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IG is the largest Forex broker and CFD dealer in the world. The company offers access globally to a comprehensive product line that includes forex, stock indices, individual equities, stock sectors, commodities, cryptocurrencies, bonds, and interest rates on a variety of professional-grade web-based and mobile trading platforms.

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of IG reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

IG Outage Chart 02/12/2026 01:35

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by IG users through our website.

  1. Trading platform (83%)

    Trading platform (83%)

  2. Login (17%)

    Login (17%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent IG outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomPortsmouth Trading platform
United KingdomBasingstoke Trading platform
GermanyBrandenburg an der Havel Trading platform
GermanyLeer Login
GermanyLeer Trading platform
GermanyHannover Trading platform
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IG Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • WeegieNelson Rob Nelson (@WeegieNelson) reported

    @IGClientHelp I cannot find the trailing stop loss feature. Can you help me?

  • FreedomFan35 Dr Nobody (@FreedomFan35) reported

    @IGcom are you aware of an issue where open positions are not appearing on charts nor in the "open positions" section?!

  • noronha_ashley Ashley Noronha (@noronha_ashley) reported

    @IGClientHelp Getting an error when trying to buy a stock on London Stock Exchange: “Not suitable for European retail clients”. Bit strange it’s not suitable for me buy stock from LSE when I am in London..? Ticker: ARB

  • sighsmommy Katie Reed (@sighsmommy) reported

    @IGClientHelp I am trading with a robot and I am still waiting for that platform to help but do you know why I can't set my lot size to .01 and it show on the charts too...it just keeps trying to trade and saying invalid lot amount, even with expert settings .01 chart shows 0

  • SimonEverard Simon Everard (@SimonEverard) reported

    @IGClientHelp hi, why can't I find out about SIPP's on your site? I click on SIPP's on help page (under investments section) but nothing happens.

  • ehbones Hallie (@ehbones) reported

    @IGClientHelp hi my Instagram account has been flagged as spam (incorrectly) since July. I am tweeting all the insta support pages I can find since you people don’t just have costumer support. HELP!

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @AB38692700 @IGClientHelp IG is run by f**king Muppets. Their second rate trading platform continues to crash at a moments notice and don't bet on being able to get hold of the useless, to$$ers by telephone to close your trading positions either. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

  • KingVeli11 King Veli (@KingVeli11) reported

    @IGClientHelp hey IG hope all is well, I’m having trouble with depositing money into my account. My IG app wouldn’t allow me to deposit more than 3k but I’ve read on IG’s website that the maximum limit in 99.9k. No one is answering the phones or emails, please help.

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @IGcom - Worst trading platform ever with pi$$ poor customer service to match!!! AVOID!

  • IGSquawk IGSquawk (@IGSquawk) reported

    @BanjoPigeon @IGcom @IGTV Hello there. $PLBY is available to trade. Clients have been buying and selling it today. If you are still have issues reach out to our helpdesk

  • changhazcome Daniel Keegan (@changhazcome) reported

    @IGClientHelp Please help me open an account!! I sent my documents in over a week ago and I am beginning to think there is an issue with IG.

  • WilliamEales William Eales (@WilliamEales) reported

    @IGClientHelp @Garry27977708 IG has not got a good experienced support network in place. They need to invest in the quality of personnel and capacity to cope with the the size of their trading platform.

  • Dudu_salia Eduardo Salia (@Dudu_salia) reported

    The quality of support services @IGSouthAfrica is terrible @IGClientHelp

  • SeanDevonport Sean (@SeanDevonport) reported

    @IGClientHelp I get an email everyday telling me to add funds to my account when the situation is out of my control. Can you stop this please and just resolve the issue?

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @IGcom - IG is run by f**king Muppets. Their second rate trading platform continues to crash at a moments notice and don't bet on being able to get hold of the useless, to$$ers by telephone to close your trading positions either. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

  • winenfunblog Ian Wilson (@winenfunblog) reported

    @IGcom L2 Dealer - NO FTSE QUOTES NO CHARTS NO DETAILS FOR POSITIONS NO QUOTE VALUES No one should think of using this platform it is unusable and support is non existant....

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @IGClientHelp IG is run by f**king Muppets. Their second rate trading platform continues to crash at a moments notice and don't bet on being able to get hold of the useless, to$$ers by telephone to close your trading positions either. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

  • three_fitty James Bailey (@three_fitty) reported

    @IGClientHelp Are there any new restrictions on Direxion leveraged ETF's on your platform? I can no longer open new positions via a CFD account, but forums also reporting errors for share accounts.

  • joshmooredotcom Josh Moore (@joshmooredotcom) reported

    @IGClientHelp I don’t think the Eng house chat is working... in need of help and can’t get onto the live chat feature... please help!

  • telugumesh telugumesh (@telugumesh) reported

    @IGcom anyone here to help?

  • DabOf0ppo _ (@DabOf0ppo) reported

    Trying to get through to @IGcom to place a simple trade is shockingly bad. 45 mins I’ve been waiting now!!! 😤

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @IGcom - Traders, 'AVOID' IG at all costs, p*$$ poor customer service and trading platform crashes, try calling, 20 minutes, you will be cut off. Shocking company!!!

  • CateWW cate (@CateWW) reported

    @IGClientHelp Hi, I hold iShares Silver Trust (all sessions) which normally trades from 9 am UK time but it's closed. Is there a problem with the market? Thanks.

  • Huseyn54889635 Huseyn (@Huseyn54889635) reported

    @IGClientHelp Hi i have been trying to get my account activatrd fot the past week but no one answers the call on customer service, is there any other way to do it?

  • haoever2 Haoever2@hotmail.com (@haoever2) reported

    @malinda63998104 @IGClientHelp Hi IG it has been a week since i click withdraw to card...but the money has not been transfer back to my bank account. May i know who can i speak to regarding this issue?

  • kensimmo Kennedy (@kensimmo) reported

    @IGClientHelp @DScaboble Worst forex broker ever.

  • Garry27977708 Garry (@Garry27977708) reported

    @IGClientHelp - IG is run by f**king Muppets. Their second rate trading platform continues to crash at a moments notice and don't bet on being able to get hold of the useless, to$$ers by telephone to close your trading positions either. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

  • Harshav30374148 Harshavardhan Reddy (@Harshav30374148) reported

    @IGClientHelp hi my account has been disabled For violations terms but I don’t know why I tried to appeal I have done everything like code to gmail but no reply nothing from your side please help me with my account please I have lot of memories in it . Thank you

  • farisahmad1 Faris Ahmad (@farisahmad1) reported

    @IGClientHelp Hi there, I opened my account around 26 Jan. The account says it needs activation and the identity checks seem to have been completed but I still can't fund my account. Been waiting over an hour on the phone too. Help pls?

  • Grac06117764 Grac (@Grac06117764) reported

    @Harshav30374148 @IGClientHelp Thought I had lost my old account when I got disabled and every attempt to have it restored failed until I met globalsecurityhacks on instagram help recover my account, go message