IG Group vs FortFS
| IG Group | FortFS |
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| IG-US offer spread betting, CFD and Forex trading across a range of markets. They are FCA regulated, boast a great trading app and have a 40 year track record of excellence. | FortFS is a multi-asset trading broker offering a range of tools & resources. |
| Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits | |
 Traders from US not accepted |
Traders from US not accepted |
| Awards | |
| Best Forex Broker Asia 2016 - Forex Awards
Best Mini Account Provider 2016 - Forex Awards Best CFD Broker 2015 - Academy of Trading MasterForex-V |
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| Bonus | |
| None | $100 no deposit bonus |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Digital Options, Futures, Spreadbetting, Options, CFD, Forex, REITs | Forex, CFDs, indices, shares, commodities, cryptocurrencies, futures |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| £250 | $5 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Credit Card, JCB Card, Mastercard, MoneyGram, PayPal, Wire Transfer | FasaPay, Neteller, Perfect Money, RBK Money, Skrill, Visa, Webmoney, Wire Transfer |
| Minimum Trade | |
| £1 | 0.01 lots |
| Regulator | |
| FCA, MAS | None |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | - |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| Yes | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | Yes |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| Yes | - |
| ECN Account | |
| Yes | No |
| DMA Account | |
| Yes | No |
| MAM Account | |
| No | - |
| PAMM Account | |
| Yes | - |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | - |
| Demat Account | |
| No | - |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| Yes | - |
| Robo Advisor | |
| Yes | - |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | - |
| Market Maker | |
| No | - |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | - |
| Spot Trading | |
| Yes | - |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android | Yes |
| Auto Trading | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Trade Signals | |
| Yes (Via Chartist Software) | Yes |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | - |
| Tournaments | |
| No | - |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | - |
| Ethical Investing | |
| Yes | - |
| Social Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | Yes |
| Account Currencies | |
| USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, SEK, CHF | - |
| CFD | |
| Trade CFDs with leverage up to 1:1000. | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 EU, 1:200 | 1:1000 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| 1 pt | 32.2 |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 0.9 pips | 0.7 |
| Oil Spread | |
| 3 pips | 0.06 |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.1% Var | Floating |
| Forex | |
| Trade FX pairs with competitive spreads. | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 0.9 pips | 0.7 |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| 0.6 pips | 0.4 |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| 2 pips | 0.8 |
| Assets | |
| 90+ | 50+ |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | Trade a dozen crypto coins against US Dollar. |
| Spread | |
| Floating | |
| Coins | |
| EOS, ZEC, REP, ETC, XMR, STR, NXT, DSH, XRP, BCH, ETH, LTC, BTC | |
| Crypto Lending | |
| No | - |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | - |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | - |
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| Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits | |