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


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Overview
Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.	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.
Best For
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	Professional traders that day-trade or scalp Algorithmic traders using their own custom built robots Experienced traders
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 4 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 3 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles) FCA (UK) FSA (Labuan) FSCA (South Africa)	BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)
The Good
Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account	Well regulated on several jurisdictions Low latency, fast execution under 30ms Competitive spreads and low commissions from 0.0 pips on their Razor account
The Bad
Extremely low asset offering (over 80+ instruments in total) All of Tickmill’s assets are CFDs (users can’t purchase real stocks or ETFs)	Avaliable asset offering is not that comprehensive 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
2014	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller DotPay Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN	9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	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.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
87	1,536
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	1,300
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
62	60
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
4	31
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
14	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	100
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
3	20
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
4	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	400
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
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	For Standard account : All fees included in the spread For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic- From 0 to 1.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic- From 39 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic- From 24 Pips	Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $128.2	Dynamic - From $30
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes