Make IG your partner in volatile times
Trade volatility with a world-leading provider – we’re trusted by over 313,000 clients to provide excellent service, even in turbulent times.
Competitive spreads that keep your costs down
A lightning-fast platform ensuring best execution
Deep liquidity 24/71 on key global markets and volatility itself
A world-class suite of risk management tools
Why IG?
Your trusted provider
More traders trust us with their money than anyone else, making us the world’s No.1 choice for spread betting and CFD trading.2
Easy to reach
Talk to us by phone, email or Twitter – 24 hours a day from 8am Saturday to 10pm Friday.
A world of opportunity
Trade on over 17,000+ markets – across indices, forex, shares, commodities and many more.
The benefits of trading volatility with us
Low, competitive spreads
Enjoy low spreads that are consistently tighter than the underlying market – even during periods of increased volatility.3
This graph shows our client spread for a key global index compared to the underlying market spread. Our average spread remained low while volatility increased, as shown by the VIX line.
Fast, intuitive platform
In times of increased volatility, speed is essential. A faster platform will increase the likelihood that your position will be executed at your requested price. Seize your opportunities on our reliably fast platform, and take advantage of our huge range of technical analysis tools and price alerts to keep you informed of market movements.
Get better prices
We always aim to offer you the price you’ve asked for or better, as we uphold best execution and fair dealing practices.
Markets can move in milliseconds during periods of high volatility. This can mean that by the time we receive your order, the price has changed. However, our order system ensures that you’ll never receive a worse price than the one you’ve requested.
Even in turbulent times, our negative slippage remains low4 and can even be prevented altogether with our guaranteed stops. And unlike other brokers, we always pass on our positive slippage, so if we receive a better price, so do you.5
Unique 24/71 markets with deep liquidity
Trade more weekend markets and out-of-hours stocks with us than any other provider, so you can react to news and announcements while most markets are closed.
Our unrivalled weekend markets include key global indices like Wall Street, the FTSE 100 and HS50, as well as GBP/USD.
The size of our client base, coupled with our superior technology, means that you can access deep internal liquidity even on these 24/71 markets, so your orders are executed quickly and efficiently.
Trade on volatility itself
You can even trade on underlying market volatility itself with IG, by taking a position on:
- The Volatility Index (VIX)7 - which tracks the volatility of S&P 500 options
- The EU Volatility Index (VSTOXX)7 - which tracks the volatility of Euro Stoxx 50 options
- Daily options – limited-risk products that help traders determine their leverage and risk appetite
Effective risk management
Minimise your risk, even in volatile market conditions with our range of risk management tools.
Attach a guaranteed stop to your position to put a cap on your downside risk and ensure your position is closed at the price you select. They are free to attach but will incur a fee if they are triggered.
Our alerts help you stay informed on market movements and key economic events – by text, email or push notification.
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Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to 17,000+ global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
With more than 47 years of experience, we’re proud to offer a truly market-leading service
Open an account now
Open an account now
Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to 17,000+ global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
With more than 47 years of experience, we’re proud to offer a truly market-leading service
Award-winning service
We’ve been recognised time and time again by our industry, both for the services and the technology that we provide.
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1 Excludes the 6 hours from 22:00 Friday to 04:00 Saturday and the 20 minutes prior to the weekday market open on Sunday.
2 Based on revenue (published financial statements, 2022)
3 Correct as of 30/06/2020. Average speed calculated from 1 to 30 June.
4 During June 2020, less than 34% of index stop orders and less than 11% of currency stop orders were negatively impacted by slippage.
5 During June 2020, over 77% of index limit orders and 55% of currency limit orders were positively impacted by slippage.
6 Data taken from period of 1 June 2020 to 30 June 2020
7 We price our Volatility Index (VIX) and EU Volatility Index contracts in a different way to the rest of our cash index markets. Rather than aiming to replicate the underlying index price, we follow the method used to derive our undated commodity prices. This means that there is a difference between our undated price and the underlying index price on these markets. Funding is also calculated in line with the undated commodity method. Please see our overnight funding page for more details.
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