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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 01/18/2026 11:40

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Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Trading platform (70%)

    Trading platform (70%)

  2. Login (20%)

    Login (20%)

  3. Website (10%)

    Website (10%)

Live Outage Map

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

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

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • lxkedevlin Luke Devlin (@lxkedevlin) reported

    @IGClientHelp I deposited £500 into my account but after your website crashed and I got back on it had disappeared. Please fix this

  • Lilalush Lilalush (@Lilalush) reported

    @IGClientHelp You are f*cking rubbish IG rubbish service can’t call you can’t close positions you should be struck off the list how are u even FSA regulated ????? I have an ISA with you and will move it now with your rubbish service

  • IGcom IG (@IGcom) reported

    @CurtisLoew15 @IGClientHelp Please refresh your browser and try and login again.

  • MrSalvenStadl MisterS (@MrSalvenStadl) reported

    @IGClientHelp Of all the time for you guys to have system problems - presumably you will be reimbursing any profits on trades that couldn't be closed off due to 'Sorry there seems to be a problem' ?

  • MU05_TOY MHussain (@MU05_TOY) reported

    @IGClientHelp Why does this always happen when there’s volatility. Fix it we’re losing money

  • travisawilson Travis Wilson (@travisawilson) reported

    @IGClientHelp You've been down now for 30mins....someone is going to lose their job, surely.

  • toemustboolerth Vatark FX (@toemustboolerth) reported

    @IGcom log-in error! Expecting that btw.

  • tooshrt Mo (@tooshrt) reported

    @JayC71870818 @IGClientHelp Robin Hood's down; that's what IG is competing against right now

  • The_MadStork The Mad Stork (@The_MadStork) reported

    @pjb2go @IGcom Yup. Was down for an hour on US open. Back up now

  • k3books K3 (@k3books) reported

    @IGClientHelp @IGcom gold goes down $16 positions open buying gold. goes to $1834 lost chance to buy when low.. phone trading is not practical. 3 times this has had happened last 12 months . volitility sorry NO services. is a theame.. no message in inbox. very strange

  • hedgeguy2 Chris Hennessy@hedgeguy (@hedgeguy2) reported

    @BANGONtrader @IGClientHelp JUST MOVE TO THEIR NEW PARTNER tastyworks..never down..

  • pjb2go 🕗ontheup🕟 (@pjb2go) reported

    Anybody else having issues with @IGcom platform?

  • valuehustle ValueHustle (@valuehustle) reported

    @IGClientHelp Terrible service. Unable to close trades

  • newvixtrader pmt (@newvixtrader) reported

    @IGClientHelp @IGcom Fix it ! For God’s sake

  • adam101 adam101 (@adam101) reported

    @IGClientHelp Next to crash will be your share price. I’m not th only one who’ll be packing up and taking my money elsewhere. Muppets

  • debshampa Pinky (@debshampa) reported

    @IGClientHelp Totally unacceptable!@IGClientHelp I been waiting from last few months to sell of few of shares when market goes down and so disappointed now

  • papadopilouse Ethienne Papadopilouse (@papadopilouse) reported

    @IGClientHelp @IGcom We need to complain to authorities and post about their garbage service everywhere so that there’s don’t get stuck!

  • scyong23 Liquid Gold (@scyong23) reported

    @IGClientHelp I’ve had issues for months and they said oh we have never seen anything like it. Laggy AF when there’s volume

  • tooshrt Mo (@tooshrt) reported

    @IGClientHelp Still down; no update? What's the update?

  • Woodysue gin&tonic (@Woodysue) reported

    Anybody else having a bad day on markets? @IGClientHelp your platform went down awful service now app doesn't log in either..how can we trade when your platform is down.

  • Rooky_Trader RookieTrader (@Rooky_Trader) reported

    @IGClientHelp **** YOU IG. What kind of service do you run? Missed a massive bounce you useless c***s.

  • Mary33246751 Mary (@Mary33246751) reported

    @IGClientHelp You are the worst broker I have ever seen.

  • MBdaytrading MBTrading (@MBdaytrading) reported

    @IGcom down ! Sort it out please

  • Andrea334506911 Andrea34 (@Andrea334506911) reported

    @shiftingshares @IGSquawk As I said a few days ago, @IGClientHelp your customer services is RUBBISH, you make very poor attempts to resolve most of my queries. I'm still waiting for a response to my latest email on a chain to you that I sent WEEKS ago!

  • johncharles247 john charles (@johncharles247) reported

    @IGClientHelp @IGcom The issue is you preventing trading in certain stocks because you don’t want to lose money...

  • Dan_The_Maiin Daniel (@Dan_The_Maiin) reported

    @DM32675446 @itsakarl @IGClientHelp IG not the only one down. But yeah its BS!

  • Mary33246751 Mary (@Mary33246751) reported

    @IGClientHelp Not acceptable at all...... hey IG clients pls we need to do something...... this is ridicules.... I have other accounts with other brokers.... I never have/had issues.... this is not even an issue, this is disaster.... 😡😡😡😡

  • debshampa Pinky (@debshampa) reported

    @IGClientHelp How long do you need to investigate and then fix @IGClientHelp

  • IGcom IG (@IGcom) reported

    @moneycrab @IGClientHelp Please refresh your browser and try and login again.

  • BANGONtrader #100%Trader (@BANGONtrader) reported

    anyone else been having problems with @IGClientHelp #IGindex this afternoon 😡😡😡