Platforms and APIs
We offer a range of platforms and APIs to support your business – from DMA and OTC execution with advanced order types, to automated trading with access to Tier 1 bank algo suites.
Platforms and APIs
We offer a range of platforms and APIs to support your business – from DMA and OTC execution with advanced order types, to automated trading with access to Tier 1 bank algo suites.
Platforms and APIs
We offer a range of platforms and APIs to support your business – from DMA and OTC execution with advanced order types, to automated trading with access to Tier 1 bank algo suites.
Access cutting-edge technology
Our trading platforms are engineered for speed, stability and resilience, routinely processing 15 million trades per month1 and providing access to more than 17,000 global financial assets .
We offer web-based trading, mobile apps, and our own proprietary execution systems. We also support third-party trading access via FIX, MT4, API and Bloomberg EMSX.
Multiple platforms to suit your needs
Downloadable advanced platform
L2 Dealer, our proprietary professional platform, enables DMA and execution with advanced order types – including pegged, fill or kill, execute and eliminate, good for auction and more. Thanks to smart order routing (SOR) technology, you’ll gain access to deep liquidity and the best prices on a range of dark and lit venues.
Online primary platform and mobile apps
Our web-based and mobile platforms provide access to 23 global exchanges, and offer a range of charting options, order types and monitoring tools. Introducing brokers can market our user-friendly, award-winning platform and app to clients, with white label agreements available for larger institutions.
Choose your API
Our sophisticated APIs deliver trading with a full range of native exchange order types and synthetic orders, as well as access to Tier 1 bank algo trading suites.
FIX API
Access a full suite of DMA and OTC products with fast account data connections, price updates and execution via our FIX API. FX traders can gain direct access to a large liquidity pool from a number of Tier 1 banks and non-bank liquidity providers.
Web API
Our Web API connection gives you access to real-time data feeds with the ability to conform to your own front end, with minimal IT integration required. Compatible with Excel (VBA), .Net and Java, you can begin coding using any programming language that supports HTTP. We offer further assistance via labs.ig.com.
Third-party platforms
MetaTrader 4 (MT4)
Build algorithms or import Expert Advisors (EAs) to automate your trading with MT4 – fully integrated with our service. Benefit from our relationships with all the major MT4 bridge vendors, connecting your MT4 server to a range of liquidity providers.
Bloomberg EMSX
Our execution and clearing systems are fully compatible with Bloomberg EMSX, ensuring connectivity and ease of use without the need to adopt a new interface. Once integrated, use EMSX to import and route orders and lists, perform analysis and generate custom transaction reports.
ProRealTime (PRT)
The world-leading web-based charting package, fully integrated with the IG trading platform. PRT offers a customisable interface and over 100 indicators for in-depth technical analysis, and the functionality to build your own algorithms for automated trading around the clock.
Contact us
Let us create a solution tailored for your needs. Get in touch with our team by phone or email to discuss your objectives, or request a brochure.
1 Average for FY 2021.
Tel: +41 (0)58 810 77 52
Email: prime@igbank.ch