Full details on our suite of platforms, designed for all levels and situations.
Web-based
Mobile
Tablet
Downloadable DMA platform
ProRealTime charts
Core platforms |
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| Web-based | Mobile app | Tablet apps | |
| Brief description | Our award-winning flagship trading platform is available online without any download required. | Our trading platform has been optimised for most smartphones, including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. | Our trading platform has been optimised for iPad and Windows tablets. |
| Accessibility | Browser-based | Download | Download |
| Suitability | All users | All users | All users |
| Platform costs | Free | Free | Free |
| Exchange fees | Monthly fees for shares data and level 2 prices | Monthly fees for shares data and level 2 prices | Monthly fees for shares data and level 2 prices |
| Available products | CFDs | CFDs | CFDs |
| Tradable markets | All | All | All |
| Streaming Reuters news | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring tools | Watchlists, price alerts, orders, Autochartist | Watchlists, price alerts, orders | Watchlists, price alerts, orders |
| Charts | IG charts, ProRealTime access, Autochartist |
IG mobile charts | IG mobile charts |
| Trade from charts | Yes | No | No |
| Price–improvement technology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct market access (DMA) | Yes (CFDs only) | Yes (CFDs only) | Yes (CFDs only) |
| Order types | Limits, stops, guaranteed stops, trailing stops, market orders | Limits, stops, guaranteed stops, trailing stops, market orders | Limits, stops, guaranteed stops, trailing stops, market orders |
| Automated trading strategies | No | No | No |
| Account management | Register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings | Make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings | Make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings |
| Add-ons | DMA, ProRealTime access, Forex Direct | DMA | DMA |
| Web-based | Mobile app | Tablet app | |
Specialist platforms |
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| L2 Dealer | ProRealTime | MetaTrader4 | |
| Brief description | Get direct market access (DMA) with our level two trading platform, originally designed for our own traders. | ProRealTime is the leading advanced charting package on the web, offering powerful monitoring tools, flexible access and advanced analysis resources. | MetaTrader 4 is a popular third-party platform for forex CFD trading, with advanced analysis and automated trading tools. |
| Accessibility | Download | Browser-based (via desktop platform) | Download |
| Suitability | Advanced shares traders | Technical chart users | Forex specialists |
| Platform costs | Free (minimum £1000 balance required) | £30 per month (refunded for active traders) | Free |
| Exchange fees | Monthly fees for shares data and level 2 prices | Monthly fee for shares data | None |
| Available products | CFDs | CFDs | CFDs |
| Tradable markets | DMA forex and shares OTC forex, shares, indices and commodities |
All | Forex, indices, oil and major metals |
| Streaming Reuters news | Yes | No | No |
| Monitoring tools | Watchlists, price alerts, orders | ProScreener, Alerts, TopMovers, Lists, ProRealTrend and Automated trading | Automated trading |
| Charts | ProRealTime access | Advanced ProRealTime charts | Advanced MT4 charts |
| Trade from charts | Yes (through ProRealTime, OTC only) | Yes | Yes |
| Price–improvement technology | Yes (OTC only) | Yes | No |
| Direct market access (DMA) | Yes (CFDs only) | No | No |
| Order types | Limits, market orders, tranche (iceberg) orders, fill or kill, execute and eliminate, date, day, good for auction, good till cancel, at the auction, at the open, at the close, at best |
Market orders, limits, stops, trailing stops, market if touched, one cancels the other, one enables the others | Market orders, limits, stops, stop-loss, take profit |
| Automated trading strategies | No | Yes | Yes |
| Account management | Register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings | Register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings |
Handled through the web-based platform |
| Add-ons | Currenex, Bloomberg, FIX API | Coming soon | Autochartist, Trading Central |
| L2 Dealer | ProRealTime | MetaTrader4 | |
It's free to open an account, and there's no obligation to fund or trade.
Browser-based desktop trading and native apps for all devices.
Get fast, reliable execution and the best available prices.
Use your own IT solutions (via trading terminals or APIs) to utilise our execution technology.
We're here 6 days a week Sun-Fri, from 8am to 7pm. Support is available 24hrs a day from Monday to Friday.
You can also email us at helpdesk.ae@ig.com
