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IC Markets Global
8.4/10 IC Markets Global rating
Best for high-volume MT4, MT5 and cTrader traders who can do the pip-versus-commission maths themselves
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Ranked by our overall score out of 10, built from accounts we funded and traded on ourselves.
1
- EUR/USD average spread
- 0.1 pips (Raw Spread and cTrader Raw)
- Minimum deposit
- $200 (Raw Spread and cTrader Raw)
- Retail leverage (ASIC/CySEC)
- 30:1 on major currency pairs
- Regulators
- ASICCySECFSA
8.4/10 IC Markets Global rating
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- Zero account EUR/USD spread
- 0.0 pips floor, 0.05 pips average in independent testing
- Minimum deposit
- $0
- Regulators
- ASICVFSCFSA
- Zero account commission
- $2.25 per side, $4.50 round turn per standard lot
8.2/10 Fusion Markets rating
3
- Raw account EUR/USD spread
- 0.0 pips floor, 0.10 pips typical average
- Minimum deposit
- $100 (Raw account)
- UK entity leverage
- Up to 1:30 (FCA licence 717270)
- Regulators
- FCACySECFSCAFSA
8.2/10 Tickmill Group rating
4
- EUR/USD spread (Razor)
- From 0.0, averaging near 0.1 pips
- Minimum deposit
- No set minimum
- Regulators
- FCAASICCySECDFSA
- Account tested
- Razor
8.1/10 Pepperstone Group rating
5
- RAW account EUR/USD spread
- As low as 0.0 pips, typical near 0.137 pips
- Minimum deposit
- $100 (RAW pricing account)
- Retail leverage cap
- 50:1 on majors, 20:1 on minors (CFTC rule)
- Regulator
- CFTCNFA member 0339826
8.1/10 StoneX Group rating
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Read the full methodWhich entity holds your money
- We name the legal entity that opens a client account in each region, not the group brand.
- We look the licence number up on the regulator's own register before we fund anything.
- Offshore entities are flagged as offshore, whatever the marketing page says.
