Low Margins

We offer competitively low margins across our range of markets. And with our Trader Account you can benefit from our lowest available rates.

Lowest rates on our Trader Account

To open a position with IG Markets you only need to put up a fraction of the full contract size, known as 'initial margin' or 'deposit margin'. Our initial margin rates for share CFDs start at just 5% on our Trader Account.

• Share CFDs: 650 shares from only 5% (including BP and Vodafone)
• Forex: from just 1% of the full contract value
• Indices: £400 per contract on FTSE

Manage leverage on our Limited Risk Account

With our Limited Risk Account, every position you open has a Guaranteed Stop, so you can never lose more than your initial margin. In return for an upfront payment on each position, you put an absolute cap on potential losses.

You can also use Guaranteed Stops to control your leverage. For example, say you wanted to buy one contract on our FTSE 100 Cash market, with a Guaranteed Stop 30 points away. This would require a deposit of just £300, being £10 (the equivalent value per index point) x 30 (the stop distance).

Non-guaranteed Stops

We also offer free non-guaranteed Stops, Trailing Stops and Limit Orders, but these do not offer the same level of protection as Guaranteed Stops.

A non-guaranteed Stop will trigger an order to close your position once the selected level has been breached. However, if the market moves very quickly or gaps, your position could be closed at a worse level than the one selected. A non-guaranteed Stop will reduce your deposit requirement but not by as much as a Guaranteed Stop

Tiered Margining

Please note that if you have a large position, your initial margin will be calculated using a table of four incremental tiers. This system has enabled us to offer low margins on 7000 global shares.

Please visit our Tiered Margining section for a full breakdown of how the system works.