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Trading apps
MetaTrader 4
ProRealTime
L2 Dealer
US options and futures
What our clients say
"Very innovative. User friendly platform"
What our clients say
"By far the best and easiest trading platform I have used"
What our clients say
"Fast and responsive. Clear. Very informative fundamentals and signals"
What our clients say
"Allows for in depth chart analysis, custom alerts and automatic trading"
Why trade US options and futures with us?
Trade on Investopedia’s number one options platform1
Open positions on an award-winning platform1 with innovative risk management tools and other handy capabilities
Explore inspirational content
Improve your trading knowledge with countless resources that are suitable for all experience levels
Get personalised support
Contact us for expert support whenever you need it, 24 hours a day from 8am Saturday to 10pm Friday (UK time)
Pay low commissions2
Trade options from $1.00 per contract to open and no charge to close; and from $0.85 commission to open and close a micro futures contract, each way2
Choose a cash or margin account
Choose your preferred account type: a margin account to trade using leverage,3 with access to more options strategies, or a cash account*
Go long, short, or non-directional
Speculate on rising, falling, and sideways markets. You’ll use options strategies for range-bound positions when you think prices will move sideways
* Futures are only available in a margin account.
Your new favourite online trading platform
Reduce risk with powerful tools
Fast execution, real-time prices
Built by traders, for traders
Simple, clean design for quick market access
Everything you need in one place
Personalise settings for super-fast trading
Online trading platform features
- Deal ticket
- Charts
- News and analysis
- IG Live
- Alerts
- Signals
- Customisation
Take full control over each trade with just a few clicks in our easy-to-use deal ticket:
- Get an instant overview of market prices, spread, and margin with our simple, clean design
- Reduce risk and protect your profits with stops and limits – including guaranteed stops for watertight protection2
- Choose your preferred currency to keep conversion charges down
- Trade automatically by setting orders to open at your chosen level, then choose their expiry date or close manually
- Set alerts to trigger when a market moves an amount, hits a price level or meets your technical conditions
- Find dealing specs in the ‘information’ tab – minimum stop distances and trade sizes, margin factors and more
Get to the heart of price action and seize your opportunity with our fast, clear, smart charts.
- Track performance across timeframes, from tick-by-tick to monthly
- Compare up to four timeframes on a single chart
- Perform in-depth analysis with 28 indicators (including MACD, RSI and Bollinger Bands) and 19 drawings
- Experience stable and effortless dealing supported by HTML5 technology, on any browser
- Deal in an instant, direct from charts – open, close and edit your positions in a couple of clicks
- Get free integrated access to ProRealTime, the leading web-based charting package for advanced traders
Keep up with financial announcements, and stay ahead of market movements, with news and analysis built into our online trading platform.
- Twitter: Follow our curated feed for real-time updates from financial news outlets, analysts, traders and institutions.
- Reuters: Read breaking news tailored to you, through an always-updated feed from the world-leading news organisation.
- In-house analysts: Find what you need to make an informed trade, with fundamental and technical analysis from IG and DailyFX analysts.
Get inspired by live and on-demand shows from our in-house TV channel.
- Watch shows with our experts three times a day, Monday to Friday. Discover markets to track, find key levels with live technical analysis, and plan ahead with a look at tomorrow’s likely events.
- 7:30am (live) – Pre-European open bulletin
- 10.30am (live) – Charting the markets
- 4pm: Trading look ahead - Get exclusive coverage of major events, like monetary policy announcements from the Federal Reserve and Bank of England.
Price moves. Economic events. Technical patterns. Set up automatic alerts and be the first to know about them - on any device:
- Price level alerts trigger when your market hits your chosen price
- Price change alerts trigger when a market moves your chosen amount
- Technical indicator alerts let you know when a market meets your technical conditions
- Economic calendar alerts inform you ahead of important market events
Get help identifying the right time to trade on forex, indices and commodities markets. Have buy and sell signals, based on analysis from two expert third parties, delivered to your mobile or desktop:
- Take the guesswork out of chart pattern recognition
- Reinforce your own market research and analysis
- Be alerted to significant trends and patterns
- Decide whether to react to potential opportunities
Tweak our trading platform so it works, looks and feels just how you need it to:
- Set up multiple workspaces for different markets and goals
- Switch between light and dark modes
- Group your favourite markets in watchlists for quick access
- Personalise your balance bar for a detailed or at-a-glance view
- Seize opportunity even quicker with one-click dealing
- Add or remove columns to tailor the info you see
- Save space - tab your panels in one place for faster access
Award-winning trading platforms
Our trading platforms have been recognised time and time again by our industry.
Best Multi Platform
Provider
ADVFN International Financial Awards
Best Finance
App
ADVFN International Financial Awards
Best Trading
App
Professional Trader Awards
Try our online trading platform now
Try out the UK’s best online trading platform – open a free IG demo account.1 It only takes a few minutes and you’ll get £10,000 virtual money to practise with.
Try our online trading platform now
Try out the UK’s best online trading platform – open a free IG demo account.1 It only takes a few minutes and you’ll get £10,000 virtual money to practise with.
Fast, efficient online trading platform
0.014 seconds average execution speed3
86 million trades in FY19
- Pricing
- Execution
- Security
How we find the best prices
We constantly review many different venues to find you the best price. We always try to improve the integrity of our prices and reduce your transaction charges.
How you get the best price
Markets can move in milliseconds, so the price you click to trade on may change by the time your order reaches us. However, our order management system will never fill you at a level worse than the one you requested (though your order may be rejected).
Fast and reliable
Our robust trading platforms employ the best execution and are built to cope with huge volumes of trades very quickly at 0.027 seconds from submission to fill4. We have approximately 90,000 stock trading clients, with 775 million5 contracts being traded using our award-winning web platforms and trading apps.
You have full control
Thanks to our range of order types, you have greater control over how your trade is executed – so you can trade exactly the way you want:
- Partial fills increase your chances of successful execution when trading in large sizes
- Points through current reduces your chance of price rejection in volatile markets - trade through the current IG price
All our platforms use top-of-the-range web security, so you can trade with confidence.
We use 256-bit SLL (secure sockets layer) encryption, the industry standard for online financial transactions – from eBay to high street banks.
Third-party trading platforms
Take greater control over your dealing with built-in access to a range of advanced third-party platforms.
What trading platforms can I use?
Compare features and decide when to use a particular platform, with our helpful comparison table.
Mobile trading platform
Take our platform wherever you go, with our award-winning mobile trading app.
Master the IG platform
Get a platform walkthrough of our UK online trading platform from our experts, and learn some helpful hints and tips – watch the webinars in our archive.
Master the IG platform
Get a platform walkthrough of our UK online trading platform from our experts, and learn some helpful hints and tips – watch the webinars in our archive.
Award winning service
2024 Best Platform for the Active Trader
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2024 Best Finance App
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2024 Best platform for options trading
ADVFN International Finance Awards
2024 Best Multi Platform Provider
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2024 Best share dealing platform
YourMoney.co.uk Investment Awards
2024 Best for Low-cost ISA – more than 50k
Boring Money Best Buy Awards
Support when you need it
"Allows for in depth chart analysis, custom alerts and automatic trading"
"Fast and responsive. Clear. Very informative fundamentals and signals"
"Allows for in depth chart analysis, custom alerts and automatic trading"
FAQs
What is a trading platform?
A trading platform is computer software which you can use to research, place, monitor and edit trades. You can choose from many platforms, including desktop platforms, trading apps, web-based platforms and third-party programs.
What trading platforms can I trade with in the UK?
There are several trading platforms available to you in the UK, including online platforms which operate on desktop, or platforms which run on mobile apps. There are also specialist algorithmic and automated trading platforms like MetaTrader 4 and ProRealTime.
How do I choose a trading platform?
If you’re new to the markets, you might want to use an online trading platform on your desktop. If you prefer to trade on the move, you might choose a smart phone or tablet trading app. Experienced traders can use advanced third-party platforms, while algorithmic traders can choose specialist platforms to develop their own automated trading programs.
Compare a range of platforms here.
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1 Best platform for the active trader, best multi-platform provider and best trading app as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024. Best share dealing platform as awarded at the YourMoney.co.uk Investment Awards, 2024
2 You’ll pay a small premium only if your guaranteed stop is triggered.
3 Based on IG Group's OTC data for October 2019
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Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 71% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Professional clients trading spread bets and CFDs can lose more than they deposit.
Options and futures are complex instruments which come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. They’re not suitable for most investors. Before you invest, you should consider whether you understand how options and futures work, the risks of trading these instruments and whether you can afford to lose more than your original investment.
Trading stocks and shares ‘on margin’ within a US options and futures account – meaning that you only finance part of the cost of acquiring a position in a security – carries additional risks over buying securities on a fully funded basis and may result in losses exceeding your original investment. Trading on margin will also result in additional costs to you as the investor and any securities purchased using margin may be held as collateral by the lender, restricting both your rights as shareholder, and your ability to use the securities until the margin trade is closed. You should familiarise yourself with these risks before trading on margin.
The value of shares, ETFs and other ETPs bought through a share dealing account, a US options and futures account, a stocks and shares ISA or a SIPP 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. Some ETPs carry additional risks depending on how they’re structured, investors should ensure they familiarise themselves with the differences before investing.
Share dealing and IG Smart Portfolio accounts provided by IG Trading and Investments Ltd, CFD accounts and US options and futures accounts are provided by IG Markets Ltd, spread betting provided by IG Index Ltd.
IG is a trading name of IG Trading and Investments Ltd (a company registered in England and Wales under number 11628764), IG Markets Ltd (a company registered in England and Wales under number 04008957) and IG Index Ltd (a company registered in England and Wales under number 01190902). Registered address at Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2YA. IG Markets Ltd (Register number 195355), IG Trading and Investments Ltd (Register Number 944492) and IG Index Ltd (Register number 114059) are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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