Pepperstone Vs. IC Markets - 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.	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.
Best For
Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders	Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
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 1 Other Licenses 2 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) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
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	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
The Bad
Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, 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
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,536	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,300	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
60	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
31	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
100	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
20	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 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)	$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	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
📺 cTrader
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	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 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	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	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	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
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No