Research checked 2026-10-12 · Unknown fields require verification.
UK site says not directed at US, Belgium or countries outside UK; demo residency acceptance not tested.
Virtual funds: Not recorded
Selectable; options not stated
Expiry: 60 consecutive days without activity
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Account conditions
- Research checked
- 2026-10-12
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Recorded virtual amount
- Requires Verification
- Recorded currency
- Requires Verification
- Expiry category
- inactivity
- Evidence category
- Documentation reviewed
- Signup requirements
- Create inside MT5 on IG-Demo server; contact details and currency
- Notes and remaining checks
- Demo password cannot be reset. Initial balance not stated; do not inherit GBP 10,000 from MT4.
- Record ID
- ig-mt5-uk
- Broker
- IG
- Legal entity
- IG Markets Ltd (CFD scope)
- Research region codes
- UK
- Research region code
- UK
- Research region
- United Kingdom
- Research scope
- United Kingdom
- Platform code
- mt5
- Platform
- MetaTrader 5
- Documented terms
- Controlled simulation omits live slippage
- Balance reset or adjustment
- Not stated
- Live account or deposit
- No; created in MT5 independently of My IG
- Devices
- PC/Mac demo setup documented; other demo devices not confirmed
- Forex coverage
- Forex available; demo pair count not stated
- What the evidence establishes
- Official broker documentation; signup and trading not tested.
- Supporting sources
- Official information source
- IG create MT5 demo
Official entry route
- Route type
- instructions
- Notes and remaining checks
- Create your demo inside MT5; follow these setup steps.
- Evidence status
- Official entry route
- URL
- https://www.ig.com/uk/help-and-support/articles/682585-how-do-i-create-a-live-or-demo-mt5-account
- Route source
- https://www.ig.com/uk/help-and-support/articles/682585-how-do-i-create-a-live-or-demo-mt5-account
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Testing status
- Not tested
Execution and demo realism
Contractual capacity and execution arrangement are separate. ECN/STP labels do not establish agency. Simulated fills do not verify live execution quality.
- Scope
- IG Markets Limited · UK Forex CFDs; excludes share dealing, US options and futures. Documentation only; not account-tested.
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Contractual role
- Finding
- Principal
- Notes and remaining checks
- IG is the contractual counterparty for its CFDs, rather than acting as your agent.
- Supporting sources
- Evidence status
- Documented
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Execution arrangement
- Finding
- Market making
- Notes and remaining checks
- The CFD policy describes IG as market maker and sole execution venue; it may hedge some or all exposure.
- Supporting sources
- Evidence status
- Broker-reported
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Demo realism
- Finding
- Live slippage omitted
- Evidence status
- Documented
- Notes and remaining checks
- MT5-specific help says the controlled demo environment does not reproduce live slippage. Other execution and fee differences remain unspecified.
- Supporting sources
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Research review
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Review outcome
- Reviewed official documentation: role Principal; arrangement Market making; demo Slippage and live checks omitted / Live slippage omitted / Slippage and some live checks omitted. No accounts opened or tested.
- Remaining checks
- No functional account testing; confirm any remaining platform-specific charges and rejection behavior.
Demo markets
- Scope
- IG Markets Ltd (CFD scope) · United Kingdom · MetaTrader 5. Market coverage not yet reviewed.
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Forex CFDs
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Notes and remaining checks
- Forex CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
- Cryptocurrency CFDs
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Notes and remaining checks
- Cryptocurrency CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
API access
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Type
- Requires Verification
- Access route
- Not established for this offering
- Notes and remaining checks
- API access has not yet been established for this legal entity and demo platform. This does not mean it is unavailable.
- Requirements
- Confirm the account, platform and regional requirements with the broker.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Official documentation
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
- Testing status
- Not tested
Entity and regulatory research
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Legal entity
- IG Markets Limited
- Regulator
- Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
- Finding
- Authorised (Regulated), since 01/12/2001 (DD/MM/YYYY). Retail rolling spot Forex included in principal dealing and arranging permissions.
- Scope
- Verification covers this named UK entity and listed permissions, not all group companies or customer eligibility. Register limitations apply.
- Supporting sources
Reading the evidence
Documentation research, not account or execution testing. Research regions do not establish residence eligibility. Requires Verification is an evidence gap, not proof of unavailability. Source conflicts and product/entity qualifications must remain attached to claims. Demo results do not establish live trading performance.
Official sources
IG UK create MT5 account
Source owner: Broker
Research checked: 2026-10-13
Source locator: Important Considerations for Demo Accounts
Source access note: Opened official page or PDF; documentation review only
Source ID: ex-b-ig-mt5-demo
IG UK execution policy — June 2024, CFD section (page 2)
Source owner: Broker
Research checked: 2026-10-13
Source locator: Page 2: CFDs and OTC derivatives; currently linked from UK legal page
Source access note: Primary page/PDF reopened in this pass
Source ID: execution-ig-policy
IG UK demo account
claims: Proprietary GBP 10,000 demo; Forex; form fields; UK entity FCA disclosures and territorial disclaimer.
Research checked: 2026-10-12
evidence status: Documented; not account-tested
Source ID: ig-1
IG create MT5 demo
claims: MT5 demo in platform (not My IG), PC/Mac, contact/currency, 60-day inactivity, no password reset, simulated slippage limitation.
Research checked: 2026-10-12
evidence status: Documented; not account-tested
Source ID: ig-5
IG UK MetaTrader 5
claims: IG MT5 offers Forex; general desktop/web/mobile versions. Demo-device equivalence not assumed.
Research checked: 2026-10-12
evidence status: Documented; not account-tested
Source ID: ig-6
FCA Register — IG Markets Limited
Evidence category: Live register showed IG Markets Limited, FRN 195355, status Authorised. Retail rolling spot Forex included in principal dealing and arranging permissions.
source date: Live register viewed 2026-10-12
Source access note: Direct browser UI; web-text fetch failed, full register loaded in browser.
Source ID: ig-reg-1