EssFX
Pepperstone
Regulated
🇦🇺Australia
Founded 16 years ago

Pepperstone

Razor-thin spreads. Built for active traders. Pepperstone Group Limited — Melbourne-headquartered ECN/STP broker with Razor accounts, deep liquidity and multi-jurisdiction oversight (ASIC, CySEC, FCA and SCB Bahamas offshore entity). Contact: support@pepperstone.com.

8.6/ 10.0
Overall Score
founded 2010
/
licensed in
🇦🇺ASIC🇨🇾CySEC🇬🇧FCA🇧🇸SCB
/
servers34
/
apps1
Block 02 · Risk index

Risk Score Index

Multi-axis evaluation across six pillars

0 — 10 scale
Regulation
Pillar 1/6
8.7
/ 10

Strength and number of active licenses in tier-1 jurisdictions.

Transparency
Pillar 2/6
8.9
/ 10

Disclosure of fees, execution venues, and beneficial ownership.

Stability
Pillar 3/6
7.2
/ 10

Years of operation, capitalization and funding deposit history.

Client Protection
Pillar 4/6
8.9
/ 10

Investor compensation schemes, segregated accounts, negative balance protection.

Reputation
Pillar 5/6
8.0
/ 10

Aggregated trader sentiment from independent reviews and complaints.

Platform Quality
Pillar 6/6
10.0
/ 10

Quality, latency and feature breadth of supported trading platforms.

Block 03 · Licenses

Forex Regulations

Active licenses by jurisdiction

ASIC
🇦🇺Australia
Active
License
Pepperstone Group Limited — Market Making (MM)
Reg ID414530
CySEC
🇨🇾Cyprus
Active
License
Pepperstone EU Limited — Market Making (MM)
Reg ID388/20
FCA
🇬🇧United Kingdom
Active
License
Pepperstone Limited — Forex Execution License (STP)
Reg ID684312
SCB
🇧🇸Bahamas
Active
License
Pepperstone Markets Limited — Derivatives Trading (MM, offshore)
Reg IDSIA-F217
Block 04 · Trading platforms

Platform Licenses

Authorized trading platforms & servers

Licensed
MT4
MetaTrader 4
Full License MT4
Servers22
Licensed
MT5
MetaTrader 5
Full License MT5
Servers12
Authorized servers34 servers
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge11
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge12
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge03
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneBS-Edge12
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge04
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneUAE-Edge04
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping37ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge02
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Demo01
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneBS-Edge11
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge08
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneBS-Edge08
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge06
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge07
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge01
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge09
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneUK-Demo03
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneGmbH-Edge14
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping40ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge14
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneUK-Edge10
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
PepperstoneEU-Edge14
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping34ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Edge05
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT4)
Pepperstone-Demo02
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping28ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneBS-MT5-Live01
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping46ms
(MT5)
Pepperstone-MT5-Live01
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping40ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneUAE-MT5-Live01
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping49ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneEU-Live
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping28ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneGmbH-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping34ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneUK-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping28ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneUK-Live
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping28ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneEU-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping28ms
(MT5)
Pepperstone-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping22ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneUAE-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping31ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneGmbH-Live
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping34ms
(MT5)
PepperstoneBS-Demo
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping28ms
Block 06 · Acquisition

Trading Strategy

Web traffic acquisition mix

100%
Total share
Block 07 · Geographic reach

Business Region

Top 10 markets by influence

10 active markets
01
🇨🇭
CHSwitzerland
8.1
02
🇦🇺
AUAustralia
8.1
03
🇭🇰
HKHong Kong
7.8
04
🇩🇪
DEGermany
7.5
05
🇵🇪
PEPeru
7.5
06
🇧🇷
BRBrazil
7.3
07
🇲🇽
MXMexico
7.1
08
🇲🇳
MNMongolia
7.1
09
🇺🇸
USUnited States
7.0
10
🇲🇾
MYMalaysia
6.9
Block 08 · Independent review

Video Review

Independent broker analysis