Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Options and turbo warrants are complex financial instruments. Trading these financial instruments involves the high risk of losing money rapidly.
Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs work, and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Options and turbo warrants are complex financial instruments. Trading these financial instruments involves the high risk of losing money rapidly.
Get direct access to shares and forex markets with L2 Dealer, our downloadable DMA platform
Ready to start? Open an account and then register for L2 Dealer using the form below.
L2 Dealer, our downloadable DMA platform, provides powerful, flexible DMA access for advanced traders.
Designed for our own traders, so it’s for people comfortable with the increased complexity of DMA trading
L2 Dealer gives you increased control over your CFD trades
Specifically for traders who are happy to participate directly in the market
L2 DMA is only offered to PRO clients-here:
L2 Dealer is free to download. However, depending on the exchange you wish to view or trade on, you may be liable to pay that exchange's data usage fees.
More information on these costs plus commission and funding charges you can find here.
Our DMA service allows you to trade on underlying market prices and depth, but what you’ll actually receive on placing a trade is a CFD from us. It works like this:
So while you’re trading at market prices, you won’t gain any ownership rights over the equities or currencies that form the subject of your CFD.
To start trading with L2 Dealer, you need to follow these steps:
If you only hold a spread betting account with us and would like to open a CFD account, log in to My IG, go to the ‘live accounts’ tab and click ‘add another account’.
Download and install L2 Dealer using the link below.
Once you have installed the application, you can log in with your usual details.
Please note you will be unable to log into the platform unless you have registered for L2 access.
Microsoft .NET framework
L2 Dealer requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your computer.
When you install L2 Dealer the program will automatically check for this, and prompt you to install the .NET framework if required.
If you would prefer to install the .NET framework independently, it can be downloaded from Microsoft here.
Alternatively you can go to your computer’s Windows Update page (accessed from your Start menu or at Windows Update) and select .NET from the options in the ‘optional updates’ section.
To install the L2 Dealer, first install and run the Prerequisite (which may require Admin credentials). Then launch the 'clickonce' installer.
