IG Trade Sense

Bill Carson said:

G'day all.

I have been looking at IG Markets demo account but before I really got going my 2 week trial period ended so now I'll find another demo account.

What I really wanted to do was to do their free Trade Sense program, mind you I don't know if it is any good at all.

There is one problem though, they won't let me open an account. They say I need to get some experience trading stocks before I can trade with them. It sounds reasonable that they are protecting new comers from the pitfalls of trading but what is a bit funny is that you can't access the Trade Sense program until after you have opened an account. I think it would be more benificial to me if I could study it now before I go live.

Anyway, it's not the be all and end all. I am educating myself at the moment through the web and books etc.

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maiden22 said:

Go to IG Index (spreadbetting) and open an account there. No restrictions.

You can trade 10p /pip in theory for a limited time, but they will extend it if you want.

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Bill Carson said:

I'm in Australia, surely they would refer me back here or have similar rules in place.

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maiden22 said:

I'm not sure - I can't see why they couldn't accept overseas clients. I know it's illegal for Americans, but I don't think that theres' any restriction in Australia.

Are you talking about IG or IG Index - Index is the spreadbetting side. I've looked at the app page on their site - Australia is listed under the "Country of Residence" section, so presumably it's OK.

It might be worth trying them anyway:

http://www.igindex.co.uk/spread-betting/

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maiden22 said:

I'm not sure - I can't see why they couldn't accept overseas clients. I know it's illegal for Americans, but I don't think that theres' any restriction in Australia.

Are you talking about IG or IG Index - Index is the spreadbetting side. I've looked at the app page on their site - Australia is listed under the "Country of Residence" section, so presumably it's OK.

It might be worth trying them anyway:

http://www.igindex.co.uk/spread-betting/

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