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  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "kind": "demoOffering",
  "id": "pepperstone-ctrader-uk",
  "urls": {
    "html": "/demo-accounts/pepperstone-ctrader-uk.html",
    "json": "/demo-accounts/pepperstone-ctrader-uk.json",
    "markdown": "/demo-accounts/pepperstone-ctrader-uk.md"
  },
  "policy": "Documentation research, not account or execution testing. Research regions do not establish residence eligibility. Requires Verification is an evidence gap, not proof of unavailability. Source conflicts and product/entity qualifications must remain attached to claims. Demo results do not establish live trading performance.",
  "record": {
    "checked": "2026-10-12",
    "tested": false,
    "funds": null,
    "currency": null,
    "fundsLabel": "Not recorded",
    "fundsNote": "Starting balance not established.",
    "expiryType": "inactivity",
    "expiry": "90 days inactive; landing labels this 'Trader'.",
    "expiryNote": "",
    "evidence": "partial",
    "signup": "Profile registration",
    "note": "Confirm 'Trader' denotes cTrader; numeric initial balance unspecified.",
    "id": "pepperstone-ctrader-uk",
    "broker": "Pepperstone",
    "entity": "Pepperstone Limited",
    "regions": [
      "UK"
    ],
    "region": "UK",
    "regionLabel": "United Kingdom",
    "researchScope": "United Kingdom",
    "platform": "ctrader",
    "platformLabel": "cTrader",
    "terms": "Copy trading restricted",
    "fundingReset": "Self-service top-up",
    "deposit": "No live account needed",
    "devices": "Not stated",
    "forexCoverage": "Forex",
    "eligibility": "UK site excludes US/Belgium residents; full eligible-country list not stated.",
    "evidenceNote": "Confirm that the landing page’s ‘Trader’ wording denotes cTrader.",
    "sources": [
      "pepperstone-1"
    ],
    "visit": "pepperstone-1",
    "regulation": {
      "status": "Verified",
      "entity": "Pepperstone Limited",
      "regulator": "Financial Conduct Authority (UK)",
      "finding": "Authorised (Regulated), since 05/08/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY). Retail and professional rolling spot forex; arranging, agent and principal dealing. Matched-principal limitation.",
      "scope": "Verification covers this named UK entity and listed permissions, not all group companies or customer eligibility. Register limitations apply.",
      "sources": [
        "pepperstone-reg-1"
      ]
    },
    "signupLink": {
      "kind": "demo-page",
      "note": "Broker demo page; select your platform to continue.",
      "status": "Official entry route",
      "url": "https://pepperstone.com/en-gb/trading/demo-account",
      "sourceUrl": "https://pepperstone.com/en-gb/trading/demo-account",
      "checked": "2026-10-13",
      "tested": false
    },
    "execution": {
      "scope": "Pepperstone Limited · UK forex CFDs; general demo statements apply to the five platforms listed on the UK page.",
      "tested": false,
      "role": {
        "value": "Principal",
        "status": "Documented",
        "note": "UK terms clause 1.18 says Pepperstone enters each contract as principal rather than the client's agent.",
        "sources": [
          "execution-pepper-terms"
        ],
        "checked": "2026-10-13"
      },
      "arrangement": {
        "value": "Internal and external execution",
        "status": "Broker-reported",
        "note": "The UK execution policy describes a central group risk book and hedging, mostly automated orders, and possible manual execution or partial fills.",
        "sources": [
          "execution-pepper-policy"
        ],
        "checked": "2026-10-13"
      },
      "demo": {
        "value": "Adjustments omitted; margin checks simulated",
        "status": "Documented",
        "note": "The UK general demo page says interest/dividend adjustments and out-of-hours price movements are not charged; insufficient funds or volume can cause rejection and lack of margin can close trades. It warns execution may differ from live.",
        "sources": [
          "ex-c-pepper-demo"
        ],
        "checked": "2026-10-13"
      },
      "review": {
        "checked": "2026-10-13",
        "outcome": "Role: Principal; Arrangement: Internal and external execution; Demo: Adjustments omitted; margin checks simulated. Official documentation review only; no account or order tests.",
        "remainingChecks": [
          "Check actual slippage and liquidity behavior separately on MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView and Pepperstone platform.",
          "Do not interpret general demo disclosures as platform-specific test results."
