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Awards – Broker Of The Year Awards 2025

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Tobias Robinson

Written By

Tobias Robinson

Tobias is a partner at DayTrading.com, director of a UK limited company and active trader. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry and contributed via CySec to the regulatory response to digital options and CFD trading in Europe. Toby’s expertise and dedication to financial education make him a trusted voice in the industry, including a BBC investigation into digital options.

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Updated

Jun 11, 2024

The DayTrading.com Broker Awards for 2025. The trading landscape continues to see big changes and significant challenges – our Awards acknowledge those brands that have adapted best, continued to innovate and maintained a customer focus.

In addition to Best Overall Broker, Best Forex Broker and Best Trading App, we also award a Best US, and Best Aus, Broker Award in what are fairly unique markets.

From depth of markets and investments to customer service, we have tried to include every aspect of what makes a broker stand out. In a hugely competitive arena, spreads and trading costs remain important, as does the trading platform itself.

In addition, post ESMA, we have looked at the overall health of a firm too, and how they are helping customers trade responsibly, and profitably.

With some notable brands taking actions that clearly disregarded the best interests of their customers in recent years, we have awarded firms who treat customers fairly.

Below we detail the winners and explain the basis on which we made each Award decision. We also mention notable runners up where the call was close. Feel free to send us your feedback and contribute to the winners and losers over the next 12 months.

Best Forex Broker Award

Winner: Pepperstone

Runners Up:  Eightcap
Pepperstone offer a superb platform for trading forex, and continue to offer traders unique insight via their market analysts. Reliable and swift trading provide traders with everything they need.

Strong regulation, high user satisfaction and a solid balance sheet back up Pepperstone as a great choice for anyone looking to speculate on foreign exchange.

IC Markets and Eightcap also offer solid all-round offerings, but were pipped by Pepperstone in the forex category.

Best Binary Broker Award

Winner: IQ Cent

Runner Up: Pocket Option

IQ Cent continue to expand their offering. With binary and digital options coming under further scrutiny, IQ Cent are still able to offer their services to traders around the world, and boast a solid reputation.

With a slick platform and considerable market depth, traders are able to access most major markets with clear risk management expectations and simplified strategies.

Recent additions of Marketplace rewards illustrate the brands constant push for higher user retention.

Pocket Option – 2022 winners – continue to offer a solid service too, again, available to most nations around the world.

Best US Broker Award

Winner: Forex.com

Runner Up: Nadex

Forex.com continue to offer a wide reaching service to US traders. Regulatory oversight varies considerably in the US, compared to other regions, and many brands offer very slimmed down offerings for traders.

Forex.com however, ensure they provide as many options as possible, for those looking to invest from the US.

In a fast changing environment, Forex.com continue to deliver for US clients and score highly in user satisfaction.

In an era of gamification and controversy with certain brands – Forex.com remain admirably professional.

Best Aus Broker Award

Winner: Vantage

Runner Up: Pepperstone

A new regional award – this one focusing on Australia.

Given the changing regulatory picture around the world, regional awards reflect the different pressures brands face, while enabling us to compare like-for-like offerings.

The inaugural winners of the “Best Aus Broker” are Vantage. ASIC regulated, the brand do operate globally, but deliver an award winning service for Australians.

With a broad asset range, excellent reliability and low fees, Vantage came out on top in a very competitive region, pipping Pepperstone to take this year’s award.

Best Crypto Award

Winner: Eightcap

Runner Up: eToro

After the collapse of FTX, and issues at Binance, many traders hold fears about the viability of crypto exchanges.

Traditional brokers such as Eightcap however, can offer confidence and peace of mind to potential traders via regulatory oversight and a proven track record.

Eightcap have been adding new crypto pairs when required, and offering levels of customer support that crypto exchanges simply do not attempt to match.

With risk management a more straight forward process with CFDs, getting exposure to crypto price fluctuation via a traditional broker, now makes more sense than trying to find a reliable exchange. Eightcap offer the best route for traders looking to take up this option.

Best Trading App Award

Winner: Avatrade

Runners Up: Pepperstone

Though more of an issue in the US, the gamification of many trading apps remains the current trend, this means that traders are not treated with the respect they deserve by many application developers.

Avatrade have gone done a different route, and continue to develop a robust, reliable application that delivers excellent functionality alongside a simplified design to better suit mobile devices.

User ratings are high, up-time is excellent (and consistent) and the focus remains on the end user, rather than the bottom line.

Pepperstone have been previous winners of this award, and they continue to provide an excellent alternative, with a superb, well-rounded mobile app.

Best MT4/MT5 Broker

Winner: Pepperstone

Runners Up: IC Markets

Pepperstone won this year’s “Best MT4 Broker”.

The globally regulated brand have been prolific winners of our awards down the years, and their current MetaTrader integration gives traders everything they would want when trading directly from the Meta Quotes platforms.

Pepperstone have often tried to deliver multiple options for traders, while not compromising on the trading experience and reliability of the platform. The addition on MT4 and MT5 in recent years is further evidence.

Best Overall Broker

Winner: EightCap

Eightcap have been awarded the “Best Overall Broker” this year.

The Best Overall award generally goes to a brand that delivers across the board, and Eightcap have done that this year.

From the forex CFD trading, to the growth of the crypto offering, the brand continues to excel.

Further regulatory oversight has been added, giving traders from across the globe the confidence of trading with a brand regulated locally. From ASIC to the FCA in the UK, Eightcap are keen to offer their traders peace of mind.

Combine this with expanded platform offerings, greater integration – including Tradingview – and deeper market liquidity and you have a brand improving in almost every metric.

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