IG Product Updates

Market Details Poll

Hello IG Community, IG is always looking for ways to improve our clients’ experience. We are currently looking at how we can improve your experience before you place a trade. We would love to hear what market and pre-trade analysis you currently explore, as well as additional features, changes or improvements you would like to see to the platform in this area. Our goal is to make your analysis quicker and easier whilst remaining focused and in-depth. Your poll vote matters! We are work

May 31, 2022

Product Updates

IG Indicators Request Poll

Your Poll vote matters: Hello IG Community! We are working towards making IG trading platform indicators developments better to provide a good user trading experience. Why? We strive to provide our clients with the best trading indicators, therefore your feedback is important to us and we will pass on your feedback to our development team. We would appreciate it if you could take part in the poll as we are continuously working on adding more indicators to our IG trading platform

MongiIG in Product Updates

December 14, 2021

Where to find overnight funding charges on FX pairs

Turning on FX swap bid/offer When trading currency pairs, if a position is held through 10pm GMT, it will incur an overnight funding charge. This charge is based on the interest rate differential between the two currencies in the pair, where you receive interest in the currency you buy and pay interest on the currency you sell. Swap rates also apply to cryptocurrencies and spot gold, silver, platinum or palladium. Based on client feedback we have now added these overnight funding charg

Guest DanielaIG

November 15, 2018

Combine drawings and indicators

I'm happy to announce that you can now add drawings to the indicator study area both on desktop and mobile of the IG charts. This new functionality has been developed on the back of client feedback submitted to Community, from within the dealing platform, and directly with our Trading Services and client facing teams. If you have any other requests, please add them in the comment section below and we'll make sure the charting dev team and product owners see them. You can now draw on indicat

October 1, 2018

VIX Options

We've released options for the Volatility Index. You can find them on our platform under the options tab> Indices. Options, when buying the call/ put, are a great way to get involved in market movement whilst having limited risk. Dealing hours : 09:00:00 – 21:15:00 GMT Monday-Friday Contracts offered : Currently offer the next two months (November and December) Expiry for monthly options : Every 3rd Wednesday of the month Last trade : 21:15 GMT the day before expiry Settle

November 4, 2019

Apple and Tesla Stock Split

Apple and Tesla Stock Split Apple and Tesla have both announced they will carry out stock splits on Monday 31 August 2020 making it easier and cheaper for retail clients to trade. Apple is splitting its shares four-for-one. This means there will be four times as many shares circulating, at a quarter of their previous value Tesla is splitting its shares five-for-one. This means there will be five times as many shares circulating, at a fifth of their previous value Commission-f

August 19, 2020

Educational

Can I trade share options with IG?

Can I trade share options with IG? This question has been popping up around the community. Yes, you can trade a range of share options with us. Select popular stocks are available to trade on our web platform, and our full range is available to trade by phone. Can I trade share options online, or do I have to phone to deal? That depends on which markets you’d like to trade. We are testing online trading for share options, and to start off with we’re offerin

CharlotteIG in Educational

December 21, 2020

Trade ByteDance (TikTok) with the IG grey market

Trade ByteDance (TikTok) ahead of its IPO, with the IG grey market By taking a position on a grey market, you’re taking a position on a company’s potential market cap ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). The price of a grey market is a prediction of what the company’s total market capitalisation will be at the end of its first trading day. If you think the estimated value of the company is over- or under-priced, a grey market enables you to take advantage of this disparity befor

November 20, 2019

Market Details Poll

June 20, 2022

Product Updates

Signal Centre Trade Ideas EA for MetaTrader 4 Platform

Hello IG Community, We're happy to announce that Signal Centre Trade Ideas expert advisor (EA) is now available to use on MetaTrader 4 Platform. Use Signal Centre to discover trade ideas The Signal Centre team of experienced technical analysts and professional traders scrutinise the global financ

MongiIG in Product Updates

November 2, 2021

Reduced minimum bet sizes

I just wanted to update all Community members to let them know that we have recently reduced the minimum bet sizes on some key indices, commodities, and FX markets. This has been done for both UK spread betting accounts and European CFD accounts. What are the minimum bet sizes for indices, commodities and FX on IG? Correct as of 6th September 2018 but subject to change Continued feedback A key aim of Community is to keep a two way dialogue open between our client base

September 6, 2018

Chart updates, crypto pairs, and weekend funding

IG Product Update July 2018 We recently made a post on Community showcasing a number of ways you can leave feedback and suggest improvements regarding our products and services. I wanted to follow up with our first ever ‘Product Update’ post so you can see some of the recent improvements we have made on the back of our continued two way communication which has helped IG become the global leader. The recent updates include, Partially close positions via charts Mark

Trade equity options online

July 5, 2018

Trade equity options online for Beyond Meat Inc throughout this week over earnings

