Pepperstone Forex Trading

Summary

• Forex pairs available: 62
• Minimum deposit: £1
• Account types: CFDs, spread betting
• Equity overnight financing: (1/FX Rate) * (Trade Size*Tom Next)
• Pricing: EURUSD 0.26, GBPUSD 0.59, USDJPY 0.26

Tight Pricing

Pepperstone are able to offer some of the tightest forex spreads and commission for major FX pairs. You can also trade minor and exotic FX crosses as a spread bet or trade CFD. Although no currency futures or options. Liquidity, pricing, and execution time on Pepperstone’s platform are good, given its access to multiple Tier 1 banks.

MT4

Pepperstone’s USP, when compared to other forex brokers, is their MT4 offering for traders who want to automate their forex trading strategies. Pepperstone has done partnerships with FX Blue which measures currency strength and also has a free (for clients) package of MT4 indicators which can be used to set up and simulate, then go live with trading algorithms based on technical indicators and price action.

Forex Trading Platform

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