IG versus ActivTrades

ActivTrades provides traders its innovative proprietary trading platform, ActivTrader, featuring market sentiment, hedging, and quality charts. It also upgrades MT4/MT5 with seven plugins, ensuring clients have a competitive core trading environment. ActivTrades maintains a superb technology infrastructure, making it an ideal broker for algorithmic traders. Beginners get interactive webinars and videos and may schedule one-on-one training sessions.

IG is a leading international broker and liquidity provider, writing CFDs based on client demand. It upgrades MT4 with 18 plugins and Autochartists, creating one of the most competitive MT4 trading environments. Traders may also use the proprietary web-based trading platform, ProRealTime, and L2 Dealer.

We have conducted an in-depth review of ActivTrades and IG to determine which presents the better overall choice and which traders will benefit the most at either broker.

• Features and Platforms
• Available Markets
• Typical Spreads and Fees
• Security and Trust
• IG versus ActivTrades - Verdict

Features and Platforms

Features & Platforms	ActivTrades (visit site)	IG (visit site)
Headquarter:	UK	UK
Established :	2001	1974
Retail Loss Rate:	81.00%	76.00%
Regulation:
Minimum Deposit:	$10	$250
Demo Account:
Managed Account:
Islamic Account:
Inactivity Fee	£10 monthly after one year	£12 monthly after 24 months
Deposit Fee:	Yes + Third-Party	Third-Party
Withdrawal Fee	Yes + Third-Party	Third-Party
Funding Methods:	6	4
MT4:
MT5:
cTrader:
Proprietary Platform:
Automated Trading:
Social / Copy Trading:
MT4/MT5 Add-ons:
Guaranteed Stop Loss:
Negative Balance Protection:
Bonuses and Promotions:
Unique Feature One:	Superb technology infrastructure	API Trading
Unique Feature Two:	Excellent education	MT4 plugins + Autochartist
Broker Offers:	See what ActivTrades offers	See what IG offers

Noteworthy:

Advanced algorithmic traders can connect their solutions to the ActivTrades and IG infrastructure via API, and both brokers maintain dedicated institutional divisions.

Available Markets

ActivTrades presents clients with a balanced asset selection of 1,000+ instruments, an average Forex selection, but sub-standard cryptocurrency choices. IG maintains 18,000+ assets and an industry-leading Forex selection, including three currency pairs available for weekend trading. IG Markets also provides thematic portfolios, basket trading, and out-of-hours trading, providing a better edge for traders.

Typical Spreads and Fees

Both brokers offer a highly competitive commission-free Forex cost structure, where ActivTrades has an advantage with lower minimum spreads and costs of $5.00 versus $6.00 at IG Markets. Equity trading commissions remain identical, and a rebate program exists at both brokers, where ActivTrades extends its pricing advantage.