CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

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Explore FAQ

What is Explore?

Explore is a new and exciting in-app news and analysis feature. You can use this section of the app to access all the content that we have available – from our extensive Reuters news to our market-leading, in-house content like IGTV. The update also comes with some new personalisation features.

This release is just the beginning of a range of updates that we have planned for our in-app news and analysis. Watch this space!

How can I access it?

Access Explore from the ‘account’ tab on the bottom right of the app. Click on the tab and you’ll see it in the menu options.

How do I pin Explore to the access tab in the app?

You can pin Explore to the bottom tab in the app to give you easy access.

Click on the ‘account’ tab
Click on the ‘edit’ button in the top left of the screen
Drag the ‘explore’ tab to the bottom navigation bar to replace one of the existing tabs
Click ‘done’

How can I use Explore to find the news I care about?

Explore has two features to make it easy to find the news you care about.

Filters – you can use a range of filters to discover news stories in the ‘Explore’ feed, based on what you’re interested in. You can access stories from your preferred asset classes, markets or interest or major markets with a single tap
‘For you’ feed – we’ll provide a stream of personalised Reuters news stories based on what you’ve traded in the past, giving you a tailored feed, designed to help you stay on top of the markets you like to follow

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CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Clients can lose more than they deposit. All trading involves risk.

IG is a trading name of IG Markets Limited and IG Markets South Africa Limited. IG Markets South Africa Limited offers domestic accounts and IG Markets Limited offers international accounts.

IG Markets South Africa Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (in South Africa) as an over-the-counter derivative provider and an authorised financial services provider (FSP No 41393). IG Markets Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (in the UK).

IG provides execution only services and enters into principal-to-principal transactions with its clients on IG’s prices. Such trades are not on exchange. Whilst IG Markets South Africa Limited is a regulated FSP and acts as an intermediary as understood in the FAIS Act in relation to the international accounts offered by IG Markets Limited, CFDs issued by IG are not regulated by the FAIS Act as they are undertaken on a principal-to-principal basis. CFDs issued by IG Markets South Africa Limited are regulated by the Financial Markets Act, and IG Markets South Africa Limited is a licenced over-the-counter derivative provider.

South African residents are required to obtain the necessary tax clearance certificates in order to utilise their foreign investment allowance should the South African resident wish to open an international account with IG Markets Limited.

The information on this site is not directed at residents of the United States or Belgium or any particular country outside South Africa and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person in any country or jurisdiction where such distribution or use would be contrary to local law or regulation.

Voted SA’s top CFD provider in Business Day Investors Monthly Annual Stockbroker Awards in 2012, best platform for Active Day Traders in 2013 and 2014, SA's best Online Broker in 2015 and 2017 and SA's best CFD provider in 2020 as well as SA's Top CFD Broker in 2021.