IQ Option vs Pepperstone
| IQ Option | Pepperstone |
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| Open an account with just $10. Trade over 14 Cryptocurrencies directly, traditional forex with low spreads or trade digital options with payouts up to 900%. | Pepperstone offers CFD trading to both retail and professional traders. Clients can trade FX, indices, commodities and shares on MT4, MT5 and cTrader platforms. |
| CFDs and FX are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. | |
 Traders from US not accepted |
Traders from US not accepted |
| Awards | |
| Most Trusted Broker 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 - BinaryOptions.net
Best Binary Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com |
Best Forex Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com |
| Bonus | |
| None | None |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Digital Options, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto, Binary Options | CFD, Forex, Indices, Crypto, Futures, Spread betting |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $10 | £200 / $200 |
| Payment Methods | |
| ADVcash, Alipay, Credit Card, MoneyGram, Perfect Money, QIWI, Skrill, Vietcombank Transfer, Wire Transfer, Yandex Money | Apple Pay, Credit Card, Debit Card, Mastercard, POLi, QIWI, UnionPay, Visa |
| Minimum Trade | |
| 0.001 lots | 0.01 Lots |
| Regulator | |
| CySEC | FCA, ASIC, SCB, DFSA, CMA, BaFin |
| Margin Trading | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Margin Rate | |
| 0.2% | |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | Yes |
| cTrader | |
| No | Yes |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | Yes |
| DMA Account | |
| No | No |
| MAM Account | |
| No | Yes |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | Yes |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| No | Yes |
| Robo Advisor | |
| No | No |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | Yes |
| Market Maker | |
| No | Yes |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS, Android and Windows |
| Auto Trading | |
| - | Yes |
| Trade Signals | |
| Yes | Yes (Via Chartist Software) |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | No |
| Tournaments | |
| Yes | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| No | No |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Islamic Account | |
| Yes | No |
| Account Currencies | |
| USD, EUR, GBP, ZAR | USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, CHF |
| CFD | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 EU, 1:500 | 1:500 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| 1 pt | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 1 | 0.38 pips (Via Razor) |
| Oil Spread | |
| 2.3 | 0.7 pips |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 2 | DAX (0.9 pts in main trading session), DOW (1.6 pts in main trading session) |
| Forex | |
| IQ Option offer forex trading on a range of currencies. Spreads are on the high side and the brand do not excel in this area | Pepperstone offers spreads from 0.0 pips on the Razor account and have almost 61+ pairs available to trade. Lots start at 0.01. |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 5 pips | 0.38 pips (Via Razor) |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| 14 pips | 0.09 pips (Via Razor) |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| 15 pips | 0.49 pips (Via Razor) |
| Assets | |
| 120 | 180 |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| IQ Option are a leading Crypto broker. They offer multipliers, and a huge range of crypto markets. | Pepperstone offers trading on the major Cryptocurrencies via a range of trading platforms. |
| Spread | |
| BTC 7%, ETH 12% (Var) | BTC $10, ETH $4 |
| Coins | |
| BTC, TRX, XRP, BCH, ETH, EOS, OMG, ETC, QTUM, ZEC, LTC, DASH | BCH, BTC, ETH, LTC, DASH |
| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| Binary Options | |
| IQ Option lead the way in binary options and digital trading. The best platform, with the lowest minimum deposit | Binary options trading not offered |
| Payout | |
| 91% | |
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| CFDs and FX are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. | |