We're offering weekly equity options on the platform for some stocks over earning season. Meaning you don't have to call us if you want to trade certain equity options. This week it's Beyond Meat Inc. We're also offering Tesla but that will stay on the platform going forward whereas the weekly options will change depending on which week of earnings season we're in. What is an Equity option? Equity options are a form of derivative used exclusively to trade shares as the underlyi

CharlotteIG in Trade equity options online

February 22, 2021

Educational

EasyJet Rights Issue FAQ

FAQs for Easyjet rights issue - (Sharedealing and ISA clients only) 1. What are the terms of the Easyjet rights issue? · Ex-Date - 13/09/21 · Terms - 31 new shares for every 47 existing shares held on your account · Subscription price - £4.10p (the price at which the new shares will be booked at after pay date if you decide to take up the offer) 2. How do I take part in this rights issue and when will I get these new rights

AndaIG in Educational

September 13, 2021

New share dealing platform

We've released our new Share dealing platform. This includes the following: News workspace Filter and search Better charts The deal ticket Alerts News and analysis Account balances You can find our walk through video on our website: https://www.ig.com/uk/help-and-support/investments/share-dealing-and-isas/how-do-i-use-the-share-dealing-platform Give me any feedback you have and I will happily pass it onto the developers.

February 11, 2020

Keyboard shortcuts for chart intervals (and future crosshair data)

If you like to change between different intervals on the IG desktop charts (from 1 minute candlesticks to 5 or 10 minute candles, or to hours, days or months) then we've just made it easier with keyboard shortcuts. Whilst on a chart you can type any number from 1 to 5 on your keyboard to bring up a small 'interval' dialogue box, confirm your choice, and hit enter. For example: 1 minute intervals: type 1 then enter 5 minute intervals: type 5 then enter 1 hour intervals: type 1 h then ent

July 17, 2019

Robinhood Grey market

Robinhood Grey market By taking a position on a grey market, you’re taking a position on a company’s potential market cap ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). The price of a grey market is a prediction of what the company’s total market capitalisation will be at the end of its first trading day. If you think the estimated value of the company is over- or under-priced, a grey market enables you to take advantage of this disparity before the shares are released publicly on the sto

November 26, 2020

Your feedback helps to improve IG

Why your feedback matters Here at IG we want to make sure your suggestions help shape our direction and future. We appreciate that the best businesses are built around two-way communication with clients. That's why we provide a number of different ways for clients to quickly and easily talk to us. There is nothing worse than submitting feedback and feeling like your comments and suggestions have been jettisoned into the void of some unread inbox. We want to take this opportunity to lay

June 15, 2018

Customise Stochastic and KDJ indicators on charts

On the back of recent client feedback you can now customise the Stochastic and KDJ indicator levels on IG charts. Once you have added either of these indicators (which you can do by right clicking > indicator > stochastic) simply click the label in the bottom left of the chart and the option window will appear. You should be able to amend the Overbought and Oversold levels here along with some other variable to customise further.

May 15, 2019

View 'Percentage' scale on IG charts

Hey all. On the back of client feedback our charting team have just delivered a new feature on mobile and desktop. You can now quickly and easily see the percentage movement on any given period for any market. This is accessible from the 'Other Options' drop down, or by right clicking on the chart, and selecting 'Percentage' from the 'Scale' option. The percentage scale will then be reflected on the Y axis for the 1st candle (close) visible on any chart to the last. In other words, the perc

Trade equity options online

May 7, 2019

Trade equity options online for Apple, Boeing and Facebook throughout this week over earnings IG Product Updates

We're offering weekly equity options on the platform for some stocks over earning season. Meaning you don't have to call us if you want to trade certain equity options. This week it's Apple, Boeing and Facebook. We're also offering Tesla but that will stay on the platform going forward whereas the weekly options will change depending on which week of earnings season we're in. What is an Equity option? Equity options are a form of derivative used exclusively to

CharlotteIG in Trade equity options online

January 25, 2021

ProRealTime Client Sentiment Indicator

How to use ProRealTime client sentiment indicator. Alongside technical and fundamental analysis, client sentiment data can be a useful additional tool for a trader, if they know how to read the changes in positioning. Client sentiment, which looks at the number of long and short trades on a particular market, is a useful tool in a trading strategy. It is often said that clients look to sell into rising markets and buy into falling ones. There is an element of

February 16, 2022

Economic Calendar Poll

Your Poll vote matters: Hello IG Community! We are working towards revamping the IG economic calendar, giving it new and improved features. Why? We strive to provide our clients with a good user trading experience, therefore your feedback is important to us and we will pass on your feedback to our development team. Your poll vote matters! We would appreciate it if you could take part in the poll as we are continuously working on adding more features to our IG economic calendar to