Reduced minimums
Ready to take the next step on your trading journey? Get reduced minimum commission and reduced trade sizes in your first month when you open a CFD trading account or upgrade from a demo account.
Call +44 (20) 7633 5430 or email sales.en@ig.com to talk about opening a trading account. We’re here 24 hours a day, except from 6am to 4pm on Saturday (UTC+8).
Contact us: +44 (20) 7633 5430
What are the benefits of reduced minimums?
Trade in a reduced-risk environment
Start building your confidence trading on live markets for your first 6 weeks
Speculate with real capital
Unlike a demo account, you’ll have the opportunity to make real profits (or losses)
Start with lower costs
Reduced minimum commissions on HK and US Share CFD
What are reduced minimums?
Reduced minimum deal or trade sizes, or reduced commission rates for CFD shares, enable you to take a position at 50% of the size that we normally require. This means they are a great way to start trading, or an ideal next step if you’ve been perfecting your trading skills on our demo account. Although you’ll be trading on live markets, you’ll be able to lessen your exposure, and so reduce your risk.
This offering is available for the entirety of your first 6 weeks trading from a live CFD account, on our Hong Kong and US shares.
Our prices are already competitive, but our reduced minimum deal sizes will help you keep costs down while you build your confidence trading live.
- Trade size
- Minimum Commission
| Week | FX, Commodities, Indices CFDs |
| 1 - 2 | 50% of normal |
| 3 - 4 | 1 |
| 5 - 6 | 1 |
| Week | Minimum commission (online) US Shares |
Minimum commission (online) Hong Kong Shares |
| 1 - 2 | $2 | HKD 6 |
| 3 - 4 | $4 | HKD 12.5 |
| 5 - 6 | $9 | HKD 30 |
Fill in our simple online form
We’ll ask a few questions about your trading experience.
Get swift verification
We aim to complete the verification process as quickly as possible so you can start trading on a huge range of markets.
Fund your account and trade
Or practice on a demo if you’d prefer.
Start trading now
Log in to your account now to access today’s opportunity in a huge range of markets.
Access over 17,000* markets
You can find opportunity in rising and falling markets across a range of asset classes, including:
Forex
Indices
Shares
Commodities
Cryptocurrencies
FAQs
Am I eligible for reduced minimums?
You’ll be eligible for reduced minimum deal sizes if:
- You’re a new client, who is within the first month of creating their live account
- You’ve been using an IG demo account and are within the first month of upgrading to a live account
How long will I be able to enjoy lower minimums for?
You’ll be able to take advantage of our lower minimums offering for 6 weeks after you have opened your live account. During this time you can build your confidence trading, ready to start trading our standard deal sizes.
Do I have to be a new client to use reduced minimums?
Yes – or at least, you’ll have to have a new live CFD trading account. If you have already been using our demo account, you can upgrade to a live account and still use reduced minimum deal sizes for the first 6 weeks.
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