Pepperstone Vs. Tickmill - 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.	Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.
Best For
Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders	Professional currency traders looking to exploit their account offering with low spreads Traders familiar with both MetaTrader 4 or 5 platforms with the intent to trade currencies
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 4 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)	CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles) FCA (UK) FSA (Labuan) FSCA (South Africa)
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	Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account
The Bad
Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	Extremely low asset offering (over 80+ instruments in total) All of Tickmill’s assets are CFDs (users can’t purchase real stocks or ETFs)
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	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa	Bank Transfer Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller DotPay Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.	4 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN
🗽 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, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,536	87
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,300	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
60	62
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
31	4
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	14
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
100	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
20	3
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 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)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 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	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 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	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 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	Depending on account type: Classic account has no commissions Pro account has a commission of 2 units of your base currency round turn per lot VIP account has a commission of 1 unit of your base currency round turn per lot
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips	Dynamic- From 0 to 1.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips	Dynamic- From 39 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips	Dynamic- From 24 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	Dynamic - From $128.2
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	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No