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CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your deposits, so please consider our Risk Disclosure Notice and ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your deposits, so please consider our Risk Disclosure Notice and ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.

Reduced minimums

Ready to take the next step on your trading journey? Get reduced minimum deal or trade sizes for the first two weeks when you open a live CFD trading account or upgrade from a demo account.

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What are the benefits of reduced minimums deal sizes?

Trade in a reduced-risk environment

Start building your confidence trading on live markets for your first 14 days

Speculate with real capital

Unlike a demo account, you’ll have the opportunity to make real profits (or losses)

What are reduced minimums?

CFDs

Reduced minimum deal or trade sizes on all FX, commodities, indices CFDs, or reduced commission rates for CFD shares, enable you to take a position at 50% of the size that we normally require. This means they are a great way to start trading, or an ideal next step if you’ve been perfecting your trading skills on our demo account. Although you’ll be trading on live markets, you’ll be able to lessen your exposure, and so reduce your risk.

This offering is available for the entirety of your first 31 days trading from a live CFD account, across all of our markets.

Our prices are already competitive, but our reduced minimum deal sizes will help you keep costs down while you build your confidence trading live.

  • Trade size
  • Minimum commission
Market Lower minimum trade size (first 14 days) Standard (after 14 days)
Germany 40

0.5

1

EUR/CHF

0.5

1

Gold

0.25

0.5

Week

Minimum commission (online)
Swiss shares

1-2

CHF 1

3-4

CHF 3

5-6

CHF 5

See our standard charges

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We’ll ask a few questions about your trading experience.

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Or practise on a risk-free demo if you’d prefer.

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Trade CFDs to speculate on whether an asset’s price will move up or down – without having to own the asset

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You can find opportunity in rising and falling markets across a range of asset classes, including:

Forex

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FAQs

Am I eligible for reduced minimums?

You’ll be eligible for reduced minimum deal sizes if:

  • You’re a new client, who is within the first two weeks of creating their live account
  • You’ve been using an IG demo account and are within the first two weeks of upgrading to a live account

How long will I be able to enjoy lower minimums for?

You’ll be able to take advantage of our lower minimums offering for 14 days after you have opened your live account. During this time you can build your confidence trading, ready to start trading our standard deal sizes.

Do I have to be a new client to use reduced minimums?

Yes – or at least, you’ll have to have a new live CFD trading account. If you have already been using our demo account, you can upgrade to a live account and still use reduced minimum deal sizes for the first two weeks.

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