Pepperstone vs ActivTrades

ActivTrades features its innovative proprietary trading platform, offering manual traders market sentiment, hedging, and quality trading charts. Algorithmic and copy traders get the core MT4/MT5 trading platforms upgraded through seven quality plugins. ActivTrades also allows API trading, granting advanced traders with proprietary solutions access to its superb technology infrastructure.

Pepperstone provides Autochartist and the Smart Trader Tools upgrade package for MT4/MT5, consisting of 28 plugins. It creates one of the most competitive environments. It added Capitalise AI, a code-free environment to automate trading strategies, and cTrader is also available. Besides the embedded copy trading services available in all its trading platforms, Pepperstone offers Myfxbook Autotrade and DupliTrade.

We have conducted an in-depth review of ActivTrades and Pepperstone to determine which presents the better overall choice and which traders will benefit the most at either broker.

• Features and Platforms
• Available Markets
• Typical Spreads and Fees
• Security and Trust
• eToro versus ActivTrades - Verdict

Headquarters	United Kingdom	Australia
Regulators	N/A	ASIC, BaFin, CMA, CySEC, DFSA, FCA, SCB
Tier 1 Regulator(s)?
Owned by Public Company?
Year Established	2001	2010
Execution Type(s)	Market Maker	No Dealing Desk, NDD
Minimum Deposit	$10	$200
Trading Platform(s)	MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Proprietary platform, Web-based	MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, Trading View
Average Trading Cost EUR/USD	0.8 pips ($8.00)	1.1 pips
Average Trading Cost GBP/USD	1.3 pips ($13.00)	1.6 pips
Average Trading Cost WTI Crude Oil	$0.04	$0.03
Average Trading Cost Gold	$0.36	$0.20
Retail Loss Rate	N/A	78.60%
Minimum Raw Spreads	N/A	0.0 pips
Minimum Standard Spreads	N/A	1.0 pips
Minimum Commission for Forex	N/A	6.00 per round lot (cTrader) / $7.00 per round lot (MT4/MT5)
Islamic Account
Signals
US Persons Accepted?
Managed Accounts
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Features and Platforms

MT4
MT5
cTrader
Proprietary Platform
Automated Trading
DOM?
Guaranteed Stop Loss
Scalping
Hedging
One-Click Trading
OCO Orders
Interest on Margin
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ActivTrades provides one-on-one training sessions, and a dedicated institutional division confirms deep liquidity pools. Pepperstone added the active TradingView community, featuring 30M+ traders.

Available Markets

Currency Pairs	N/A
Commodities
Crude Oil
Gold
Metals
Equity Indices
ETFs
Futures
Synthetics
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The asset selection at ActivTrades and Pepperstone is similar, but Pepperstone maintains an edge with 1,200+ trading instruments versus 1,000+ at ActivTrades. Forex traders get a broader choice of currency pairs with 60+, three currency indices, and notably more cryptocurrency pairs. Both brokers allow cross-asset diversification, but Pepperstone adds more quantity and therefore opportunities.

Typical Spreads and Fees

Average Trading Cost EUR/USD	0.8 pips ($8.00)	1.1 pips
Average Trading Cost GBP/USD	1.3 pips ($13.00)	1.6 pips
Average Trading Cost WTI Crude Oil	$0.04	$0.03
Average Trading Cost Gold	$0.36	$0.20
Average Trading Cost Bitcoin	$105.00	$16.50
Minimum Raw Spreads	N/A	0.0 pips
Minimum Standard Spreads	N/A	1.0 pips
Minimum Commission for Forex	N/A	6.00 per round lot (cTrader) / $7.00 per round lot (MT4/MT5)
Deposit Fee	N/A
Withdrawal Fee	N/A
Inactivity Fee	N/A	$0
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Both brokers offer competitive trading costs. ActivTrades has lower minimum fees, while Pepperstone maintains cheaper average trading costs. Commission rebates exist at ActivTrades and Pepperstone, where minimum Forex costs at Pepperstone drop to as low as $3.00 per lot. Equity commissions are also lower at Pepperstone than at ActivTrades.

Security and Trust

Country of the Regulator	Brazil, The Bahamas, Luxembourg, Portugal, United Kingdom	United Arab Emirates, Australia, The Bahamas, Cyprus, Germany, Kenya, United Kingdom
Name of the Regulator	N/A	ASIC, BaFin, CMA, CySEC, DFSA, FCA, SCB
Regulatory License Number	434413, 199667 B, 433, undisclosed, undisclosed	414530, F217, 388/20, F004356, 91279, 128, 684312
Regulatory Tier	1, 4, 1, 1, 2	N/A
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ActivTrades and Pepperstone segregate client deposits from corporate funds and offer negative balance protection. ActivTrades additional provides $1,000,000 in third-party insurance protection. Both brokers have a spotless regulatory record and established themselves as secure, reliable, and trustworthy Forex brokers.

Pepperstone vs ActivTrades – Verdict

ActivTrades

Pros	Cons
Upgraded MT4/MT5 trading platforms and a cutting-edge proprietary alternative	Limited choice of cryptocurrencies
Excellent order execution due to superior technology infrastructure
Outstanding educational resources for beginners
Interest payments on free margin and volume-based cash rebate program

Pepperstone

Pros	Cons
Excellent choice of trading platforms consisting of MT4/MT5, and cTrader	Minimum deposits are slightly higher but within a reasonable range
Market-leading MT4/MT5 upgrade package, Autochartist, and API trading
Social trading support via Myfxbook, MetaTrader Signals, and DupliTrade
Leverage of up to 1:500 and superb trade execution

Both brokers maintain upgraded trading platforms, low trading costs, deep liquidity, and extensive support for algorithmic traders. ActivTrades offers an excellent feature with its one-on-one training sessions for beginners, but Pepperstone remains the more competitive multi-asset broker overall. It has superior trading platform upgrades, a broader asset selection, lower trading costs for high-volume traders, and more copy trading solutions.

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