Plus500 vs IG Group

Plus500 vs IG Group Comparison Table 2022
Plus500	IG Group
	WINNER IG Group is the better broker
Review 4.1 Traders from US not accepted	Review 4.4 Traders from US accepted
An investor with a Plus500 account can trade CFDs on underlying financial instruments such as Forex, Stocks, Commodities, Cryptocurrency (Availability subject to regulation), Options and Indices. With tight spreads and no commission, they are a leading global brand.	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 over 47 year track record of excellence.
74% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits
Awards
Best Overall Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2020 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2019 - DayTrading.com	Best Customer Service 2022 - Online Money Awards Best Spread Betting Provider 2022 - Online Money Awards Best Platform for the Active Trader 2022 - ADVFN International Financial Awards Best Multi Platform Provider 2022 - ADVFN International Financial Awards Best Finance App 2022 - ADVFN International Financial Awards
Instruments
CFDs	Forex, ETFs, CFDs, indices, shares, commodities, cryptocurrencies, options, futures, spread betting
Demo Account
Yes	Yes
Minimum Deposit
$100	£250
Payment Methods
Credit Card Debit Card Mastercard PayPal Skrill Swift Visa Wire Transfer	Credit Card Debit Card Mastercard PayPal Visa Wire Transfer
Minimum Trade
Varies by asset	0.1 lots
Regulator
FCA, MAS, CySec, ASIC, FSA	FCA, ASIC, MAS, FSCA, JFSA, FMA, CFTC, NFA, BMA, DFSA, FINMA, BaFin
Margin Trading
Yes	Yes
MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
MetaTrader 5
No	No
cTrader
No	No
AlgoTrader
No	No
OmniTrader
No	No
TradingView
No	No
Autochartist
No	Yes
eSignal
No	No
Trading Central
No	Yes
STP Account
No	No
ECN Account
No	No
DMA Account
No	Yes
MAM Account
No	No
PAMM Account
No	No
LAMM Account
No	No
Demat Account
No	No
AI / Machine Learning
No	No
Robo Advisor
No	No
Negative Balance Protection
Yes	Yes
Market Maker
Yes	Yes
P2P Trading
No	No
Spot Trading
No	Yes
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android and Windows	iOS & Android
Auto Trading
	Yes
Copy Trading
No	No
Social Trading
No	No
Trade Signals
	Yes
VPS Hosting
No	Yes
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
Yes	Yes
Custodial Account
No	No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
Yes	Yes
Islamic Account
No	No
Account Currencies
USD EUR GBP AUD ZAR CZK	USD EUR GBP
Stock Exchanges
Australian Securities Exchange Deutsche Boerse Euronext London Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange Trading	Australian Securities Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange Deutsche Boerse Dow Jones Euronext Hong Kong Stock Exchange Japan Exchange Group London Stock Exchange Nasdaq Nordic & Baltics National Stock Exchange Of India S&P 500 Shanghai Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange Trading Tadawul Toronto Stock Exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange
Commodities
Cocoa Coffee Copper Cotton Gasoline Livestock Platinum Sugar	Coffee Copper Gold Oil Palladium Silver Sugar Wheat
CFD Trading
	Trade leveraged CFDs on a variety of assets including stocks, commodities and forex
Leverage
1:30	1:30
FTSE Spread
2 pts	1.0 pt
GBPUSD Spread<
0.7 pips	from 0.589 pips
Oil Spread
4 pts	2.8 pips
Stocks Spread
Variable	Variable
Forex Trading
Plus500 Offer forex trading via CFDs with tight variable spreads and a range of well over 70 currency pairs. Free Unlimited Demo Account.	Trade a range of major, minor and exotic currencies
Forex App
Plus500 have developed their mobile apps to match the WebTrader online platform . Secure, reliable and uncomplicated, the app is among the best out there. Stop loss and limits are available, free alerts and a full range of markets and instruments are available. Visit the download page here.	IG offers a superb all-round trading app. One of the pioneers of mobile trading, the application has been developed and refined over many years, meaning it is now among the best trading apps. Quick response, user friendly layout, access to full charting and a stable and reliable application. Top marks.
GBPUSD Spread
0.7	from 0.589 pips
EURUSD Spread
0.7	from 0.165 pips
EURGBP Spread
0.7	from 0.540 pips
Assets
70+	90+
Cryptocurrency
Crypto trading not offered	Trade four major cryptocurrencies paired with USD
Spread
Variable	Variable
Coins
BCH BTC ETH LTC XRP IOTA NEO EOS XMR	BTC BCH LTC ETH
Crypto Lending
No	No
Crypto Mining
No	No
Crypto Staking
No	No
Auto Market Maker
No	No

Review	Review
74% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits
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