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Lowest Spreads | FTSE 1 Point Spread | Wall St 2 Point Spread | Tight Forex Spreads

Lowest Spreads | FTSE 1 Point Spread | Wall St 2 Point Spread | Tight Forex Spreads: "t"We offer no hidden charges and permanently low spreads across all our markets, including forex, stock indices, shares and commodities.

Competitive Spreads

Indices

1-point FTSE DFB & Germany 30 DFB
2-point Wall Street DFB

Forex

EUR/USD and GBP/USD from 1 pip
EUR/JPY and USD/CHF from 2 pips

Shares

0.1% per side: Daily Funded Bets
0.2% per side: near quarter bets

Commodities

Spot Gold: 0.5 points
Crude: 4 points

To find out more about our products and dealing spreads you can visit the Range of Markets page.

No Hidden Charges

At IG Index, we are occasionally asked about any charges clients may incur. As a business, we make our money in the following ways:

Spreads

We charge a spread on all the markets we offer. Our FTSE spreads, for instance, begin at just one point, Wall Street from 2 points, and oil spreads start at just four points. Our spreads start at just 0.1% per side for major shares. Please note that spreads can be variable,
especially in exceptionally volatile market conditions.

Funding

For most markets, e.g. index futures, we build funding charges only into the dealing price. For share DFBs, we make funding adjustments each day at 10pm. We applyfunding at the rate of one-month LIBOR +/- 2.5% and the difference between the opening and closing prices reflects the funding credit or debit. For spot currency bets, we make an overnight funding adjustment if the bet is rolled over. This reflects the interest differential between the two currencies. The market 'tom/next' spread is the basis for this adjustment and there is a charge of 0.0055% of the closing price. Weekend rollovers incur three days of 'tom/next' spread but only one charge from us.

Currency conversion

We have two currency conversion settings. Our default setting for all clients is Instant Conversion. When your position is closed, we will automatically convert any foreign currency profit and loss to your base currency before applying it to your account. This includes any charges (for example, interest or dividends).

External fees

Sometimes we need to pass on fees charged to us by other organisations. We will charge a 1.5% administration fee for credit and non-UK debit card payments. We also charge a £15 fee for telegraphic transfers.

Why IG Index? | Award-winning spread betting company

Why IG Index? | Award-winning spread betting companyIG Index has once again been confirmed as the UK's most popular financial spread betting firm in a 2010 report by specialist research agency Investment Trends.

Investment Trends

The 2010 survey showed that almost 60% of active financial spread bettors in the UK now hold an account with us, while 39% described IG Index as their main or sole spread betting provider.

In overall customer satisfaction we came first for the quality of our education materials and were highly commended in the following areas, among others:

• The reliability and performance of PureDeal, our dealing platform
• Our range of instruments to trade
• The range of trading tools on offer

Award winners

Most recently the IG Index iPhone app was recognised in the Sunday Times' App List, which called it 'indispensable'. Our app was the only spread betting tool to make the list.

IG Index was also awarded 2010's Spread Betting Provider of the Year award from What Investment magazine. This prestigious award is a testament to our combination of cutting-edge technology and client-focused service.

Take a look at some of the other awards we've received over the last couple of years:

2010 MoneyAM Online Finance Awards
Best Spread Betting Service
Best Overall Online Provider
Best Online Charts

2010 Financial Times/Investors Chronicle Awards
Best Spread Betting Firm – awarded for the third time in four years

2010 Trade2Win Members' Choice Awards
Best Spread Betting Broker

2009 MoneyAM Online Finance Awards
Best Online Provider
Best Online Product Innovation – for our cutting-edge charting package, DealThru