Pepperstone Vs. eToro - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

eToro is an international broker specialised in social and copy trading that offers real stocks and cryptocurrencies along with CFDs on several asset classes.

• Professional traders that day-trade or scalp
• Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots
• Experienced traders

• New traders looking to use the copy trading feature
• Experienced traders looking to monetise their skills by gaining followers
• Passive investors looking to buy and hold shares with no commissions

• BaFin (Germany)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• DFSA (United Arab Emirates)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CMA (Kenya)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• Well regulated on several jurisdictions
• Low latency, fast execution under 30ms
• Competitive spreads and low commissions from 0.0 pips on their Razor account

• Social and Copy trading capabilities
• Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies

• Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive
• No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs

• Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough
• Lack of advanced order placement controls

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Paypal
• Neteller
• Skrill
• POLi
• Bpay
• Unionpay
• Mpesa

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Sofort
• Neteller
• Paypal
• Skrill

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After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.

Conversion fees apply.

$5 flat fee.

• For Standard account : All fees included in the spread
• For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn

No commissions on real stocks and ETFs