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Reduced minimums
Ready to take the next step on your trading journey? Get reduced minimum deal or trade sizes for the first two weeks when you open a live CFD trading account or upgrade from a demo account.
For trading account opening enquiries, please call +41 (0) 58 810 77 42. We’re available Monday to Friday, 9:00am–6:00pm.
What are the benefits of reduced minimums deal sizes?
Trade in a reduced-risk environment
Start building your confidence trading on live markets for your first 14 days
Speculate with real capital
Unlike a demo account, you’ll have the opportunity to make real profits (or losses)
What are reduced minimums?
CFDs
Reduced minimum deal or trade sizes on all FX, commodities, indices CFDs, or reduced commission rates for CFD shares, enable you to take a position at 50% of the size that we normally require. This means they are a great way to start trading, or an ideal next step if you’ve been perfecting your trading skills on our demo account. Although you’ll be trading on live markets, you’ll be able to lessen your exposure, and so reduce your risk.
This offering is available for the entirety of your first 31 days trading from a live CFD account, across all of our markets.
Our prices are already competitive, but our reduced minimum deal sizes will help you keep costs down while you build your confidence trading live.
- Trade size
- Minimum commission
| Market | Lower minimum trade size (first 14 days) | Standard (after 14 days) |
| Germany 40 | 0.5 |
1 |
| EUR/CHF | 0.5 |
1 |
| Gold | 0.25 |
0.5 |
Week |
Minimum commission (online) |
1-2 |
CHF 1 |
3-4 |
CHF 3 |
5-6 |
CHF 5 |
Open an account today
Fill in our simple online form
We’ll ask a few questions about your trading experience.
Identity verification
We can verify your identity in 6 different ways.
Fund your account and trade
Or practise on a risk-free demo if you’d prefer.
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Log in to your account now to access today’s opportunity in a huge range of markets.
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Forex
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FAQs
Am I eligible for reduced minimums?
You’ll be eligible for reduced minimum deal sizes if:
- You’re a new client, who is within the first two weeks of creating their live account
- You’ve been using an IG demo account and are within the first two weeks of upgrading to a live account
How long will I be able to enjoy lower minimums for?
You’ll be able to take advantage of our lower minimums offering for 14 days after you have opened your live account. During this time you can build your confidence trading, ready to start trading our standard deal sizes.
Do I have to be a new client to use reduced minimums?
Yes – or at least, you’ll have to have a new live CFD trading account. If you have already been using our demo account, you can upgrade to a live account and still use reduced minimum deal sizes for the first two weeks.
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