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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Oct 13 2023

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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.

TMGM is an Australian broker specialised in financial derivatives known as contract-for-differences (CFDs). Operating since 2013, TMGM provides trading in forex, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies and commodities.

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
  • Swing traders who can use high leverage
  • Stock traders who do not have access or funds to trade with specialised brokers
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

8

Other Licenses

2

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 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)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FMA (New Zealand)
  • VFSC (Vanuatu)
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
  • High and flexible leverage
  • No deposit or withdrawal fees
  • Supports Expert Advisors (EAs), hedging and news trading
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
  • Only has financial derivatives (CFDs)
  • Inactivity fee is tied to minimum account balance
Status
Operational Operational
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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 2013
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $10 to $450. $100
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • FasaPay
  • Neteller
  • RMB Instant
  • Revolut
  • Paytrust
  • Skrill
  • Sticpay
  • UnionPay
  • Wise
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. 6 - EUR, USD, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes No
❌ Restricted Countries

SY, IR.

US.

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid CFDs
Total Asset Offering
35,227 12,091
Exchange Access
8 0
📙 Real Stocks
15,000 0
📙 Stock CFDs
15,000 12,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
80 55
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
37 6
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
76 15
📔 ETFs
2,000 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
2,000 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
15 15
📒 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 Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
1 Contract $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract Varies per Commodity (0.01 lots for gold, 1 lot for Crude Oil)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Contract Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 Contract Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
1 Contract Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 500
💪 Professional Leverage
250 Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No Yes
🎓 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 No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

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

$30 fee if there is no activity for 6 months or if the account balance falls below $500.

💰 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.

Yes, from $3.5 per lot round turn

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips Dynamic - From 0 pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips Dynamic - From 11 pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $0.48
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $90 Dynamic - From $32
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes No
📡 Educational Content
Yes No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes No
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
Yes No