IG Markets (IG Group Holdings): reviews and profiles

IG Markets (IG Group Holdings) : IG Markets Ltd founded in 2000 in the UK. IG Markets Ltd is part of a holding company IG Group.  IG Group was founded in 1974. In 9 years the company grew rapidly with the introduction of trading in forex and Contracts for Difference (CFD). In 2000 the company launched its shares on the London Stock Exchange. In 2003 it was decided to change the leadership. The company continued to increase in the following range of products and expand its activities. In 2005, IG Group Holdings plc became part of the main list of the London Stock Exchange. Soon the company was added to the FTSE 250 index. In 2010, the turnover of the IG Group totaled 298.6 million pounds. Clients include more than 120 000, and the number of transactions that make customers more than five million a month, 99% of which are made ​​online. The company offers its services to brokers, investment managers, trading companies, and private investors. The minimum initial deposit to the company is $ 1,000.

The company IG Markets Confessions of the most popular CFD trading provider to the UK version of Investment Trends, a research organization of the Australian financial markets.

The company IG Markets has offices around the world :

The company is represented in various financial centers:

  • United States (Chicago);
  • UK (London);
  • Spain (Madrid);
  • France (Paris);
  • Portugal (Lisbon);
  • Italy (Milan);
  • Russia;
  • Germany (Dusseldorf);
  • Sweden (Stockholm);
  • The Netherlands (Amsterdam);
  • Luxembourg;
  • South Africa (Johannesburg);
  • Japan (Tokyo);
  • New Zealand;
  • Australia (Melyuburn);
  • China (Beijing);
  • Singapore.

License of IG Markets:

IG Group head office is located in central London, at: Cannon Bridge House 25 Dowgate Hill London EC4R 2YA UK / Great Britain. IG Markets Limited company registered in England and Wales under number 04008957.Regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Registration number of FSA - 195 355. IG Markets is a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The company's activities in Australia is subject to the Australian Securities Commission and Investment (Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC).


PositionParagraphsPoints
LeagueLeague 2
Year of creation2000120
RegulatorsFSA - 70
ASIC - 30
100
Broker Awards0
Local Branches11
Branches worldwide1632
PR in the media00
Rating vote Rector Masterforex-V Academy0.000.00
Rating vote Academy students Masterforex-V0.000.00
Rating vote of Internet users0.000.00
The number of positive reviews online traders00
Number of non-payment of profit traders00
Number of traders claims1-2
Spread EUR / USD0.8010
Spread GBP / USD1.0010
Spread USD / CHF3.002
Spread EUR / GBP1.005
Spread GBP / JPY3.5010
Traders contests, monthly prize ($ 1,000 = 1 point)0.00.0
General points: 288.00

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Trading platforms of IG Markets

To work to its customers the company offers the following trading platforms:

  • Platform PureDeal;
  • Platform L2;
  • IG Mobile Treading;
  • Mobile Platform:
  • Platform for iPhone;
  • Platform Android;
  • Platform BlackBerry / Nokia;
  • Platform Windows Phone 7;

Education forex and stock trading :

  • The company provides training in the form of workshops on the English version of the site broker. You can also attend seminars at the office. Russian version of the training material is not offered. When opening accounts companies can offers a six-week educational program TradeSense, IG Markets is designed for those who wish to get acquainted with the features of CFD trading
  • Information about ongoing promotions and bonuses to customers on the website of IG Markets is missing. The company also does not hold competitions among its traders.

Trading:

Trading instruments and brokerage of IG Markets:

  • Shares (more than 7400 stocks with a margin of 5%);
  • CFD on shares;
  • Forex;
  • 60 currency pairs;
  • Margin trading in the Forex market;
  • Indices;
  • Raw materials;
  • Contracts for oil and gas;
  • Metals (gold and silver on the spot)
  • Forward contracts;
  • Instruments DMA. 

Trading conditions of IG Markets: 

  • Spread from one point;
  • Investors Intelligence and Trading Central, as well as daily breaking news from expert IG Markets by David Jones;
  • Daily indicators of technical analysis;
  • Free current news in real time from a reputable international news agency Reuters;
  • Margin on the leading British and American shares starts at 5%. Margins on all other shares of 10% or higher, depending on the liquidity and volatility in the market.
  • Guaranteed foot;
  • Prices based on the indices;
  • Charged by the Commission;
  • Automated trading in IG Markets - API;
  • Leverage 1:50;
  • Minimum Lot - 1;
  • Hedging;
  • Deposit and withdrawal of funds accounts can be made through:
  1. Bank transfer;
  2. Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard). 

The company offers customers to open a demonstration account, and real (from $ 200).

Advantages of:

  • service at a high level;
  • a wide range of trading instruments;
  • Withdrawal is on time, but takes long.

Disadvantages of:

  • Does not support MetaTrader 4;
  • slow performance, manipulate spread;
  • scalping is not supported;
  • problems with displaying java browser interface

The presence of the "black list brokers":

  • Blacklisted forex broker company IG Group is not seen. Non-payment of profit facts weren’t found.

 

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