- Direct costs
- Other potential charges
- Other factors that are relevant to the cost of your trading
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- The spread or commission
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- Overnight funding
- Guaranteed stop premiums
- Extra services
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- Margin
- Slippage
- Negative balance protection
- Volume based rebates
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The spread or commission
The spread is the difference between the bid and ask prices, and can vary depending on market conditions. In most cases we charge our own spread on top of the market spread, as our fee for the trade. Spread charges apply to CFD trades for all markets except shares.
For every shares CFD trade, you’ll pay a commission instead of a spread.
Read more about IG's spreads and commission
Overnight funding
Overnight funding is the charge you pay for keeping cash CFD positions open past the daily cut off time at 10pm UK time (international times may vary); we’ll make an interest adjustment to your account to reflect the cost of funding your position, plus a small admin fee.
For futures, you do not need to pay overnight funding, because we build that cost into the spread.
Read more about IG's overnight funding
Guaranteed stop premiums
When you have a guaranteed stop attached to your position, we apply a small fee if it's triggered, called the premium. For share CFDs, for example, this is 0.3% of the underlying transaction value.
Read more about IG's premiums for guaranteed stops
Extra services
We charge for some extra services that you may choose to use to support your trading, such as direct market access, advanced charting packages, live data streams and more.
Learn more about extra services
Margin
CFDs are leveraged, so when you open a trade you only need to pay a portion of its full value up front. This deposit is called the margin, and the percentage you pay can make a big difference to the affordability of your trading.
Slippage
‘Slippage’ is the term for when your order is executed at a price different to the one you requested. Slippage on stops will result in a loss, while slippage on limits means that you may profit more than expected.
Negative balance protection
Negative balance protection ensures that your account balance never stays below zero.*
So, if your CFD account balance falls below zero due to accumulated losses on your trades, we’ll bring it back to zero as soon as possible – usually immediately – at no cost to you.
Volume based rebates
You could be eligible for monthly cash rebates based on your trading activity.
