R Stock Trader account.

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)

No – it is defined during the registration process and can’t be changed

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

Yes (Eg: Visa/Mastercard fee 2.4%, PayPal 2% and Netteller (1.9%)

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.

Varies per product (Eg. ETF Pro $0.0045/share)