        ]
      }
    },
    "markets": {
      "scope": "Pepperstone Limited · United Kingdom · cTrader. Market coverage not yet reviewed.",
      "tested": false,
      "forexCfd": {
        "status": "Requires Verification",
        "note": "Forex CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.",
        "sources": [],
        "checked": null
      },
      "cryptoCfd": {
        "status": "Requires Verification",
        "note": "Cryptocurrency CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.",
        "sources": [],
        "checked": null
      }
    },
    "api": {
      "id": "pepperstone-ctrader-uk",
      "entity": "Pepperstone Limited",
      "region": "UK",
      "platform": "ctrader",
      "type": "Platform API",
      "route": "cTrader Open API · JSON / Protobuf",
      "status": "Conditional",
      "note": "Spotware documents Open API access for demo accounts at affiliated cTrader brokers. The broker offers this cTrader demo; access remains subject to account eligibility and app authorization.",
      "requirements": "An eligible cTrader demo linked to a cTrader ID, a registered and approved application, and OAuth account authorization. Does not establish API support for other platforms.",
      "sources": [
        "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER",
        "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER-APP",
        "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER-AUTH",
        "finder-api-API-C-PEPPER",
        "finder-api-pepper-uk-demo"
      ],
      "docs": [
        "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER"
      ],
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "tested": false
    }
  },
  "sources": {
    "ex-c-pepper-demo": {
      "title": "Pepperstone UK demo account",
      "url": "https://pepperstone.com/en-gb/trading/demo-account",
      "owner": "Broker",
      "checked": "2026-10-13",
      "locator": "Other key things to know and footnote 1; all five listed demo platforms",
      "access": "Official page/PDF opened and read; no account opened or trading tested."
    },
    "execution-pepper-policy": {
      "title": "Pepperstone Limited execution policy — September 2026",
      "url": "https://eu-assets.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltd74737b907a31bbb/blt0f01ac22d5f243da/UK_Legal_Order_Execution_Policy.pdf",
      "locator": "Sections 2 and 3.3",
      "checked": "2026-10-13",
      "owner": "Broker",
      "access": "Retained parent audit finding checked 2026-10-13; clause-specific official PDF evidence."
    },
    "execution-pepper-terms": {
      "title": "Pepperstone Limited UK terms — clause 1.18",
      "url": "https://eu-assets.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltd74737b907a31bbb/blt97edea05ec6fd1d8/UK_Legal_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf",
      "locator": "Clause 1.18; currently linked from UK legal page",
      "checked": "2026-10-13",
      "owner": "Broker",
      "access": "Retained parent audit finding checked 2026-10-13; clause-specific official PDF evidence."
    },
    "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER": {
      "title": "cTrader Open API",
      "url": "https://help.ctrader.com/open-api/",
      "owner": "Spotware",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "locator": "Public cTID users; demo/live; affiliated brokers",
      "access": "Official documentation checked by coordinating researcher"
    },
    "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER-APP": {
      "title": "cTrader app registration",
      "url": "https://help.ctrader.com/open-api/api-application/",
      "owner": "Spotware",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "locator": "Application registration and approval",
      "access": "Official documentation checked by coordinating researcher"
    },
    "finder-api-API-C-CTRADER-AUTH": {
      "title": "cTrader account authorization",
      "url": "https://help.ctrader.com/open-api/account-authentication/",
      "owner": "Spotware",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "locator": "OAuth account authorization",
      "access": "Official documentation checked by coordinating researcher"
    },
    "finder-api-API-C-PEPPER": {
      "title": "Pepperstone regulated offices",
      "url": "https://pepperstonegroup.com/en/regulated-offices",
      "owner": "Pepperstone",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "locator": "Eight offices/legal names; UAE arrangements and fund-holding qualification",
      "access": "Opened official page"
    },
    "finder-api-pepper-uk-demo": {
      "title": "Pepperstone UK — demo accounts",
      "url": "https://pepperstone.com/en-gb/trading/demo-account",
      "owner": "Official broker documentation",
      "checked": "2026-10-14",
      "locator": "Platform and account scope",
      "access": "Official indexed page reviewed"
    },
    "pepperstone-1": {
      "id": "B-PEP-01",
      "title": "Pepperstone UK demo accounts",
      "url": "https://pepperstone.com/en-gb/trading/demo-account",
      "claims": "Five demo platforms; registration, top-ups, expiration, limitations; UK entity and exclusions.",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-12",
      "verification": "Official documentation; no account opened or functional test"
    },
    "pepperstone-reg-1": {
      "title": "FCA Register — Pepperstone Limited",
      "url": "https://register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=001b000000nQHG2AAO",
      "evidence": "Live register showed Pepperstone Limited, FRN 684312, status Authorised. Retail and professional rolling spot forex; arranging, agent and principal dealing. Matched-principal limitation.",
      "source_date": "Live register viewed 2026-10-12",
      "access_note": "Direct browser UI; web-text fetch failed, full register loaded in browser."
    }
  }
}