A faster, clearer and smarter way to trade. Seize your opportunities with a cutting-edge platform built around
your needs.
"Very innovative. User friendly platform"
"By far the best and easiest trading platform I have used"
"Fast and responsive. Clear. Very informative fundamentals and signals"
"Allows for in depth chart analysis, custom alerts and automatic trading"
Simple, clean design for quick market access
Everything you need in one place
Personalise settings for super-fast trading
Reduce risk with powerful tools
Fast execution, real-time prices
Built by traders, for traders
Take full control over each trade with just a few clicks in our easy-to-use deal ticket:
Get to the heart of price action and seize your opportunity with our fast, clear, smart charts.
Keep up with financial announcements, and stay ahead of market movements, with news and analysis built into our online trading platform.
Get inspired by live and on-demand shows from our in-house TV channel.
Price moves. Economic events. Technical patterns. Set up automatic alerts and be the first to know about them - on any device:
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:
Tweak our trading platform so it works, looks and feels just how you need it to:
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 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 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.
0.014 seconds average execution speed3
86 million trades in FY19
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.
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).
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.
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:
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.
Take greater control over your dealing with built-in access to a range of advanced third-party platforms.
Compare features and decide when to use a particular platform, with our helpful comparison table.
Take our platform wherever you go, with our award-winning mobile trading app.
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.
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.
2024
Best Share Dealing Platform
Yourmoney.co.uk Investment
2024
Best Multi Platform Provider
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2024
Best Platform for the Active Trader
ADVFN International Financial Awards
"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"
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.
We're clear about our charges, so you'll always know what to expect.
Remove human error from your trading and backtest your theories.
See how we've been changing the face of trading for more than 50 years.
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