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Written by Steven Hatzakis
Edited by John Bringans
Fact-checked by Blain Reinkensmeyer
Steven HatzakisSteven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Online Broker Research for ForexBrokers.com. He is a forex industry expert and an active fintech and crypto researcher.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. CFD Losses can exceed deposits. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
IG offers the ultimate comprehensive trading package, featuring excellent trading and research tools, industry-leading education, and an extensive range of tradeable markets.
A trusted multi-asset broker, IG is publicly traded and regulated across the globe. I've been reviewing IG for over six years, and I still continue to be impressed by IG's all-around fantastic trading experience.
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Minimum Deposit:
£250.00 -
Trust Score:
99 -
Tradeable Symbols (Total):
19537
| Range of Investments | |
| Commissions & Fees | |
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| Research | |
| Mobile Trading | |
| Education | |
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| #1 Overall | Winner |
| #1 Beginners | Winner |
| #1 Education | Winner |
| #1 Mobile Trading Apps | Winner |
| #1 TradingView | Winner |
| #1 Trust Score | Winner |
| #1 Forex Options | Winner |
| #1 Mobile App | Winner |
| #1 Most CFDs | Winner |
| #1 Web Platform | Winner |
| 2025 | #1 |
| 2024 | #1 |
| 2023 | #1 |
| 2022 | #1 |
| 2021 | #1 |
| 2020 | #1 |
| 2019 | #1 |
| 2018 | #2 |
| 2017 | #1 |
Can I open an account with this broker?
Yes, based on your detected country of HK, you can open an account with this broker.
Table of Contents
IG pros & cons
Pros
- #1 Overall Broker in our ForexBrokers.com 2025 Awards.
- Highest Trust Score in 2025; most trusted forex broker.
- tastyfx brings IG access to US forex traders.
Cons
- Customizing IG’s web platform requires some manual setup.
- MT5 is not available on IG.
- Only ~80 symbols available via MetaTrader.
- IG’s DailyFX news and research site has been discontinued.
My top takeaways for IG in 2025:
- IG’s acquisition of tastytrade for $1 billion introduced options trading and listed-derivatives (i.e. futures) trading to U.S. clients.
- US forex traders can access the IG trading experience via its new brand, tastyfx.
- IG finished Best in Class in 2025 for Range of Investments (with over 19,000 tradeable instruments).
- In addition to IG Smart Portfolios and share-dealing, IG offers listed derivatives including options and futures trading in the U.S. and Europe, alongside its forex and CFD trading (and spread betting for U.K. traders).
- IG holds more than double the required regulatory capital as of its 2023 annual report, with a $498 million capital headroom buffer as of May 31 2023.
- Between premium MT4 add-ons from FX Blue, and Autochartist integration, IG’s MetaTrader offering still only offers barely 80 tradeable instruments.
- While IG's flagship platforms are Best in Class, MT5 is not yet available.
Trust score
Developed by ForexBrokers.com and in use for nearly 10 years, Trust Score is a proprietary rating system powered by a range of unique quantitative and qualitative metrics, including each company’s number of regulatory licenses. Trust Scores range from 1 to 99 (the higher a broker’s rating, the better). Learn more.
Is IG safe?
IG is considered Highly Trusted, with an overall Trust Score of 99 out of 99. IG is publicly traded, does operate a regulated bank, and is authorised by eight Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), zero Tier-3 regulators (low trust), and one Tier-4 regulator (High Risk). IG is authorised by the following Tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system Learn more about Trust Score or see where the different IG entities are regulated.
| Feature |
 IG
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|---|---|
| Year Founded | 1974 |
| Publicly Traded (Listed) | Yes |
| Bank | Yes |
| Tier-1 Licenses | 8 |
| Tier-2 Licenses | 2 |
| Tier-3 Licenses | 0 |
| Tier-4 Licenses | 1 |
Range of investments
The range of markets available to you may vary depending on which of IG’s regulatory entities holds your account. Residents of the U.K., New Zealand, Japan, and the U.S. must choose their respective local IG entity.
