Wednesday 30 December 2015

Ig Markets Review




IG Markets Review


IG Markets specialises in financial derivatives, principally Contracts for Difference (CFDs) on shares and indices, as well as being a leading dealer in margined Foreign Exchange. Our clients include brokers, fund managers and trading companies as well as private investors. IG Markets is part of the IG Group, a UK FTSE 250 member with over 75,000 active clients worldwide. The group has offices in Singapore, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo and Stockholm.


IG Markets Broker’s Interview –


1. IG Index, do you offer binary options? If not, why not?


We have been dealing in options for well over 20 years. We invented financial binary betting in 2002 – this is basically the same as a binary option.


2. How would you describe the traders that use your platform?


Options tend to appeal to a slightly more experienced client and trading the various options available on the US indices is probably the most popular but with the continued volatility in forex this is another popular area. We offer one week and two week options on FX in addition to the more traditional monthly expiries.


3. What do you offer traders that none of the other platforms offer?


We do lots of options – I think most of our competition don’t even bother.


4. Do you have any options trading strategy tips to offer our readers?


We can’t really offer tips but our clients tend to look at strategies that don’t involve just buying a call or put. Volatility plays, ahead of major events such as US non farm payrolls tend to popular such as buying straddles on indices and Forex.


5. Where do you see yourselves in 2 years?


At the moment IG group is around the 150th biggest company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. We are the market leader here in the UK and we would expect to continue to grow over the years to come.