IG
UK spread betting, CFDs, share dealing and crypto in one account
Score breakdown
What makes up this score
- 2 independent review sources
- 32,676 third-party reviews counted
- 2 answer engines measured
- cross-model consistency 0.95
- 17 web authority signals
- average citing-domain authority 33.4
- 100% of the category rubric covered
- No approved user reviews yet
Explanation
Why IG ranks #5
IG ranks #5 of 6 cfd platforms with a TOP SCORE of 47.
The category leader scores 65, a gap of 17 points.
That is 7 points below the category average of 54.
Its strongest component is External Reputation at 76; its weakest is AI Authority at 5.
No usable evidence was found for TOP10 User Score, so that weight was redistributed across the components that are evidenced.
Generated from the recorded evidence behind this score, not from editorial opinion. How scoring works.
Score history
How the score has moved
52 → 47 ↓5.0
External reputation
What third-party sources publish
| Source | Published | Normalised | Reviews | Last checked | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot ↗ | 3.7/5 | 74 | 10k | 30 Aug 2026 | permitted crawl |
| Google Play ↗ | 4.3/5 | 86 | 22.7k | 31 Aug 2026 | official api |
AI visibility
How answer engines treat this platform
| Engine | Mention | Recommendation | Citation | Avg position | Queries | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude grounded | 0% | 0% | 20% | — | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 0% | 0% | 10% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude grounded | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
| claude parametric | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | 20 | 30 Aug 2026 |
Web authority
Citations and independent coverage
- Forex Compare Zone30 Aug 2026
- Benzinga30 Aug 2026
- ForexBrokers.com30 Aug 2026
- FX Empire30 Aug 2026
- TradeInformer30 Aug 2026
- Money to the Masses30 Aug 2026
- BrokerChooser30 Aug 2026
- DayTrading.com30 Aug 2026
- Good Money Guide30 Aug 2026
- WikiFX30 Aug 2026
- BrokerNotes30 Aug 2026
- Compare Brokers30 Aug 2026
- NewTrading.io30 Aug 2026
- CompareBrokers30 Aug 2026
- Compare Forex Brokers30 Aug 2026
- FxScouts30 Aug 2026
- Trustpilot30 Aug 2026
TOP10 users
What our users report
No published reviews yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear and are never removed at a business's request.
Company information
The facts on file
- Description
- IG is a UK leveraged-trading provider offering spread betting, CFDs, share dealing (including ISA, Junior ISA and SIPP wrappers) and crypto, with pricing published per product rather than as subscription tiers. It suits active UK retail traders who want breadth of markets and platform choice — IG web, mobile, MT4, TradingView, ProRealTime, L2 Dealer, DMA and algo trading are all listed on its own site. Its UK site carries the FCA-mandated warning that 69% of retail investor accounts lose money trading spread bets and CFDs with the provider.
- Category
- CFD Platforms
- Founded
- 1974
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Products
- CFD trading account, Spread betting account, Share dealing account, Stocks & Shares ISA, Junior ISA, SIPP (administered by Options Pensions), Crypto trading, IG Prime (institutional)
- Markets
- Retail traders, Professional clients, Institutional (IG Prime)
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Integrations
- MetaTrader 4, TradingView, ProRealTime, L2 Dealer, DMA trading, Algorithmic trading, IG web platform, IG mobile app
- Pricing
- Commission-free investing; CFD minimum spreads from 0.3 bps (Spot Gold) / 0.4 (S&P 500) / 0.6 (EUR/USD) · free tier: No subscription; account opening, closing and maintenance are free and there is no inactivity fee on CFD and spread betting accounts pricing page ↗
- Regulatory
- IG's live UK site displays the FCA-mandated warning '69% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and CFDs with this provider', publishes a complaints process and a client-funds page, and MIFIDPRU 8 disclosure is available via iggroup.com — all consistent with an FCA-regulated investment firm. FCA firm reference numbers, permissions, FSCS coverage and segregation specifics were not retrieved and are therefore unrecorded. IG's own Trustpilot profile still shows a stale 74% loss figure footnoted to 2019; the live 69% figure should be used.
- Official website
- https://www.ig.com/uk/ ↗
- Last verified
- 30 Aug 2026
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Head to head
Category context
- This platform47
- Category leader65
- Category average54
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