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FXOpen vs Pepperstone

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	FXOpen	Pepperstone
Overall score	3.42 / 5	3.75 / 5
Regulation	CySEC No. 194/13 + FCA No. 579202 + FSA Seychelles-licensed (licence number unconfirmed) FCA and ASIC licences are held by separate FXOpen group entities (UK and Australia), not by FXOpen EU Ltd itself. FSA Seychelles-licensed via FXON Ltd, per the official FSA Capital Markets register; licence number not independently confirmed.	CySEC No. 388/20 + FCA No. 684312 + FSA Seychelles-licensed (licence number unconfirmed) FSA Seychelles-licensed via Pepperstone International Markets Limited; exact SD number not independently confirmed
Entity	FXOpen EU Ltd	Pepperstone EU Limited
Founded	2003	2010
Headquarters	London, UK (group); FXOpen EU Ltd, the CySEC entity, is based in Cyprus	Melbourne, Australia
Minimum deposit	$300 / €300	$10
Avg. spread (EUR/USD)	1 pips	1.1 pips
Platforms	MT4, MT5, TradingView, Proprietary (TickTrader)	MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView
Other Tier-1 regulators	ASIC	ASIC, DFSA
Instruments	Forex plus CFDs on indices, commodities, stocks and cryptocurrencies	1,300+ instruments across forex, indices, commodities, shares
Visit	Visit FXOpen	Visit Pepperstone

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How this score is calculated: Nine weighted categories against a fixed, disclosed rubric -- regulation & client protection 30%, trading costs 20%, non-trading fees 10%, platforms & tools 10%, execution/trading conditions 10%, product range 5%, deposits/withdrawals 5%, transparency 5%, track record 5% -- not a ranking relative to other brokers, and not hands-on tested. See the full methodology. Verify current terms directly with the broker and its regulator's public register before depositing funds. This is not personalized financial advice.