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Pepperstone in United Arab Emirates — review, licence and costs
Score (6 of 6 axes scored)
ranked against full-basis brokers
- Reviews25%70
- Round-turn cost20%90
- Safety20%100
- Payouts15%60
- Track record10%80
- Platforms10%70
Numbered by weight: axis 1 counts for most.
Who actually onboards you
- Entity that onboards United Arab Emirates residents
- UAE retail clients are onboarded onshore under the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA/CMA) entity; DFSA (DIFC) entity serves professional clients.
- Local standing
- Locally regulated (UAE SCA onshore + DFSA); segregated funds and negative-balance protection for retail.
- Licence as the register states it
- Pepperstone Financial Services (DIFC) Ltd holds DFSA Licence No. F004356; in Dec 2025 Pepperstone secured a UAE SCA/CMA Category 5 licence and opened an onshore Dubai office.
- Leverage for this entity
- Up to 1:200 for retail under the SCA framework; DFSA professional clients up to 1:500.
- The firm behind it
- Founded 2010 in Melbourne, Australia; large ECN/STP forex and CFD broker with global offices.
- What we hold against it
- Positive: genuine local UAE presence (DFSA + onshore SCA); no adverse local-regulator alert at review.
Leverage by entity
The licence belongs to the firm; a leverage figure belongs to one entity. Only the entity that onboards UAE residents enters the score.
Scale from 1:10 to 1:3000, logarithmic.
Client protection
- Local entity onboards youLocally regulated (UAE SCA onshore + DFSA); segregated funds and negative-balance protection for retail.
- Regulator warning on filenone found
— means the broker does not state it in any source we captured. It is not read as “no protection” and it is not scored.
Price against the UAE market median(priced from 60 of 75)
Medians run over the 60 of 75 brokers that publish a price for United Arab Emirates, never over the whole base. A spread without its commission is not a price and is not counted.
Accounts
Account types the broker names for this country: Standard (spread-only, no commission), Razor (raw-spread ECN + commission from ~USD 3.50/lot per side), no minimum deposit (USD 200 recommended). The figures below are the broker's own and do not differ by account in any source we captured.
Swap-free account terms
Terms read from the account page on 01.10.2026. The cap on open positions is not published.
Where Pepperstone sits in the UAE base(75 brokers)
Round-turn cost, USD (60 of 75 priced)
Median 7 USD · range 2-35 · this broker 7 USD · 15 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Minimum deposit, USD (33 of 75 priced)
Median 50 USD · range 0-10000 · this broker 10 USD · 42 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Retail leverage (53 of 75 with a UAE figure)
Median 1:500 · range 1-5000 · this broker 1:200 · 22 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Withdrawal time published (75 brokers)
Payouts
Identical for every row: Deposit, h 24 · Fee, USD 0 · Min, USD 50.
Deposit and withdrawal methods (6 methods · 1 local)
AED via local bank transfer (fee-free), Visa/Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller and PayPal.
- AED via local bank transferlocal
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Skrill
- Neteller
- PayPal
- Account currency
- 10 base currencies (AUD, USD, JPY, GBP, EUR, CAD, CHF, NZD, SGD, HKD); no local-currency accounts.
- Fee declared
- 6 of 6 methods
- Withdrawal back to
- the funding method
Where it does not serve(10 countries)
From the client agreement, clause 2.3. A country missing from a translated page is not read as “served”.
Platforms and markets(10 platforms)
- MT4
- MT5
- cTrader
- TradingView
- proprietary TradingView-powered platform
| Class | Count | Min spread |
|---|---|---|
| MT4 | — | 1 |
| MT5 | — | 1 |
| cTrader | — | 1 |
| TradingView | — | 1 |
| proprietary TradingView-powered platform | — | 1 |
| Forex pairs | 93 | — |
| Shares | 1162 | — |
| Indices | 26 | — |
| Commodities | 40 | — |
| Crypto | 31 | — |
98 further account types are named by their brokers but publish none of these figures, so they are not in the comparison: Eightcap Standard, Eightcap Raw, Fusion Markets Classic account, Pepperstone Standard, Pepperstone no minimum deposit, Trade Nation Two live tiers - lower-leverage and 92 more.
