Pepperstone Vs. DEGIRO - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.
Best For
Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders	Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered
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 2 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)	BaFin (Germany) AFM (Netherlands)
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	No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives
The Bad
Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	Credit card deposits are not available Simplistic platforms with not many features Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
	N/A
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
Up to 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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit
$200	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa	Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY and NZD	3 - USD, GBP, EUR.
🗽 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.	DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices.	Real stocks, ETFs, bonds and options.
📙 Stocks
1,300 +	Availability from 30 global exchanges.
📘 Currency Pairs
60	N/A
📗 Commodities
31	N/A
📕 Indices
25	N/A
📔 ETFs
100	Availability from 20 Exchanges (Europe, Asia, Oceania)
💸 Cryptocurrencies
20	N/A
📒 Bonds
N/A	Availability from 7 European exchanges.
📓 Options
N/A	Availability from 11 Global Exchanges.
📗 Futures
N/A	Availability from 13 Global Exchanges.
📝 Notes:
All Pepperstone assets are CFDs.	DEGIRO is a traditional DMA broker, which means you buy or sell real shares upon availability from stock exchanges across the globe. Their asset offering is virtually unlimited as it depends on exchange's availability.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies by Stock	N/A
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies by ETF	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	N/A
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)	N/A
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:400	N/A
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	N/A
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	N/A
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
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	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 Commissions
For Standard account : All fees included in the spread For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn	Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips	N/A
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips	N/A
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips	N/A
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	N/A
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	N/A
📉 BTC
From 30 Pips	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No