Updated May 20 2022
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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. |
IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
Up to 1 day | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2010 | 2007 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$200 | $200 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY and NZD | 10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD. |
🗽 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. | US, CA, IL. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
1,300 + | 1,600 + |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
60 | 61 |
📗 Commodities | |
31 | 22 |
📕 Indices | |
25 | 25 |
📔 ETFs | |
100 | N/A |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
20 | 18 |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 11 |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | 4 |
📝 Notes: | |
All Pepperstone assets are CFDs. | All ICMarkets assets are CFDs. | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Varies by Stock | Varies by Stock |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Varies by ETF | N/A |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) | Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 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) | Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies by Bond |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies by Future |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:400 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ 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 | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
No | No |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
No | No |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Commissions | |
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No commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips | Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips | Dynamic - From 30 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | N/A |
📉 BTC | |
From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |