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


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Overview
Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities trading.	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
Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies	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 1 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
FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)	BaFin (Germany) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) DFSA (United Arab Emirates) CySec (Cyprus) SCB (Bahamas) CMA (Kenya)
The Good
Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA accounts	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
Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application	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
2012	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill POLi Bpay Unionpay Mpesa
💵 Account Base Currencies
13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR	9 - USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, CHF, HKD, SGD, JPY, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, IR, SY.	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
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
133	1,536
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	1,300
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
73	60
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	31
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	100
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
4	20
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
26	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)	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
Varies per commodity (eg: 0.01 Contracts of Gold)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	400
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
No	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
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account).	For Standard account : All fees included in the spread For Razor account: From $7 per Lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.77 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 34 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1.5 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 22 Pips	Dynamic - Average 13.81 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $90	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