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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Oct 20 2022

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

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.

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.

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

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

8

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FMA (New Zealand)
  • VFSC (Vanuatu)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FMA (New Zealand)
  • NFA (United States)
  • DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
  • FINMA (Switzerland)
  • MAS (Singapore)
  • FFAJ (Japan)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • BMA (Bermuda)
The Good
  • High and flexible leverage
  • No deposit or withdrawal fees
  • Supports Expert Advisors (EAs), hedging and news trading
  • Broad platform offering with high customisability and integrated news feeds
  • Comprehensive asset offering with more than 10,000 + CFDs or real stocks and ETFs
The Bad
  • Only has financial derivatives (CFDs)
  • Inactivity fee is tied to minimum account balance
  • 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
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
2013 1974
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100 From $10 to $450.
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • FasaPay
  • Neteller
  • RMB Instant
  • Revolut
  • Paytrust
  • Skrill
  • Sticpay
  • UnionPay
  • Wise
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - EUR, USD, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD. 6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No Yes
❌ Restricted Countries

US.

SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
12,091 35,227
Exchange Access
0 8
📙 Real Stocks
0 15,000
📙 Stock CFDs
12,000 15,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
55 80
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
6 37
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
15 76
📔 ETFs
0 2,000
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 2,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
15 15
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 19
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 1,000
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable 1/10 of Contract (5,000 Notional)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) 0.01 Contracts
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) 1 Contract
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per Commodity (0.01 lots for gold, 1 lot for Crude Oil) 1 Contract
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable 1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable 1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable 1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
500 30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable 250
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

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

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

💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 Commissions

Yes, from $3.5 per lot round turn

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.

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