Pepperstone vs ThinkMarkets Comparison
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Can I trust Pepperstone?
Pepperstone is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. Pepperstone is authorised by three Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), zero Tier-3 regulators (Average Risk), and two Tier-4 (High Risk). Pepperstone is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system.
Can I trust ThinkMarkets?
ThinkMarkets is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. ThinkMarkets is authorised by five tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two tier-2 regulators (Average Risk), zero tier-3 regulators (low trust), and two tier-4 regulators (High Risk). ThinkMarkets is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system.
Is Pepperstone good?
Pepperstone offers a growing range of tradeable markets, good-quality research, and support for multiple social copy trading platforms.
Is ThinkMarkets good?
ThinkMarkets has multiple regulatory license and offers a proprietary trading platform, as well as the entire MetaTrader suite. The broker has made progress in key areas, such as research and education, and the range of markets available, although trails behind the best brokers in these categories.
What is the minimum deposit requirement for opening an account with Pepperstone?
To open a trading account with Pepperstone, you'll need to make an initial minimum deposit of $0.
What is the minimum deposit requirement for opening an account with ThinkMarkets?
ThinkMarkets requires a minimum deposit of $0 before you can open an account and start trading.
What funding options does each broker offer?
It's important to make sure that your forex broker accepts the funding options and deposit methods that work best for you. Pepperstone offers Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw) for banking, whereas ThinkMarkets provides Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw).
Does Pepperstone or ThinkMarkets offer lower pricing?
Comparing the trading costs of forex and CFDs is not easy. Not every broker publishes average spread data, and pricing structures vary. Based on our thorough, data-driven testing of each broker's commissions and fees, we found that Pepperstone offers better pricing overall for traders.
Methodology: When testing each broker's commissions, fees, and pricing, we analyze multiple trade scenarios and award points based on the expansiveness (or inexpensiveness) of the broker's spreads. We then run multiple scenarios for different investor types, incorporating any miscellaneous fees, to determine an "all-in" cost per trade. Learn more about how we test.
Is Pepperstone or ThinkMarkets safer for forex and CFDs trading?
At ForexBrokers.com, we track over 110 international regulatory agencies and sort them by tiers (Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, Tier-4, and Tier-5) to help you choose well-regulated, highly trusted forex brokers. Learn more about our proprietary Trust Score rating system. Based on our research on the regulatory status of over 60 brokers, we've found that ThinkMarkets holds 5 global Tier-1 licenses, while Pepperstone holds 3. Both Pepperstone and ThinkMarkets hold 2 global Tier-2 licenses.
After evaluating each broker based on their number of held licenses, years in business, and a range of other data-driven variables, we've determined that Pepperstone (95) earned a higher Trust Score than ThinkMarkets (92).
Which trading platform is better: Pepperstone or ThinkMarkets?
To compare the trading platforms of both Pepperstone and ThinkMarkets, we tested each broker's trading tools, research capabilities, and mobile apps. For trading tools, Pepperstone offers a better experience. With research, Pepperstone offers superior market research. Finally, we found ThinkMarkets to provide better mobile trading apps.
Here’s what trading platforms are available at Pepperstone:
- Proprietary Platform - No
- Web Platform - Yes
- cTrader - Yes
- DupliTrade - Yes
- MT4 - Yes
- MT5 - Yes
- ZuluTrade - No
- TradingView - Yes
Here’s what trading platforms are available at ThinkMarkets:
- Proprietary Platform - Yes
- Web Platform - Yes
- cTrader - No
- DupliTrade - No
- MT4 - Yes
- MT5 - Yes
- ZuluTrade - No
- TradingView - No
What about MetaTrader? How about copy trading?
The MetaTrader trading platform suite is wildly popular among forex and CFD traders across the globe. Both Pepperstone and ThinkMarkets offer MetaTrader 4 (MT4). Forex traders also appreciate the ability to engage in social copy trading. Pepperstone and ThinkMarkets both offer copy trading.
What can I trade with each broker?
Pepperstone provides traders 65 currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD) compared to ThinkMarkets's 46 available pairs. If you are interested in trading a full range of securities, ThinkMarkets offers traders access to 4000 tradeable symbols, while Pepperstone offers access to 1726 tradeable symbols; so ThinkMarkets offers 2274 more tradeable symbols than Pepperstone.
We found in our testing that ThinkMarkets offers a more diverse selection of investment options than Pepperstone, allowing you to trade Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs), U.S. Stocks (CFD), Cryptocurrency (Derivative), Social Trading / Copy Trading and Spread Betting. Neither have Cryptocurrency (Physical).
Overall winner: Pepperstone
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