Alongside nearly 20,000 CFDs, IG offers exchange-traded securities (non-CFDs) for residents of the U.K. (see our IG U.K. share dealing review), Germany, and Australia to access international stock exchanges, via its share trading account. In addition to forex options, IG offers exchange-traded Turbo warrants as part of Spectrum, its Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) in Europe, and listed derivatives in the U.S. via tastytrade. IG Bank in Switzerland is also an option for eligible clients.
Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency trading is available at IG through CFDs, as well as trading the underlying asset (e.g., buying Bitcoin) via IG's partnership with Uphold. IG does not offer crypto derivatives in the U.K. to retail traders.
The following table summarizes the different investment products available to IG clients.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs) | Yes |
| Tradeable Symbols (Total) | 19537 |
| Forex Pairs (Total) | 97 |
| U.S. Stock Trading (Non CFD) | Yes |
| Int'l Stock Trading (Non CFD) | Yes |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | No |
| Cryptocurrency (Physical) | Yes |
| Cryptocurrency (Derivative) | Yes |
| Disclaimers | Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). |
IG fees
IG’s size allows it to provide scalable execution across the board – regardless of the product being traded. IG offers multiple execution methods beyond the market maker option available on its standard account. While IG can’t be considered a discount broker, it shines for the active trader pricing available through its Forex Direct accounts, and its ability to execute large orders. Spreads on its main Forex Direct account offering are closer to the industry average in 2025, with spreads averaging 0.62 during July 2023 or an all-in cost of 0.82 after factoring in a per trade commission equivalent of 0.2 pips.
CFD account average spreads: For both mini and standard-size contracts, typical spreads during the main trading session (22 hours each day from 0000 – 2200 GMT) averaged 0.69 pips for the month of July 2023 – which is slightly better than the industry average. It is worth noting that – just like with most forex brokers – IG’s spreads during low-liquid times can be higher than normal, averaging 1.03 pips when including the remaining hours in the trading day (2100 to 0000 GMT) during the same timeframe as the above July 2023 data. Otherwise, its average spread during the whole month of July 2023, including all trading sessions, was 0.98 pips for IG globally, whereas for IG US the EUR/USD pair averaged 1.18 pips during that time.
CFD account active trader rebates: For volume traders who qualify as professionals under EU rules, IG offers pricing discounts via its three-tier active-trader rebate program. In tier one, you can earn a 10% spread rebate if you transact over £50 million worth of forex volume per month. Meanwhile, if you trade over £300 million per month, the rebate jumps to as much as 20%. To put this into a different context, 20% off of 0.76 pips is 0.17 pips, which would result in an all-in cost of just 0.60 pips – a very competitive spread. In other regions, where permitted, IG's premium trader program provides various perks and lifestyle benefits that require over $50 million in forex volume, $20 million worth of indices or commodities, or $5 million worth of share trading volume per month to be eligible.
DMA account (Forex Direct): For the savviest traders seeking more significant discounts than what is offered in the CFD account, the DMA account is an even better option than the active trader rebates on IG's spread-only pricing. This commission-based offering, Forex Direct, is available via the DMA account and provides traders access to the L2 Dealer platform. The DMA account requires just a £1,000 minimum and uses a tiered pricing scale based on the trader's previous month's trading volume.
DMA account average spreads: With average spreads of 0.62 on the EUR/USD for July 2023 (including all trading sessions), the all-in spread will be be based on the commission you pay, with the base tier of $60 per million for traders that do less than $100 million per month. Traders that do over 1.5 yards (one yard = $1 billion in volume) see their per-side commission drop to $10 per million ($20 round-turn), resulting in an effective spread of 0.82 pips – using the July 2023 data.