Identical for every row: Leverage 200 UAE.
Reviews(1 platform · 25% of the score)
| Snapshot | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| 02.10.2026 | 4.4 | 3,000 |
Share of reviewers in the UAE: — The platform does not publish it.
Pros and cons(5 for and 2 against, each tied to a figure on this page)
- Locally authorised, licence F004356, read on 09.07.2026
- Min deposit 10 USD, under the United Arab Emirates median 50
- Swap-free account available
- Safety 100 of 100, its strongest of 6 scored axes
- 5 platforms: MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView
- Withdrawal in 48 h, over the United Arab Emirates median 24
- Payouts 60 of 100, its weakest of 6 scored axes
Alternatives in the UAE(6 of 75 scored in United Arab Emirates)
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 0 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 500 group
- Rank in this country
- #21
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 5 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 30UAE
- Rank in this country
- #5
- Round turn, USD
- 6UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 50UAE
- Leverage
- 1000 group
- Rank in this country
- #16
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 5UAE
- Leverage
- 30UAE
- Rank in this country
- #8
- Round turn, USD
- 9UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 100 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 400 group
- Rank in this country
- #4
- Round turn, USD
- 2UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #6
Methodology(6 axes · formula v1.0)
Score = 2 + 3 × weighted mean of six axes scored 0–100. Range 2.0–5.0. An axis without data drops out and the remaining weights are renormalised; it is never scored zero or estimated. Group-wide figures never enter a UAE score. Full methodology
| Axis | Weight | What is measured | Pepperstone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 25% | Rating, volume and recency on one public review platform | 70 |
| Round-turn cost | 20% | Round turn on 1 lot EURUSD: spread plus commission, against the country median | 90 |
| Safety | 20% | Local authorisation, the entity that onboards you, any regulator warning | 100 |
| Payouts | 15% | Published withdrawal time, fees and the methods available in the country | 60 |
| Track record | 10% | Years since the firm was founded, from its own filings | 80 |
| Platforms | 10% | Which trading platforms the broker confirms for this country | 70 |
FAQ
- Does Pepperstone accept residents of United Arab Emirates?
- Yes. Locally regulated (UAE SCA onshore + DFSA); segregated funds and negative-balance protection for retail. Onboarding entity: UAE retail clients are onboarded onshore under the UAE Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA/CMA) entity; DFSA (DIFC) entity serves professional clients.
- Is Pepperstone licensed to serve clients in United Arab Emirates?
- Pepperstone Financial Services (DIFC) Ltd holds DFSA Licence No. F004356; in Dec 2025 Pepperstone secured a UAE SCA/CMA Category 5 licence and opened an onshore Dubai office. Checked on 09.07.2026.
- How much does one round turn cost at Pepperstone?
- About 7.0 USD per standard lot on EUR/USD. The median across brokers measured for United Arab Emirates is 7.0 USD.
- What leverage does Pepperstone offer to retail clients in United Arab Emirates?
- Up to 1:200. Up to 1:200 for retail under the SCA framework
- Which trading platforms does Pepperstone support?
- MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView, proprietary TradingView-powered platform. Instruments: 1,200+ instruments: 90+ forex pairs, indices, commodities/metals, share CFDs, ETFs and crypto CFDs.
- How can I withdraw money from Pepperstone in United Arab Emirates?
- AED via local bank transfer (fee-free), Visa/Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller and PayPal.
- What account types does Pepperstone offer?
- Standard (spread-only, no commission) and Razor (raw-spread ECN + commission from ~USD 3.50/lot per side); no minimum deposit (USD 200 recommended).
- Does Pepperstone offer a swap-free (Islamic) account?
- Yes. Pepperstone offers a swap-free (Islamic) account to United Arab Emirates residents.
Taxes for a UAE resident(1 rule)
- 0% personal income tax and 0% capital gains tax on individual trading profits (forex, stocks, crypto, derivatives) - as of the review (2026);https://pepperstone.com/en/about-us
Not tax advice. Check with the Federal Tax Authority.