Opening an account with us is completely free and you don't have to add funds until you're ready to place a trade.

Our UK head office is located in London, and we have operations in another 19 countries. Our first overseas office, in Melbourne, Australia, opened in 2002. Most recently, we launched offices in Bermuda, and the Netherlands. No matter where in the world we are, we’re always on the lookout for a good challenge. And we love finding like-minded people to join us as we conquer these challenges. Our offices are full of people with open minds, diverse perspectives and positive attitudes.

As the UK’s original over-the-counter (OTC) leveraged derivatives provider, we introduced a completely new, accessible way for people to trade on gold in 1974 – by defining it as an index.

Since then, we’ve challenged ourselves to build the world’s best technology platforms, products and exchanges. Our innovations have included the first online dealing platform for financial spread betting in 1998 and the first trading app for Apple Watch in 2015. Our app offers an intuitive, customisable interface with lightning-fast functionality and sophisticated tools for advanced traders, while still being easy to navigate for those with less experience.

We take a responsible approach to targeting and onboarding new clients. Recognising that our products won’t be right for everyone, we use sophisticated methods to check suitability during the application process.

We’re in it together with our clients, there with them at every step in their pursuit of financial freedom. That’s why we have a wealth of educational material available through our websites and IG Academy. From essential trading and risk-management techniques to providing market insights and alerts about upcoming economic events, we draw on nearly five decades’ experience to help people trade and invest more effectively.

In our 47 years, we’ve seen it all and tackled every challenge head-on. Numerous economic ups-and-downs, an uncertain regulatory landscape and other global events have tested our agility as a business – most recently the Covid-19 pandemic. Through this period of exceptional market volatility, our people have shown incredible resilience, demonstrating just how strong our operating model and risk management strategies are. We’ve handled unprecedented levels of client trading activity and account applications, all while our people adjust to a never-before-seen working environment. Our long-term investment in communications and technology proved to be one of the smartest decisions we ever made, enabling our people to work safely and effectively from home.

Our business model is another way that we’ve disrupted our industry. Because of our internalisation and hedging policies, our revenue is earned from clients’ transaction fees. It’s the volume of client trading that drives our profits, not clients’ losses. So the more our clients succeed, the more we succeed, because when clients trade well, they’re more likely to continue. When we tackle economic and financial challenges with our clients, we can go further and faster together. This supports our champion-the-client value.