Execution method: Forex Direct streams from interbank liquidity providers where IG acts as an agency broker. IG doesn't add on any additional spread, instead adding a commission to each trade you make (similar to IC Markets, FP Markets, and FOREX.com.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Minimum Deposit | £250.00 |
| Average Spread EUR/USD - Standard | 0.98 |
| All-in Cost EUR/USD - Active | 0.82 |
| Active Trader or VIP Discounts | Yes |
| ACH or SEPA Transfers | Yes |
| PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes |
| Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) | No |
| Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit) | Yes |
| Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes |
Mobile trading apps
IG's mobile app, IG Trading, competes with the best in the industry and won our 2025 Annual Award for #1 Mobile App. It comes packed with plenty of features that will satisfy both casual and advanced traders. The charts in IG’s app are my favorite from among all brokers, due to the extensive range of available features.
Apps overview: IG offers two trading apps: the popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) app, alongside its own flagship mobile app, IG Trading (also known as IG Forex). There is also the IG Academy app for education, and IG Access for account security – but neither supports trading. The IG Trading app has a well-designed layout that’s teeming with features such as alerts, sentiment readings, and highly advanced charts. Research consists of news headlines from Reuters, signals from Autochartist, and PIA First.
Ease of use: IG’s mobile app does a decent job of balancing ease-of-use with the depth of its available features. Navigating integrated news headlines from Reuters, or switching to market analysis and trading signals is a breeze on IG’s app.
The only drawback is the lack of predefined watchlists or screeners, which makes it more difficult to sift through IG’s massive product list. Charts, however, are superb on mobile, and sync seamlessly with the web platform. For example, a chart template saved on the web can be applied to charts on the mobile appThere are syncing watchlists, though it’s worth noting that trend lines do not sync, like they do on SaxoTraderGO from Saxo. Still, there is a lot to like about the IG mobile app.
Charting: IG's mobile app is loaded with 30 technical indicators, 20 drawing tools, and 16 selectable time frames across five distinct chart types – including tick charts. Setting up charts is easy, and zooming in and out across time frames feels quick and precise. Chart indicators added on the web platform won’t automatically sync with the mobile app (although they can be saved as presets). Still, it was an absolute pleasure to use IG Mobile’s charts.
The IG Trading mobile app charting supports trading from the chart, as well as news overlays and multiple concurrent indicators.
Educational videos: For educational content, IG offers a separate standalone mobile app called IG Academy.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Android App | Yes |
| Apple iOS App | Yes |
| Mobile Alerts - Basic Fields | Yes |
| Watchlist Syncing | Yes |
| Mobile Charting - Draw Trendlines | Yes |
| Mobile Charting - Multiple Time Frames | Yes |
| Mobile Economic Calendar | Yes |
| Mobile Charting - Indicators / Studies | 33 |
Trading platforms
IG provides an outstanding selection of trading platforms and tools, with functionality that serves traders of all experience levels.
Platforms overview: While IG does offer the popular MetaTrader 4 platform, alongside the L2 Dealer DMA platform and ProRealTime charting software platform, I focused my testing on IG's award-winning web platform. Usability is at the heart of the experience for IG’s proprietary web-based platform, which won our 2025 Annual Award for #1 Web Platform and comes loaded with a vast selection of features.
Charts open from nearly any view, and display live market prices and streaming bid/ask rates. There is a seemingly endless variety of research and trading tools, including integrated risk-management modules. One minor caveat is that you must take a few minutes to set up the layout, as the default view is mostly empty – though you can save multiple custom layouts. IG's overall implementation of charts into the platform is why they are one of my top picks for day trading forex.
The IG web platform features integrated video on its charting as well as a full layout combining a watchlist with relevant news headlines.
Charting: Default charts within the IG platform feature advanced functionalities, such as the ability to add up to four alerts to any of its 11 supported indicators. Besides five chart types, there is also a tick chart – a useful feature that isn’t offered by every broker. I also appreciated that zooming in and out and resizing the view across time frames all felt very fast and smooth. Lastly, trading from the chart with an integrated trade ticket shows risk/reward ratios, and allows you to drag stops/limits with great precision.
