Pepperstone
8.6- ASIC
- FCA
- BaFin
Four tier-1 and tier-2 licences with no offshore fallback entity
Cost 0.85Min $0Leverage 1:500
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Top brokers
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Eightcap
8.5- ASIC
- FCA
- CySEC
Raw pricing close to IC Markets at half the minimum deposit
Cost 0.90Min $100Leverage 1:500
Exness
8.5- FCA
- CySEC
- FSCA
Lowest entry of any tier-1 regulated broker and the fastest stated payout
Cost 0.70Min $10Leverage 1:2000
XM
8.3- CySEC
- ASIC
- FCA
Widest education programme in the directory; cost is mid-table
Cost 0.60Min $5Leverage 1:1000
IC Markets
8.2- ASIC
- CySEC
- FSA-SC
Tightest raw spread in the directory, if you can fund the $200 minimum
Cost 0.80Min $200Leverage 1:500
Top prop firms
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FTMO
8.2Static drawdown and no time limit — the rules most traders can actually survive
Drawdown StaticFee $540Split 80%
FundedNext
7.7Four companies in three countries, and the best split is one you pay extra for
Drawdown StaticFee $549Split 80%
Top exchanges
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Kraken
7.9Fourteen years with no customer-funds breach on record, plus a verifiable reserve proof
Taker 0.26%Volume $1.4BBreach None
Binance
7.5The deepest order books in almost every pair, on a reserve proof without an audit
Taker 0.1%Volume $41BBreach 2019
Coinbase
7.4A listed company filing audited accounts — the strongest solvency evidence here
Taker 0.6%Volume $3.1BBreach None
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$728.22
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XRP
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