Trading platforms
Choose your platform
Compare our core and specialist trading platforms below. Each platform can help you achieve different trading goals – so you might want to use more than one.
Trade spread bets or CFDs and deal shares using our web trading platform. You can manage your account, register cards, make payments, withdraw your funds and more. Our platform also offers browser-based research tools such as streaming news, an economic calendar and signals.
Our trading platforms comparison
Compare our web platform, mobile app and IG tastytrade platform side by side.
Features, markets and fees depend on your account type and may change. Check each platform’s page for the latest details.
| Feature | Online trading platform | Mobile trading app | IG tastytrade platform (US options and futures) |
|---|---|---|---|
| About | Award-winning web platform for spread betting, CFD trading and share dealing1 | Mobile trading app for spread betting, CFD trading and share dealing | Platform for listed options and futures |
| Accessibility | Browser-based | Download (iOS and Android) | Web and mobile |
| Who it’s for | Traders of all experience levels | Traders of all experience levels | Traders who want to trade US options and futures |
| Platform costs | Free | Free | Free |
| Exchange fees | Monthly fees may apply for certain exchanges and level 2 shares data on CFD and share dealing accounts | Monthly fees may apply for certain exchanges and level 2 shares data on CFD and share dealing accounts | Exchange, clearing and regulatory fees can apply to all opening and closing trades |
| Available products | Spread bets, CFDs, share dealing | Spread bets, CFDs, share dealing | US-listed stocks, equity and ETF options, futures and futures options |
| Tradeable markets | Depends on account type (Digital 100s and cryptocurrencies are only available to professional clients) | Depends on account type (excluding Digital 100s) | Depends on account type (futures are only available on margin accounts) |
| Research tools | In-platform newsfeeds from our expert team and Reuters, economic calendar access, signals | In-platform newsfeeds from our expert team and Reuters, economic calendar, signals | Research tab with fundamental stock information, balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows, to help you analyse companies’ revenue, net income, liabilities and assets |
| Monitoring tools | Watchlists, price alerts, orders, Autochartist | Watchlists, price alerts, orders | Watchlists, price alerts, orders |
| Charts | IG charts, ProRealTime access, Autochartist | IG mobile charts | tastytrade charts |
| Trade from charts | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Price improvement | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct market access (DMA) | Available when share dealing | Available on iOS | No |
| Order types | Limits, stops, guaranteed stops, trailing stops, market orders | Limits, stops, guaranteed stops, trailing stops, market orders | Market orders, stop orders, limit orders, bracket orders |
| Automated trading strategies | No | No | Strategy selector only |
| Account management | Use My IG, our account management area, to register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history and manage settings | Register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, bank transfers, Apple Pay, view history, manage settings | Use My IG to make payments and manage settings |
Compare specialist platforms
Compare ProRealTime, MetaTrader 4, L2 Dealer and TradingView side by side.
Features, markets and fees depend on your account type and may change. MetaTrader 4, TradingView and ProRealTime are third-party platforms.
| Feature | ProRealTime | MetaTrader 4 | L2 Dealer | TradingView |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop accessibility | Download (launcher) | Download | Download | Download and web browser |
| Mobile accessibility | No | Yes, through app | No | Yes, through app |
| Who it’s for | Technical chart users | Forex specialists | Advanced shares traders | Active traders and investors |
| Platform costs | Free if you trade spread bets or CFDs at least four times a month; otherwise a monthly fee may apply | Free | Free | Free and premium plans |
| Exchange fees | Monthly fees for certain exchange stock feeds on a CFD account | None | Monthly fees for shares data and level 2 prices | None |
| Available products | Spread bets, CFDs | Spread bets, CFDs | CFDs, share dealing | Spread bets, CFDs |
| Tradeable markets | All markets (apart from DMA and sprints) | Forex, indices, major cryptocurrencies, oil and major metals | DMA: forex* and shares. OTC: forex, shares, indices and commodities | Forex, indices, major metals |
| Streaming Reuters news | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring tools | ProScreener, Alerts, TopMovers, Lists, ProRealTrend and Automated trading | Expert advisors | Watchlists and customisable alerts | Alerts, watchlists, economic calendar, screeners |
| Charts | Advanced ProRealTime charts | Advanced MT4 charts | ProRealTime access, IG charts | Advanced TradingView charts |
| Trade from charts | Yes | Yes | Yes (through ProRealTime, OTC only) | Yes |
| Price improvement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Direct market access (DMA) | No | No | DMA for share dealing and share CFDs. DMA on forex is available to professional clients only* | No |
| Order types | Market orders, limits, stops, trailing stops, market if touched | Instant executions, limit orders, stop orders, stop losses, take profits, trailing stops | Algo trades, limits, market orders, tranche orders, fill or kill, execute and eliminate, date, day, good for auction, good till cancel, at the auction, at the open, at the close, at best | Instant executions, limit orders, stop orders, stop losses, take profits, trailing stops |
| Automated trading strategies | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Account management | Use My IG to register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history, analyse trades, manage settings | Manage through the web-based platform; use My IG to make payments and view history | Use My IG to register cards, make payments, withdraw funds, view history, manage settings | Use My IG to register cards, make payments, withdraw funds |
| Add-ons | Import indicators, import and export trading systems | A range of free add-ons from us, plus access to Autochartist | No | Indicators, alerts, screeners, Pine Script™, calendars, community |
