“I like IG in most aspects except their spreads on some markets such as DOW as well as spreads in markets like DAX after the close of London Exchange.Also historical data on most stocks are very limited as well as lack of clear simple examples of how to program an indicator.
Hence overall I would rate IG as Good= 8/10
Thanks”
“Pro Real Time Charting platform takes a lot of time to open.
Have also found that FIB tool marked from BOTTOM to TOP or BOTTOM to TOP gives same reading, But on MT 4 platform the readings are exactly the opposite which is correct way of drawing FIBONACCI Retracement”
“The platform is good, fast and offers a lot of features.
The recent update of the app is not so good. The chart takes up to 10 seconds to load and shows the name of the selected indicators which takes half of the screen. Considering I selected them myself, it is a bit stupid. It is also a shame not to be able to see both the sell and buy price and the chart at the same time”
“Generally very good
Area for improvement is functionality on tablets / smart phones, e.g. ability to draw trendlines etc. See US competitor FXCM's app - these guys set the standard at the moment”
“The Research centre can be improved. By giving stock analysis by Indes , ex Ftse 100 stock at present are in alphabetic or by co code.
So anyone who is looking for ftse 100 stock ends up looking at other stock of no interest”
“Fantastic opportunities to transact with securities of most ilks from the world. Efficient service, competitive costs and dependable discharge. Happy to recommend the company.”
“Overall IG is very good with small spreads, relatively quick withdrawals (though should be same day) and good tools.
The main area for improvement is that the economic calendar often fails to display announcements, market analysis or news update can be 24 + hours old. Also the iPhone app really should have a facility to show the economic calendar.”
“One extremely interesting idea to increase your revenue (and us) is to provide customisable spread products
i.e. I can trade IWM / SPX or Barclays / RBS or 0.8 * Bund - TY
Obviously you can charge bigger spreads for these products (not too large so customers can still potentially make money)
While the charts, alerts, limit and stop loss orders you can provide for these customisable products would be extremely interesting and valuable”
“Information presentation is good and spreads are reasonable. Unfortunately, time payments are expensive, which substantially increases the total cost of holding a position for a long period of time, especially a short position.
It seems unreasonable that there is any cost at all to holding a long position when there is cash on the account greater than the size of the bet value.”
