“I have found IGs L2 trading platform a great facility over the many years trading online with them, with excellent back up from the very professional and courteous Technical people whenever any problems might arise, they are always there for you to put things right again. Their Advanced charting system is a marvelous Technical help to the daily Online Trading of shares here in Europe and the US Nasdaq etc.
Their complete system has helped to make Day Trading a relaxing, rewarding and enjoyable experience.”
“It is an easy way to trade from depositing to dealing and even withdrawing cash. All self explanatory, no need to speak to anyone. Just get on with it. No problems whatsoever.”
“Execution is excellent and it is an honest broker, sometimes I even get fill on limit orders in better price. Improvements I'd like to see: Improved spread if possible, a good news feed, and a little better stability because on some occasions on a busy market the platform became unavailable for a few hours (this is the most important improvement we need actually).”
“I've been trading for 15 years & have used many brokers and spread betting firms but I find the whole experience of using IG for equities, commodities & currencies the best available on the market.”
“The trading screen is quick and easy to use. Any time I have had queries they have been answered promptly and efficiently on the telephone. I have found the ProRealTime charts particularly helpful.”
“Overall very good. Tight spreads and not much slippage. Alerts service very ggod and reliable. Basic charts ok for a quick look but not that usefull for serious traders. Platform very easy to use and set up pending orders.”
“Good execution of trades and variety of markets. The site has a lot of resources...video, comment, overviews.
The platform is very good and continues to evolve with new features.
The Support team give good comprehensive answers when responding to queries.”
“I find both IG CFD trading platforms (stand alone and browser based) simple and easy to use. Both have their quirks and differences and I prefer the stand alone software. Both are transparent and easy to use (at least the functions that I use are) although there are some aspects where extra care is needed.
The data available on existing and previous trading is clearly presented and data extraction is simple making it extremely easy to keep a good set of records on one's own data storage systems. Funding the account and receiving money back is again very simple and efficient.
Customer service is easy to access and very efficient. There have been times when the upgrading of the stand alone software has caused problems but this has usually been resolved relatively quickly once an issue has been highlighted, however, these usually show a deficiency in the software testing before release.
Costs of operating an account are relatively minor, and the charges made do not seem (to me) to be in any way excessive. I would wholeheartedly recommend the IG CFD service to anybody. I cannot make any comment on the spread-betting or stockbroking sides of IG's business since I have no experience yet of using them.”