Specialty platforms: IG offers the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform and its L2 Dealer platform, where Forex Direct and Direct Market Access (DMA) are available for share trading. While I do not recommend MT4 due to its limited available product range, L2 Dealer - which requires a minimum deposit of $1,000 - can be a viable option due to the discounts available for active traders, and for its support of advanced algorithmic order types.
ProRealTime charts: ProRealTime – a third-party platform exclusively offered by IG in the U.K. – offers advanced charting with nearly 100 indicators and support for automated strategies. ProRealTime costs £30 per month unless you make at least four trades during each calendar period. While the ProRealTime layout is highly customizable, my testing left me thinking it could use a modern upgrade. For example, floating windows can get messy and are inferior to modern snap grid layouts.
Steven's expert take
"Overall, ProRealTime's charts were an absolute pleasure to use, and I appreciated the automatic coloring of studies, which made them easier to view when adding multiple indicators."
Trading Signals: Traders who want to use forex signals will appreciate that PIA First and Autochartist are directly integrated within IG’s web platform. One thing I appreciate about IG’s integration of trading signals is the ability to copy a trading signal directly into a trade ticket. Learn more about forex signals by checking out our guide to the best forex trading signal providers.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Virtual Trading (Demo) | Yes |
| Proprietary Platform | Yes |
| Desktop Platform (Windows) | Yes |
| Web Platform | Yes |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | No |
| MetaTrader 4 (MT4) | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 (MT5) | No |
| DupliTrade | No |
| ZuluTrade | No |
| Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total) | 33 |
| Charting - Drawing Tools (Total) | 20 |
| Charting - Trade From Chart | Yes |
| Watchlists - Total Fields | 5 |
Market research
IG provides a vast selection of excellent quality market research from both in-house and third-party providers. The sheer amount of content in IG's platform – including in-house broadcasting with IGTV – helped it win best-in-class honors for Research in our 2025 Annual Awards.
Research overview: IG's research tools include streaming news and TV from Reuters, trading signals, in-house broadcasting via IGTV, and an economic calendar and weekly forecast (The Week Ahead series) in video and article format, alongside multiple daily blog updates with market analysis. IG also delivers 10 hours of daily live programming as part of its coverage of global markets. IG's platform is also fully integrated with TipRanks, adding in-depth analysis for those also using the broker to trade non-forex asset classes.
IG provides a vast library of research articles on its website.
Advanced tools include a customizable screener for various asset classes, including CFDs on global stocks, forex. IG’s innovative “Recommended News” section personalizes your content, aiming to tailor headlines based on your account traits.
Market news and analysis: IG integrates Autochartist and PIA First into its platform, allowing traders to view trade signals generated by automated pattern recognition and technical analysis. These trading ideas can be conveniently copied with a single click, which pre-populates the trade ticket window. IG also provides multiple daily articles and videos that are posted throughout the trading week.
IG Community: IG recently launched the IG Community, a social network resembling an advanced forum that brings together over 60,000 users. While the content is crowdsourced, I still found it to be valuable as IG hand-picks the best research articles. There is also a timeline (akin to a social network) that shows member actions such as new joins, follows, and comments on threads.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Daily Market Commentary | Yes |
| Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) | Yes |
| Autochartist | Yes |
| Trading Central (Recognia) | No |
| Social Sentiment - Currency Pairs | Yes |
Education
IG, winner of our 2025 Annual Award for #1 Education, is a leader for its educational content. IG offers a vast selection of material in a variety of formats, including video, written articles, numerous weekly webinars, and guides. There are educational courses organized by experience level on IG Academy, complete with progress tracking and quizzes. IG also provides a dedicated mobile app for education, and its strong social community of over 64,000 members provides a selection of crowd-sourced articles.
Learning center: Educational content is scattered across its website, its YouTube channel, and offers eight trading guides for beginners, five advanced guides, and written materials in a well-designed course that features progress tracking. In addition to educational content, there are seven articles about risk-management from Bollinger Bands, 17 beginner articles, and support is also available for additional languages.
IG Academy: IG Academy features eight courses that are organized by experience level, each containing nearly a dozen chapters. These courses are an interactive experience, with video content, lesson summaries, and quizzes incorporated throughout the coursework. There is also a final quiz where you receive a total score reflecting how many questions were answered correctly.
A typical course on IG Academy, detailing the basics of technical analysis with an overview of basic chart patterns.
Videos: In addition to a wealth of archived content and various playlists on its YouTube channels, IG offers its own in-house broadcasting with IGTV. Featuring content such as multiple weekly webinars, weekly podcasts, IGTV is an excellent educational tool. IG staff also cover educational topics in a live format, such is the Technical Analysis Masterclass. Even archived webinars are organized by experience level, making it easy to find what you need quickly.
IG Community: As noted in the research section above, the IG Community produces content that is curated by IG. Some of this content takes the form of educational articles, while some of it has more of a narrative structure, with traders sharing their personal views, as well as their past trading successes and failures.
Room for improvement: As a leader in this category, IG has little room to enhance its already well-rounded educational offering. Consolidating content from the IG Academy mobile app into the main IG Trading app could be one way to bring all of its educational material into one place, which would make for a more streamlined, accessible experience. It also wouldn’t hurt to include more advanced material, in both written and video format.
| Feature |
IG
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|---|---|
| Education (Forex or CFDs) | Yes |
| Client Webinars | Yes |
| Client Webinars (Archived) | Yes |
| Videos - Beginner Trading Videos | Yes |
| Videos - Advanced Trading Videos | Yes |
| Investor Dictionary (Glossary) | Yes |
Final thoughts
Retail forex and CFD traders who want a trusted broker with brilliant tools, research, and access to nearly every global market (over 19,500 tradeable assets) will find that IG is a fantastic choice.
IG finished Best in Class across multiple categories in 2025, including Range of Investments, Platform and Tools, Research, Professional Trading. IG took first place in multiple categories in the ForexBrokers.com 2025 Annual Awards, including Overall, Mobile Trading Apps, Trust Score, Education, Beginners, and TradingView.
Bottom line, IG is my top pick for 2025.
IG Star Ratings
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IG
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| Overall Rating |
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| Trust Score | 99 |
| Range of Investments |
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ForexBrokers.com 2025 Annual Awards
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Best in Class honors were awarded to the Top 7 forex brokers in each of the following areas: Beginners, Copy Trading, Ease of Use, MetaTrader, TradingView, Algo Trading, Crypto Trading, and Professional Trading.
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Category awards
| Rank #1 | Streak #1 | Best in Class | Best in Class Streak | |
| Overall | 7 | 9 | ||
| Range of Investments | 9 | |||
| Mobile Trading Apps | 2 | 8 | ||
| Platforms & Tools | 9 | |||
| Trust Score | 6 | 6 | ||
| Research | 9 | |||
| Education | 5 | 9 | ||
| Professional Trading | 4 | |||
| Beginners | 4 | 5 | ||
| TradingView | 1 | 1 |
Industry awards
| Rank #1 | Streak | |
| #1 Mobile App | 5 | |
| #1 Web Platform | 2 | |
| #1 Most CFDs | 1 | |
| #1 Forex Options | 5 |
Our testing
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About IG
As an early pioneer in offering contracts for difference (CFDs) and spread betting, IG was founded in 1974 and has grown to be a global leader in the online trading industry. IG is a London-based public company listed on the London Stock Exchange's FTSE 250 (LON: IGG) with a market capitalization of £2.94B as of January 2024.
As of its annual report for the financial year ending May 31, 2022, IG has over 2600 staff, servicing over 358,000 active clients globally across its regulated entities in the UK and internationally. Read more on Wikipedia.
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Steven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Online Broker Research for ForexBrokers.com. Steven previously served as an Editor for Finance Magnates, where he authored over 1,000 published articles about the online finance industry. A forex industry expert and an active fintech and crypto researcher, Steven advises blockchain companies at the board level and holds a Series III license in the U.S. as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA).
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