Plus500 vs IG Group
| Plus500 | IG Group |
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| 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 a 40 year track record of excellence. |
| 72% of retail CFD accounts lose money. | Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits |
 Traders from US not accepted |
Traders from US not accepted |
| Awards | |
| Best Overall Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com
Best Overall Broker 2020 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2019 - DayTrading.com Best Trading App 2019 - DayTrading.com |
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| Bonus | |
| None | None |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto, ETFs, REITs | Stocks, Digital Options, Futures, Spreadbetting, Options, CFD, Forex, REITs |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $100 | £250 |
| Payment Methods | |
| BPAY, Credit Card, Debit Card, Diners Club, Giropay, iDeal, JCB Card, M-Pesa, Mastercard, Neteller, PayPal, Skrill, Swift, Trustly, Visa, Webmoney, Western Union, Wire Transfer | Credit Card, JCB Card, Mastercard, MoneyGram, PayPal, Wire Transfer |
| Minimum Trade | |
| Varies by asset | £1 |
| Regulator | |
| FCA, MAS, CySec, ASIC, ESMA | FCA, MAS |
| Margin Trading | |
| Yes | No |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| ECN Account | |
| No | Yes |
| DMA Account | |
| No | Yes |
| MAM Account | |
| No | No |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | Yes |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Robo Advisor | |
| No | Yes |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| Yes | No |
| Market Maker | |
| Yes | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS, Android |
| Auto Trading | |
| - | Yes |
| Trade Signals | |
| - | Yes (Via Chartist Software) |
| VPS Hosting | |
| Yes | No |
| Tournaments | |
| No | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
| USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, ZAR | USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, SEK, CHF |
| CFD | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 | 1:30 EU, 1:200 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| Variable | 1 pt |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | 0.9 pips |
| Oil Spread | |
| Variable | 3 pips |
| Stocks Spread | |
| Variable | 0.1% Var |
| Forex | |
| Plus500 Offer forex trading via CFDs with tight variable spreads and a range of well over 70 currency pairs. Free Unlimited Demo Account. | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| Variable | 0.9 pips |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| Variable | 0.6 pips |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| Variable | 2 pips |
| Assets | |
| 70+ | 90+ |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| CFDs in cryptocurrency and crypto indices trading offered - Availability subject of regulation | Crypto trading not offered |
| Spread | |
| Variable | |
| Coins | |
| BCH, BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, IOTA, NEO, EOS, XMR | |
| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
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| 72% of retail CFD accounts lose money. | Forex trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits |