Pepperstone
8.6- ASIC
- FCA
- BaFin
Four tier-1 and tier-2 licences with no offshore fallback entity
Licences 6 entitiesMin $0Leverage 1:500
Brokers with a tier-1 licence
Eightcap
8.5- ASIC
- FCA
- CySEC
Raw pricing close to IC Markets at half the minimum deposit
Licences 7 entitiesMin $100Leverage 1:500
XM
8.3- CySEC
- ASIC
- FCA
Widest education programme in the directory; cost is mid-table
Licences 7 entitiesMin $5Leverage 1:1000
Exness
8.5- FCA
- CySEC
- FSCA
Lowest entry of any tier-1 regulated broker and the fastest stated payout
Licences 4 entitiesMin $10Leverage 1:2000
IC Markets
8.2- ASIC
- CySEC
- FSA-SC
Tightest raw spread in the directory, if you can fund the $200 minimum
Licences 3 entitiesMin $200Leverage 1:500
RoboForex
6.5- IFSC-BZ
- CySEC
- BaFin
Six platforms and 1:2000 leverage — on an offshore licence only
Licences 3 entitiesMin $10Leverage 1:2000
FXTM
8.0- FCA
- CMA-KE
- FSC-MU
Multilingual support across 20 languages; offshore fallback for most clients
Licences 4 entitiesMin $10Leverage 1:1000
Octa
7.6- CySEC
- FSA-SVG
Commission-free pricing, an unregulated catch-all entity, and a live money-laundering prosecution
Licences 2 entitiesMin $25Leverage 1:1000
LiteFinance
4.4- FSA-SVG
- CySEC
- FSC-MU
Built-in copy trading; no compensation scheme behind client money
Licences 3 entitiesMin $50Leverage 1:1000