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Trading platforms
Access all trading platforms and integration options available through IG. Find the perfect combination of platforms to suit your trading strategy.
IG trading platforms
Choose our award-winning¹ online platform for a seamless trading experience.
Third-party trading platforms
Chart, trade, and connect with traders using real-time data and technical tools.
Analyse markets with advanced charting, custom tools and professional insights.
Key features of the IG platform
- Dealing ticket
- Charts
- News and analysis
- IG Live
- Alerts
- Signals
- Customisation
Take full control over each trade in just a few clicks, using the range of helpful features in our easy-to-use deal ticket:
- Get an instant overview of market prices, spread, and margin with our simple, clean design
- Mitigate risk and protect your profits with our range of stops and limits – including guaranteed stops for watertight protection1
- Choose your preferred currency to keep conversion charges down.
- Trade automatically by setting orders to open at your chosen level, then choose their expiry date or close manually
- Set alerts to trigger when a market moves an amount, hits a price level or meets your technical conditions
- Find dealing specs in the ‘information’ tab – minimum stop distances and trade sizes, margin factors and more
Get right to the heart of price action and make the most of opportunity with our fast, clear, smart charts.
- Analyse performance across timeframes, from tick-by-tick to monthly
- Compare up to four timeframes on a single chart
- Perform in-depth analysis with 28 indicators (including MACD, RSI and Bollinger Bands) and 19 drawings
- Experience a stable, effortless dealing supported by HTML5 technology, on any browser
- Deal in an instant, direct from charts – open, close and edit positions in a couple of clicks
- Get integrated access to ProRealTime, the leading web-based charting package for advanced traders
Looking for your next opportunity? Stay up-to-date with financial announcements, and ahead of market movements, with our news and analysis package – integrated into our online trading platform.
- Twitter: Follow our curated in-platform Twitter feed for real-time updates from financial news outlets, analysts, traders and institutions.
- Reuters: Discover the breaking news of the day, filtering by asset class if you wish, through an always-updated content and video feed from the world-leading news organisation.
- In-house analysts: Find out what you need to make an informed trade, with fundamental and technical analysis from IG and DailyFX.
Get access to live and on-demand shows from our in-house TV channel, for trade inspiration and expert analysis.
- Watch shows with our experts three times a day, Monday to Friday. Discover markets to track, find key levels with live technical analysis, and plan ahead with an advance look at tomorrow’s likely events.
- 7:30am (live) – Pre-European open bulletin
- 10.30am (live) – Charting the markets
- 4pm: Trading look ahead - Get exclusive coverage of major events, like monetary policy announcements from the Federal Reserve and Bank of England.
Price moves. Economic events. Technical patterns. Set up automatic alerts and be the first to know about them - on any device:
- Price level alerts trigger when your market hits your chosen price
- Price change alerts trigger when a market moves your chosen amount
- Technical indicator alerts let you know when a market meets your technical conditions
- Economic calendar alerts inform you ahead of important market events
Get help identifying the right time to trade on forex, indices and commodities markets. Have buy and sell signals, based on analysis from two expert third parties, delivered to your mobile or desktop:
- Take the guesswork out of chart pattern recognition
- Reinforce your own market research and analysis
- Be alerted to significant trends and patterns
- Decide whether to react to potential opportunities
Tweak our trading platform so it works, looks and feels just how you need it to:
- Set up multiple workspaces for different markets and goals
- Switch between light and dark modes
- Group favourite or related markets in watchlists for quick access
- Personalise your balance bar, for a detailed or at-a-glance view
- Seize opportunity even quicker by turning on one-click dealing
- Add or remove columns to tailor the info you see
- Save space - tab your panels in one place for faster access
Integration options
Direct market access
Algorithmic trading
Use algorithms to automate your trading strategy.
APIs
Build custom trading applications, tools or algorithms.
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FAQs about trading platforms
What is a trading platform?
A trading platform is computer software which market participants can use to research, place, monitor and edit trades with a broker or other financial intermediary. There are many trading platforms to choose from, including desktop platforms, trading apps, web-based platforms and third-party programs.
What trading platforms can I trade with IG?
There are a range of trading platforms available to you, including online platforms which operate on desktop or platforms which run on mobile apps. There are also specialist algorithmic and automated trading platforms such as MetaTrader 4 and ProRealTime.
How do I choose a trading platform?
If you’re new to the markets, you might want to choose a desktop online trading platform. If you prefer to trade on the move, you might choose a smart phone or tablet trading app. Experienced traders can use advanced third-party platforms, while algorithmic traders can choose specialist platforms to develop their own automated trading programs.
Try these next
1 Best Finance App, Best Multi-Platform Provider and Best Platform for the Active Trader as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024.
2 You’ll pay a small premium only if your guaranteed stop is triggered.
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