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Discover Switzerland’s best online trading platform¹
Experience seamless online trading at your fingertips. Explore the features of our web platform and tap into thousands of global markets with powerful trading tools.
For trading account opening enquiries, please call +41 (0) 58 810 77 42. We’re available Monday to Friday, 9:00am–6:00pm.
Looking for the best online trading platform1?
A trading platform is your gateway to the financial markets – a powerful tool to research, place, monitor, and manage trades through a broker. With our trading platform, you can take full control over each trade with our easy-to-use deal ticket, access real-time charts directly from your browser and customise multiple order types and workspaces.
Create a live account and enjoy the same comprehensive trading experience whether you’re at your desktop, working on a laptop, or trading on the go with our mobile app.
Why use our online trading platform?
Personalise your trading experience, so it works, looks and feels just how you need it to.
- Award-winning: We've earned multiple awards1, including 'Best Finance App’, ‘Best Multi Platform Provider’ and ‘Best Platform for Active Traders’ at the ADVFN International Finance Awards 2025.
- Trusted web security: Your trading security is assured with the same encryption protection used by major banks and payment providers.
- Fast and reliable: Our web trading platform delivers best execution and is built to cope with huge volumes of trades very quickly – at just 0,027 seconds from submission to fill.
Prefer trading on the go?
The IG trading platform is accessible wherever you are. Access the markets anytime, anywhere with the IG trading app. Enjoy the same powerful features as on desktop, right from your mobile device. Download now from the App Store or Google Play.
An award-winning1 web trading app built for excellence
2025
Best Platform for the Active Trader
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2025
Best Finance App
ADVFN International Financial Awards
2025
Best Multi Platform Provider
ADVFN International Financial Awards
Key features of the IG web trading platform
Our versatile online trading platform delivers a complete experience, with advanced tools tailored for every level, from beginners building confidence to seasoned traders executing complex strategies.
- Sophisticated charts & analysis
- Watchlists & customisation
- Market insights & economic calendar
- Alerts & signals
Transform your desktop set-up into a sophisticated multi-screen analysis hub with institutional-grade charting tools that provide the depth and precision required by experienced traders.
- Analyse performance across multiple timeframes, from tick-by-tick to monthly views
- Compare up to four timeframes on a single chart for comprehensive market analysis
- Perform in-depth technical analysis with 28 indicators (including MACD, RSI and Bollinger Bands) and 19 drawing tools
- Experience stable, responsive performance with HTML5 technology on any browser
- Deal directly from charts – open, close and edit positions with just a couple of clicks
Create a fully integrated and customisable market monitoring system with extensive, multi-category watchlists that provide comprehensive oversight of all your trading interests simultaneously.
- Create multiple watchlists organised by market type, strategy or personal preference
- Track live prices across all your selected markets in real-time
- Sort and filter by performance, volatility or alphabetically
- Add or remove columns to display exactly what you need
- Personalise your balance bar for a detailed or at-a-glance view
- Switch between light and dark modes to suit your preference and trading environment
Develop a knowledge advantage with our financial news ecosystem, bringing together multiple sources, expert commentary by our financial analyst and research capabilities in one unified trading environment.
- Access breaking financial news and make informed decisions with insights from our expert analysts, covering both fundamental and technical perspectives.
- Track upcoming market events in our economic calendar and anticipate potential market impacts.
Build a sophisticated market monitoring infrastructure with our professional-grade alert system, combining customisable technical triggers, market events, and reliable trading signals in one integrated notification hub.
- Set price alerts that trigger when markets hit your specified levels and create notifications for when markets shift by your chosen amount
- Receive economic event reminders before important announcements
- Take the guesswork out of pattern recognition with automated technical analysis
- Receive alerts across all your devices for seamless monitoring
Unlock powerful trading features
Explore our exclusive all-in-one platform toolkit.
Start trading with IG Bank
Get started in 3 simple steps:
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Set-up your profile
Answer a few questions to get started.
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Identity check
An expert from our Swiss team will contact you to confirm your details and answer any questions you may have.
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Fund and place your first trade
Make your first deposit via bank transfer and dive straight into the action.
1 Awarded ‘Best Finance App’, ‘Best Multi Platform Provider’ and ‘Best Platform for Active Traders’ at the ADVFN International Finance Awards 2025.
