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iFOREX Europe Vs. Pepperstone - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.

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
  • Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
  • 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

0

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

4

Other Licenses

3

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • BaFin (Germany)
  • FCA (UK)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • SCB (Bahamas)
  • CMA (Kenya)
The Good
  • Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
  • 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
  • High spreads on all of their instruments
  • Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools
  • Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
  • Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive
  • No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
Status
Operational Operational
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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
2018 2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200 $200
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • POLi
  • Bpay
  • Unionpay
  • Mpesa
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR 9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

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
Yes 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
584 1,536
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
400 1,300
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50 60
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19 31
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
32 25
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42 100
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41 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
$2,500 in trade value 1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 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
30 400
💪 Professional Leverage
500 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No Yes
📺 cTrader
No Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No Yes
👫 Social Trading
No Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.

None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees

No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).

None
💰 Commissions
None
  • For Standard account : All fees included in the spread
  • For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3 Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120 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
No Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes No
📡 Webinars
Yes Yes