Create account
Open a personal CFD or share trading account with a world-leading trading provider. There’s no minimum balance required, it takes less than five minutes, and there’s no obligation to fund or trade.
Or, apply for our other account types:
Corporate and Trust accounts | Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) account
Why choose IG?
Friendly, expert support
You’ll receive one-to-one support from our experienced, Melbourne-based team, available 24 hours a day from 3pm Saturday to 9am Saturday (AEDT).
Competitive spreads
Trade on over 16,000 international markets, including out-of-hours US shares, and enjoy tight spreads starting from as little as 0.4 points.
Australia’s No.1 provider1
Trade with Australia’s No.1 CFD and FX provider1. With a 44 year heritage at the forefront of the industry, we’re trusted by clients to provide superior service.
Create a tailored account with IG
Corporate account
A complete trading solution for corporate and institutional clients, built around powerful technology, a huge range of markets and superior technical support.
Personal account
As an individual trader, you’ll benefit from fast execution, free research tools and cutting-edge platforms with our personal account.
- Get set up and trading within minutes
- Enjoy spreads from just 0.4 points
- Choose from a huge range of markets
SMSF account
Designed to give you greater control, your account is tailored to suit you. To apply for a self-managed super fund CFD account, ensure you have assets in excess of $1 million.
Create a NZ Corporate account with IG
If your company is incorporated in New Zealand, please follow the steps below to create an account with us.
Read the important documents
Before you open a CFD account with us, you should ensure you have read these important documents:
- Risk Disclosure Notice
- Margin Trading Customer Agreement
- Margin Trading Product Disclosure Statement
- Target Market Determination
- Any relevant Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement and other disclosure documents, which you can find on our terms and agreements page.
Submit your application
You can email the completed form to newaccounts.au@ig.com.
When submitting the application, please attach all required materials.
Create a tailored account with IG
Personal account
As an individual trader, you’ll benefit from fast execution, free research tools and cutting-edge platforms with our personal account.
- Get set up and trading within minutes
- Enjoy spreads from just 0.4 points
- Choose from a huge range of markets
Corporate account
A complete trading solution for corporate and institutional clients, built around powerful technology, a huge range of markets and superior technical support.
SMSF account
Designed to give you greater control, your account is tailored to suit you. To apply for a self-managed super fund CFD account, ensure you have assets in excess of $1 million.
Create a NZ Corporate account with IG
If your company is incorporated in New Zealand, please follow the steps below to create an account with us.
Read the important documents
Before you open a CFD account with us, you should ensure you have read these important documents:
- Risk Disclosure Notice
- Margin Trading Customer Agreement
- Margin Trading Product Disclosure Statement
- Target Market Determination
- Any relevant Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement and other disclosure documents, which you can find on our terms and agreements page.
Submit your application
You can email the completed form to newaccounts.au@ig.com.
When submitting the application, please attach all required materials.
Why choose IG?
Friendly, expert support
You’ll receive one-to-one support from our experienced, Melbourne-based team, available 24 hours a day from 7pm Saturday to 9am Saturday (AEDT).
Competitive spreads
Trade with Australia’s No.1 CFD and FX provider1. With a 44 year heritage at the forefront of the industry, we’re trusted by clients to provide superior service.
Australia’s No.1 provider1
Trade on over 16,000 international markets, including out-of-hours US shares, and enjoy tight spreads starting from as little as 0.4 points.
Trade on our best-ever platform
Identify and respond to opportunity quickly, on fast, powerful platforms and natively designed apps.
Fast charts
Our fastest, most responsive charts, built with HTML5 technology.
Trading alerts
Count on your platform to keep you informed with cutting-edge alerts.
Best execution
Our technology is engineered for speed, stability and better prices.
Improve your skills
Discover how to trade – or develop your knowledge – with free online courses, webinars and seminars.
Your account gives you full, free access to our range of educational resources:
Step-by-step interactive courses
Live, expert-led seminars
Live and on-demand webinars
Practice on a $20,000 demo account
Trade on the go
Create an account from our iOS or Android app, designed for optimum performance on your device.
Contact us
Phone: 1800 601 799 Email: helpdesk.au@ig.com. Information: Terms and agreements
Apply by Post
By downloading a PDF application form, you agree that IG has made our Financial Service Guide (FSG), the PDS and any supplementary PDS available to you. These documents are available here.
Personal Account (PDF, 563KB) | Corporate Account (PDF, 607KB)
Trust (Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 645KB) | Trust (Non-Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 579KB)
SMSF (Corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 582KB) | SMSF (Non-corporate Trustee) Account (PDF, 543KB) | Joint Account (PDF, 669KB)
Power of Attorney Application (PDF, 691KB)
Return your PDF form to us:
E: accountopening.au@ig.com Fax: +61(3) 9860 1702
Post: IG, Level 32, Queen & Collins, 376-390 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
1 Number 1 in Australia by primary relationships, Investment Trends August 2017 CFD Report. Investment Trends December 2017 FX Report.
