Plus500 vs Pepperstone

Plus500 vs Pepperstone Comparison Table 2023
Plus500	Pepperstone
Review 4.1	Review 4.8
Traders from US not accepted	Traders from US not accepted
An investor with a Plus500 account can trade CFDs (forex, stocks, commodities, cryptocurrencies (availability subject to regulation), options, indices, and ETFs), Shares, and Futures. With tight spreads and no commission, they are a leading global brand.	Pepperstone offers CFD trading to both retail and professional traders. Clients can trade FX, indices, commodities and shares on MT4, MT5, cTrader and TradingView platforms.
79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	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.
Awards
Best Overall Broker 2021 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2020 - DayTrading.com Best Overall Broker 2019 - DayTrading.com	Best Overall Broker 2023 - DayTrading.com Best Trading App - DayTrading.com 2022 Best Forex Broker - DayTrading.com 2021 #1 Overall Client Satisfaction - UK Investment Trends 2022 #1 Value for Money - UK Investment Trends 2022 #1 Quality of Trade Execution - UK Investment Trends 2022 #1 Ease of Platform Navigation - UK Investment Trends 2022 #1 Charting - UK Investment Trends 2022 Best Forex Broker Overall - Compareforexbrokers.com 2022 Best MT4 Broker - Good Money Guide Best MT4 Broker 2022 Top 5 MetaTrader brokers - Broker Chooser Top 5 MetaTrader brokers 2022
Promotions
	Switch To Pepperstone For A $5000 Cash Bonus & 10% Spread Rebate
Instruments
CFDs (forex, commodities, ETFs, options, etc.), Shares, Futures	CFD, Forex, Indices, Currency Indices, ETFs, Shares, Commodities, Spread Betting, Crypto (not Africa and only Pro clients in UK)
Demo Account
Yes	Yes
Minimum Deposit
$100	$500 recommended
Payment Methods
Apple Pay Credit Card Debit Card Google Wallet Mastercard PayPal POLi Skrill Swift Trustly Visa Wire Transfer	Apple Pay Credit Card Debit Card Mastercard PayPal Visa Wire Transfer
Minimum Trade
Varies by asset	0.01 Lots
Regulator
FCA, MAS, CySEC, ASIC, FSA, FSCA, FMA, DFSA, EFSA	FCA, ASIC, DFSA, CMA, BaFin, CySEC, SCB
Margin Trading
Yes	Yes
MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
cTrader
No	Yes
AlgoTrader
No	No
OmniTrader
No	No
TradingView
No	Yes
Autochartist
No	Yes
eSignal
No	No
Trading Central
No	No
STP Account
No	Yes
ECN Account
No	Yes
DMA Account
No	Yes
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
Yes	Yes
Market Maker
Yes	No
P2P Trading
No	No
Spot Trading
No	Yes
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android and Windows	iOS, Android and Windows
Auto Trading
	Yes
Copy Trading
No	Yes
Copy Trading Platform
	Pepperstone offers an impressive range of third-party platforms, including DupliTrade, a tool that allows investors to automatically replicate the trading activity of experts
Social Trading
No	Yes
Trade Signals
	Yes (Via Chartist Software)
VPS Hosting
No	Yes
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
Yes	No
Custodial Account
No	No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
Yes	No
Inactivity Fee
	0
Islamic Account
No	Yes
Account Currencies
USD EUR GBP AUD ZAR CZK	USD EUR GBP CAD AUD JPY CHF
Stock Exchanges
Australian Securities Exchange Borsa Italiana Deutsche Boerse Euronext London Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange	Australian Securities Exchange CAC 40 Index France DAX GER 40 Index Deutsche Boerse Dow Jones Euronext FTSE UK Index Hang Seng Hong Kong Stock Exchange Japan Exchange Group Korean Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange Nasdaq New York Stock Exchange S&P 500 Shanghai Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange Shenzhen Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange
Commodities
Aluminium Cocoa Coffee Cannabis Copper Corn Cotton Gasoline Gold Lithium Livestock Oil Platinum Silver Soybeans Steel Sugar	Cocoa Coffee Copper Corn Cotton Gasoline Gold Livestock Natural Gas Oil Orange Juice Palladium Platinum Precious Metals Silver Soybeans Sugar Wheat
CFD Trading
	Trade CFDs across a wide range of assets with up to 1:500 leverage for professionals and 1:30 for retail clients
Leverage
1:30	1:500
FTSE Spread
Variable	1.0 pts
GBPUSD Spread
Variable	0 pips (Via Razor)
Oil Spread
Variable	2.0 pips
Stocks Spread
Variable	From 0.0 pts for US shares
Forex Trading
Plus500 Offer forex trading via CFDs with tight variable spreads and a range of well over 70 currency pairs. Free Unlimited Demo Account.	Pepperstone offers spreads from 0.0 pips on the Razor account and has 60+ pairs available to trade. Lots start at 0.01.
Forex App
Plus500 have developed their mobile apps to match the WebTrader online platform . Secure, reliable and uncomplicated, the app is among the best out there. Stop loss and limits are available, free alerts and a full range of markets and instruments are available. Visit the download page here.	Pepperstone deliver their MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms across both Android and iOS. With faster processing times, the ability to hedge your positions, advanced pending orders and more tools and indicators to take your trading to the next level – the Pepperstone mobile app is a powerful addition.
GBPUSD Spread
Variable	0 pips (Via Razor)
EURUSD Spread
Variable	0 pips (Via Razor)
EURGBP Spread
Variable	0 pips (Via Razor)
Assets
70+	60+
Currency Indices
	USD EUR JPY
Cryptocurrency
Crypto trading not offered	Pepperstone offers a long list of popular cryptocurrencies
Spread
Variable	BTC 30, ETH 0
Coins
BCH BTC ETH LTC XRP IOTA NEO EOS XMR	BCH BTC ETH LTC DASH ADA LINK DOGE EOS DOT XRP XLM XTZ UNI BNB
Crypto Lending
No	No
Crypto Mining
No	No
Crypto Staking
No	No
Auto Market Maker
No	No

Review	Review
79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	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.
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