Why choose Pepperstone as your FOREX broker?

• Pepperstone (Pepperstone Group Limited) is a Forex ECN broker focusing heavily on a fast execution experience and low cost trading. They have clearly achieved this as our review and ECN Forex comparison tables show.

  This is combined with ultra-low latency, high quality execution, flexible leverage up to 500:1, reliable trading infrastructure and award-winning customer support makes for a great trading experience.

• Pepperstone spreads are extremely tight, especially the razor spreads which are the lowest raw ECN spread Forex account out of the brokers we’ve reviewed. They have lowered FX trading costs with a model of obtaining superior top tier liquidity, obtaining quotes from as many as 22 Major Banks and Electronic Crossing Networks (ECNs). This translates into extremely tight ECN spread FX pricing on all Pepperstone forex trading accounts!
  See our Forex Account Comparisons to see how their FX accounts compare to the competitors.
• Pepperstone Group Limited (ACN: 147 055 703), formerly named Pepperstone Financial Pty Ltd, holds an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) No. 414530 and is regulated by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). They are an Australian online broker with headquarters in Melbourne, Australia and audited by top tier firm Ernst & Young.
• Pepperstone deposits all client funds in Segregated Client Trust Accounts with the National Australia Bank (NAB). Pepperstone cannot use client funds for any business purpose, they are kept on trust for clients and segregated from the business, however client money can be used to maintain margin that is needed to cover positions opened by clients
• Access to two of the world’s leading online Forex trading platforms, MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and cTrader. There are 11 available variations of these products including WebTrader, mobile device, iPhone & Android app versions, plus MetaTrader 5 and cTrader cAlgo. Users focused on EAs (Expert Advisors) may prefer MT4 due to its wider availability, more online resources and larger online community. Other traders however may be drawn to cTrader due to the greater ability to make modifications to the interface, and more advanced order options.
• Pepperstone is the only Forex Broker in the world that offers Qantas Frequent Flyer Points when clients trade Forex (Terms & Conditions apply). New, eligible clients will earn 10 Qantas Points per $1 on their first deposit, up to a maximum of 10,000 points, and then earn an additional 10 points per lot on FX trades.
  If you don’t already have Qantas Frequent Flyer membership, then by signing up for the Qantas Frequent Flyer program through Pepperstone, they will waive the $89.50 joining fee that is usually charged to join the Qantas Frequent Flyer program!
• While Pepperstone was originally founded as a specialist forex broker, in recent years they have expanded to include other products. At the time of writing this review (August 2016) Pepperstone’s range of instruments, for both their Edge Razor and Edge Standard trading accounts include:
  • 58 Foreign Exchange (FX) Pairs (including all majors & very large selection of exotics such as EUR/PLN and Nordic-Asian Crosses such as SEK/JPY)
  • 14 Major Global Stock Index CFDs (including AUS200, EUSTX50, GER30, HK50, JPN225, NAS100, UK100, US30 and the US500)
  • 5 Soft Commodities (Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, Cotton and Frozen Orange Juice)
  • 7 Metals Commodities (including Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium)
  • 3 Energy (West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil, Brent Crude Oil and Natural Gas).

  All the above instruments are available in both MT4 and the cTrader platform, plus on WebTrader and mobile trading apps.

• Pepperstone have produced a new tool that enables One Click Trading via MetaTrader 4.
• Pepperstone has been recognised 17 times for excellence in FX Brokerage, Client Service and Innovative Technology. In recent years these awards include:
  • Winner: #1 Overall Client Satisfaction – Investment Trends 2015 Australia FX Report
  • Winner: #1 Customer Service – Investment Trends 2015 Australia FX Report