BlackBull Markets Vs. Pepperstone - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices.	Pepperstone is an Australian broker founded in 2010 with the aim of providing a professional trading experience with low fees and tight spreads. Currently Pepperstone counts with 7 financial licenses and operates in almost every country around the world.
Best For
Experienced currency traders looking for their ECN PRIME account offer with spreads from 0.1 Pips	Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 3 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FMA (New Zealand) FSAS (Seychelles)	BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)
The Good
Competitive spreads in their ECN Prime account (From 0.1 Pips) Wide variety of platforms (MT4, MT5, TradingView and IBKR) Over 23,000 + shares	Well regulated on several jurisdictions Low latency, fast execution under 30ms Competitive spreads and low commissions from 0.0 pips on their Razor account
The Bad
Their standard asset offering is very low (over 300 instruments) Share trading requires a separate platform with a different onboarding Commissions are above average and share trading fees are a mystery	Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	1 day
📋 Documents Required
Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.	Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc) Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills) All documents must be under the account holder's name.
📍 Year Founded
2014	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $50 to $2,000	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller FasaPay China UnionPay Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD.	9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	AF, AS, AQ, AR, AM, AZ, BY, BE, BZ, BT, BA, BI, CM, CA, CF, KM, TD, CD, CG, CI, ER, GF, PF, GP, GU, GN, GW, GY, HT, VA, IR, IQ, JP, KZ, LB, LR, LY, ML, MQ, YT, MZ, MM, NZ, NI, KP, PS, PR, RE, KN, LC, VC, WS, SO, GS, KR, SS, SD, SR, SY, TJ, TN, TM, TC, US, UY, VU, VE, VG, EH, YE, ZW, RU.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
23,092	1,536
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
23,000	1,300
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
64	60
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	31
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
13	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	100
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	20
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
500	400
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.	None
💰 Commissions
ECN Standard has no fees. ECN PRIME has a $6 commission per lot round turn In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website.	For Standard account : All fees included in the spread For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips
📉 SP500
From 5.5 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 16 Pips	Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $30
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes