“Excellent platform and charts. i phone app is fantastic. Could do with 50p a pip on major Fx pairs for those starting out or trying new strategies with small accounts. I am currently looking for another platform that offers 50p a pip on Fx EUR/USD after nearly 5 years with ig. Overall fantastic provider though.”
“IG is my main spread betting account because it's my favourite, it's as simple as that. I find the tear-off tickets and chart windows particularly useful as they allow me to arrange my screens the way I want them. The advanced charts are very good - so much so that I haven't got round to trying the MT4 offering yet! My only slight issue is that there is a requirement to place 2 trades per month in order to get the £30 monthly fee refunded. While I feel that's reasonable, I recently changed my trading pattern to a more long term outlook and as a result didn't fulfil the requirements - it would have been helpful if a warning had been sent, perhaps a week before the end of the month, to remind me that if I didn't place the necessary trades I wouldn't receive the refund. Other than that the only issue I've encountered has been a significant widening of spread overnight which resulted in a trade being stopped out - from the usual 2.5 pips to 12! However, it's only happened once so not a major concern. Overall I remain a very satisfied customer.”
“Great company reputation, solid platforms with excellent execution and fills. Good customer services, and a very open and helpful market strategist in David Jones very helpful when learning the ropes 2 years or so ago.”
“IG is an excellent platform, providing a depth of instuments with high liquidity. THe execution is impeccable over the form or on the web.
I am a long standing customer, for approximately 15 years, and I am intending to keep my account to continue enjoying such and experience.”
“IG provides me with a reliable spread-betting platform that I can trust. I can trust that my orders are placed at the levels I expected, and slippage only occurs in very fast moving scenarios, which is unavoidable. I can also close positions exactly where and when I wish. All these observations might appear obvious but contrast strongly with previous experience with another spread-betting company.”
“Recommended. The spreads are amongst the best, so it costs less to open a trade and customer service is on the whole very good. The platform itself is good, although not as developed as CMC, but my understanding is that they are trying to improve it. The mobile app is outstanding. They do make a charge for using charts which is refunded if you place a set number of trades.
Personally, I would say IG are probably the market leaders, and a long way ahead of some.”
“Have used IG for 20 years plus. Always helpful and knowledgeable and above all entirely trustworthy in execution. I did a cable deal the other day where they improved 4 pips on the way in and 3 on the way out in a highly volatile market.
If I have any complaint it's that the mobile phone app doesn't always seem to work consistently even when there is 3G.
Above all the ease of use - whether payments, execution or credit is outstanding.”
