IG Markets

IG Markets is the broker that specialises in financial derivatives, mostly Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on stocks and indices, as well as forex, futures trading and options trading. Its clients include brokers, fund managers and trading companies as well as private investors.

IG Markets has an extensive industry experience. IG Markets is a subsidiary of IG Group which is active since 1974 in the UK market. It is also a UK FTSE 250 member.

IG Markets Overview

In May 2005, the IG Holdings plc went onto the main list of the London Stock Exchange (LSE)and is one of the top 250 companies (FTSE 250) in Britain. IG Markets UK is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (British regulatory body for financial services companies), its US subsidiary is a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), a member of the National Futures Association (NFA), and is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), german office is regulated by the Federal Agency for Financial Supervision and in Australia by the Securities and Investments Commission.

The IG Group serves individual investors and institutional clients in more than 70 countries. IG Markets has offices in London, Paris, Madrid, Melbourne, Chicago, Singapore, Tokyo and Dusseldorf. The company offers its clients real-time trading software, multilingual back-office and access to charts and market analysis. IG Markets is one of the world’s leading company in real-time derivatives trading. IG Markets guarantees market rates at individual stock CFDs, with low capital investment and low commissions. IG Markets is the only CFD vendor to offer its customers for stock CFDs via DMA (Direct Market Access) and market depth via a browser-based trading platform to trade directly on original stock market prices in the order book. As a control measure, e.g. trailing stops and guaranteed stops are offered to retail traders and investors to ensure they act with good risk management features.

IG Markets offers CFD trading since 1999 including stocks and indices, commodities, bonds and currency trading for all major currency pairs at the interbank rates. There are more than 8,000 instruments from 25 stock exchanges available. Level 2 for professional stock CFDs trading is available at any time as well as the exact depth of the market shares.

Trading platforms

PureDeal and L2 trading platforms allow access to the key global markets such as NYSE, LSE, XETRA DAX, Euro, etc. You will be able to trade from CFDs on options and binary options to ETFs, ETCs, Bonds, Forex, and commoditirs. It is all, with a single trading platform.

Broker type: market maker (MM)

Spreads

EUR/USD – 1 Pip
USD/JPY – 1 Pip
USD/CHF – 2 Pips
GBP/USD – 2 Pips
EUR/CHF – 2 Pips
EUR/GBP – 2 Pips
EUR/JPY – 2 Pips
Account funding

Bank Wire
Credit cards

Awards

Traders Choice Awards 2009: Best CFD Broker
Traders Choice Awards 2008: Best Forex Broker
MoneyAM’s Online Finance Awards 2008: Best Active Trading Platform
Financial Times Awards 2008: Best Spread Betting Firm

Contacts

IG Markets Ltd, Cannon Bridge House
25 Dowgate Hill
London EC4R 2YA

International: +44 207 633 5555
Institutional Trading: +44 (0)20 7573 0219 (08.00-18.00)
International: +44 207 633 5320
Email: helpdesk@igmarkets.com

web-site and special promotions: www.igmarkets.com/fx

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