Pepperstone Forex Trading takes the crown as the best Overall Forex platform in the 2025 Finder Awards thanks to its impressive range of currency pairs, competitive pricing, tight spreads and fast execution.
Finder Forex Trading Platform Awards 2025
The Finder Forex Trading Platform Awards 2025 recognise the best Australian and international forex trading platforms and accounts. Check out the winners below.
Best Forex Trading Platform: Pepperstone Forex Trading
Pepperstone Forex Trading takes the crown as the best Overall Forex platform in the 2025 Finder Awards thanks to its impressive range of currency pairs, competitive pricing, tight spreads and fast execution.
Highly commended
IC Markets Forex Trading
Also Highly Commended in the 2024 Awards, IC Markets remains Highly Commended for Overall due to its fee structure and available markets.
IC Markets Forex Trading
Also Highly Commended in the 2024 Awards, IC Markets remains Highly Commended for Overall due to its fee structure and available markets.
Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets is a great all-rounder platform and is recognised as Highly Commended this time around.
Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets is a great all-rounder platform and is recognised as Highly Commended this time around.
Best Beginner Forex Trading Platform: Pepperstone Forex Trading
Pepperstone is named our winner for Best Forex platform for Beginners due to its easy-to-use platform and educational tools, including a demo account.
Pepperstone is named our winner for Best Forex platform for Beginners due to its easy-to-use platform and educational tools, including a demo account.
Highly commended
Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets is a runner-up for Beginners, boasting useful educational tools and user-friendly features.
Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets is a runner-up for Beginners, boasting useful educational tools and user-friendly features.
FP Markets
FP Markets is the other Highly Commended winner for Beginners, offering a demo account and low minimum deposits.
FP Markets
FP Markets is the other Highly Commended winner for Beginners, offering a demo account and low minimum deposits.
Best Value Forex Trading Platform: Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets is the winner for Best Value because of its competitive commissions and spreads, low account fees, free trading and educational tools and demo account.
Fusion Markets is the winner for Best Value because of its competitive commissions and spreads, low account fees, free trading and educational tools and demo account.
Highly commended
IC Markets Forex Trading
IC Markets Forex is named Highly Commended for Value thanks to its low fees and spreads.
IC Markets Forex Trading
IC Markets Forex is named Highly Commended for Value thanks to its low fees and spreads.
Eightcap Forex
Eightcap Forex takes its first Highly Commended for Value due to competitive pricing.
Eightcap Forex
Eightcap Forex takes its first Highly Commended for Value due to competitive pricing.
Best Advanced Forex Trading Platform: IC Markets Forex Trading
IC Markets has cemented its reputation as a leading forex trading platform, managing to package advanced trading and research tools into an easy-to-use interface, along with an unmatched range of forex pairs, fast execution, liquidity and low spreads.
IC Markets has cemented its reputation as a leading forex trading platform, managing to package advanced trading and research tools into an easy-to-use interface, along with an unmatched range of forex pairs, fast execution, liquidity and low spreads.
Highly commended
Pepperstone Forex Trading
Overall 2025 winner, Pepperstone earns a spot in this category because of its range of trading tools and available markets.
Pepperstone Forex Trading
Overall 2025 winner, Pepperstone earns a spot in this category because of its range of trading tools and available markets.
FP Markets
FP Markets Trading earns Highly Commended because of its range of trading tools and available markets.
FP Markets
FP Markets Trading earns Highly Commended because of its range of trading tools and available markets.
Best Commodities Forex Trading Platform: Pepperstone Forex Trading
Pepperstone wins the award for Commodities, as it did in 2024, thanks to its competitive pricing, low spreads, high liquidity and availability of markets.
Pepperstone wins the award for Commodities, as it did in 2024, thanks to its competitive pricing, low spreads, high liquidity and availability of markets.
Highly commended
IC Markets Forex Trading
Earning similar results to last year's awards, IC Markets takes another Highly Commended, this time for its flexible trading options and competitive spreads on commodities.
IC Markets Forex Trading
Earning similar results to last year's awards, IC Markets takes another Highly Commended, this time for its flexible trading options and competitive spreads on commodities.
CMC Markets
As it did in 2024, CMC Markets is also Highly Commended for Commodities trading thanks to its support for more than 100 commodities and low spreads.
CMC Markets
As it did in 2024, CMC Markets is also Highly Commended for Commodities trading thanks to its support for more than 100 commodities and low spreads.
How we picked our 2025 Finder Forex Trading Awards
We researched over 20 forex trading platforms including popular platforms like IG, CMC Markets and Pepperstone. We compared 21 features including fees and spread, available markets, customer support, research tools and much more.
Depending on the award category, we prioritised features according to their relevance. For example, in the Best for Value category, spread and fees were given greater importance, whereas in the Best for Beginners category, features such as demo trading were prioritised.
Meet our experts
Piyush Pillai, Insights analyst
Piyush is an insights analyst at Finder and is responsible for developing the methodology for Finder's Product Awards. He holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of London.
Pascale Helyar-Moraye, Superannuation and wealth expert
Pascale Helyar-Moray OAM is a multi award-winning entrepreneur who uses innovation as a means to solve big-picture problems. She's the host of the Dare To Be Rich podcast, the author of Rich Woman Poor Woman and the founder of Grow My Money.
Graham Cooke, Head of consumer research
Graham Cooke is Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, leading the team responsible for gathering and analysing data on everything from consumer spending and saving habits to how different financial products perform in the real world.
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