Pepperstone Vs. Axi (AxiTrader) - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
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.	Axi (previously known as AxiTrader) is an Australian broker offering CFDs products on FX, Stocks, Indices, Commodities and Cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders	Experienced FX Traders looking to benefit from their custom account offering High volume traders looking to benefit from their 0 pips spreads
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 3 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (Uk) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) SVGFSA (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)
The Good
Well regulated on several jurisdictions Low latency, fast execution under 30ms Competitive spreads and low commissions from 0.0 pips on their Razor account	Competitive account offering for all trader levels with spreads from 0 pips
The Bad
Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	All assets are CFDs (No real stocks or ETFs offered) Extremely low asset offering (around 150 instruments)
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
2010	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill Sofort Giropay iDeal Polish Internet Banking Global Collect
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.	10 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, HKD, JPY, NZD, PLN, SGD, USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
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.	None
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,536	229
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,300	50
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
60	140
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
31	14
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	14
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
100	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
20	11
📒 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
1 Share	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
400	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	400
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
For Standard account : All fees included in the spread For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn	Varies per account type: Standard: None Pro: $3.50 per lot Elite: $1.75 per lot)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	Dynamic - From $40
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes