Pepperstone Vs. Markets.com - 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.

Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.

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

• Passive investors looking for share dealing services with the intent to hold shares over long perios of time
• High volume CFD traders looking for exposure to several markets using their platform, MT4 or MT5

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

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSCA (South Africa)

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

• Clear separation between investors and Traders by offering share dealing accounts and CFD trading accounts
• Wide range of platforms (Proprietary, MT4, MT5)
• Wide range of stocks and stock CFDs

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

• Minimum trade sizes larger than average
• Spreads above average

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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
• Neteller
• Paypal
• Skrill

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US, JP, CA, BE.

$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.

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

No comissions on CFDs. For share dealing, the first 3 months are commission free, then the structure is:

• EU Shares = 0.1% (min €10)
• UK Shares = 0.1% (min £8)
• US Shares = 2c (min $15)
• AU Shares = 0.1% (min A$10)