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CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Please ensure you fully understand the risks involved. CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Please ensure you fully understand the risks involved.

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Open a personal CFD or share trading account with a world-leading trading provider. There’s no minimum balance required, it takes less than five minutes, and there’s no obligation to fund or trade.

Create a personal account

Or, apply for our other account types:

Corporate and Trust accounts | Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) account

NZ Corporate account

Why choose IG?

Friendly, expert support

You’ll receive one-to-one support from our experienced, Melbourne-based team, available 24 hours a day from 3pm Saturday to 9am Saturday (AEDT).

Competitive spreads

Trade on over 16,000 international markets, including out-of-hours US shares, and enjoy tight spreads starting from as little as 0.4 points.

Australia’s No.1 provider1

Trade with Australia’s No.1 CFD and FX provider1. With a 44 year heritage at the forefront of the industry, we’re trusted by clients to provide superior service.

Create a tailored account with IG

Corporate account

A complete trading solution for corporate and institutional clients, built around powerful technology, a huge range of markets and superior technical support.

Create Corporate account

Personal account

As an individual trader, you’ll benefit from fast execution, free research tools and cutting-edge platforms with our personal account.

  • Get set up and trading within minutes
  • Enjoy spreads from just 0.4 points
  • Choose from a huge range of markets
Create Personal account

Learn about our Joint Accounts

SMSF account

Designed to give you greater control, your account is tailored to suit you. To apply for a self-managed super fund CFD account, ensure you have assets in excess of $1 million.

Create SMSF account

Create a NZ Corporate account with IG

If your company is incorporated in New Zealand, please follow the steps below to create an account with us.

Read the important documents

Before you open a CFD account with us, you should ensure you have read these important documents:

Fill in the application form

Download and fill in the form.

Download Application Form

Submit your application

You can email the completed form to newaccounts.au@ig.com.

When submitting the application, please attach all required materials.

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Create a tailored account with IG

Personal account

As an individual trader, you’ll benefit from fast execution, free research tools and cutting-edge platforms with our personal account.

  • Get set up and trading within minutes
  • Enjoy spreads from just 0.4 points
  • Choose from a huge range of markets
Create Personal account

Learn about our Joint Accounts

Corporate account

A complete trading solution for corporate and institutional clients, built around powerful technology, a huge range of markets and superior technical support.

Create Corporate account

SMSF account

Designed to give you greater control, your account is tailored to suit you. To apply for a self-managed super fund CFD account, ensure you have assets in excess of $1 million.

Create SMSF account

Create a NZ Corporate account with IG

If your company is incorporated in New Zealand, please follow the steps below to create an account with us.

Read the important documents

Before you open a CFD account with us, you should ensure you have read these important documents:

Fill in the application form

Download and fill in the form.

Download Application Form

Submit your application

You can email the completed form to newaccounts.au@ig.com.

When submitting the application, please attach all required materials.

Trustpilot

Why choose IG?

Friendly, expert support

You’ll receive one-to-one support from our experienced, Melbourne-based team, available 24 hours a day from 7pm Saturday to 9am Saturday (AEDT).

Competitive spreads

Trade with Australia’s No.1 CFD and FX provider1. With a 44 year heritage at the forefront of the industry, we’re trusted by clients to provide superior service.

Australia’s No.1 provider1

Trade on over 16,000 international markets, including out-of-hours US shares, and enjoy tight spreads starting from as little as 0.4 points.

Trade on our best-ever platform

Identify and respond to opportunity quickly, on fast, powerful platforms and natively designed apps.

Fast charts

Our fastest, most responsive charts, built with HTML5 technology.

Trading alerts

Count on your platform to keep you informed with cutting-edge alerts.

Best execution

Our technology is engineered for speed, stability and better prices.

Improve your skills

Discover how to trade – or develop your knowledge – with free online courses, webinars and seminars.

Your account gives you full, free access to our range of educational resources:

Step-by-step interactive courses

Live, expert-led seminars

Live and on-demand webinars

Practice on a $20,000 demo account

Discover IG Academy

Trade on the go

Create an account from our iOS or Android app, designed for optimum performance on your device.

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Contact us

Phone: 1800 601 799 Email: helpdesk.au@ig.com. Information: Terms and agreements

Apply by Post

By downloading a PDF application form, you agree that IG has made our Financial Service Guide (FSG), the PDS and any supplementary PDS available to you. These documents are available here.

Personal Account (PDF, 563KB) | Corporate Account (PDF, 607KB)

Trust (Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 645KB) | Trust (Non-Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 579KB)

SMSF (Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 582KB) | SMSF (Non-corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 543KB) | Joint Account (PDF, 669KB)

Power of Attorney Application (PDF, 691KB)

Return your PDF form to us:

E: accountopening.au@ig.com Fax: +61(3) 9860 1702

Post: IG, Level 32, Queen & Collins, 376-390 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000

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  • CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You do not own or have any interest in the underlying asset. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Please consider the Margin Trading Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), Risk Disclosure Notice and Target Market Determination before entering into any CFD transaction with us.
  • The value of shares, ETFs and ETCs bought through an IG share trading account can fall as well as rise, which could mean getting back less than you originally put in. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
  • Please ensure you fully understand the risks and take care to manage your exposure.
  • The information on this website is prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. Consequently, you should consider the information in light of your objectives, financial situation and needs.
  • This website is operated by IG Australia Pty Ltd. IG Australia Pty Ltd is located on Level 32, Queen & Collins, 376-390 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000. ABN 93 096 585 410, Australian Financial Services Licence No. 515106. Derivatives Issuer Licence in New Zealand FSP No. 684191, NZBN 9429047618251.