{
 "dataset": "Australian online stockbrokers",
 "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/",
 "start_here": {
  "answer_file": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json",
  "inputs": "sizes[trade size] for 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 25000, 50000 or 100000 dollars, cheapest first; keep holding chess or both if the reader wants CHESS sponsorship",
  "example": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json",
  "also": "buying ETFs: /au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest-etf.json (etf_sizes[trade size], on each broker's own ETF price); one broker's tiers and sources: /au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-11-13T00:45:49Z",
 "fetched_at": "2026-11-13T00:45:49Z",
 "data_as_of": "2026-11-13",
 "data_as_of_basis": "The day the daily check last re-read every quoted sentence against the broker's own page (277 of 287 quotes found that day; each quote's checked gives its own status and date), while brokers' records are re-read by hand less often, on the day in each broker's checked, between brokers_checked_earliest and brokers_checked.",
 "source": "Each broker's own pricing page, Financial Services Guide and terms (brokerage, CHESS sponsorship or custody, execution and clearing); ASIC's Australian Financial Services Licensee register on data.gov.au (licence, ABN, authorisations)",
 "licence_note": "Brokerage a broker charges in US dollars is converted at the Reserve Bank of Australia's 4pm AUD/USD rate (CC BY 4.0, source: Reserve Bank of Australia). The licence fields are from ASIC's AFS Licensee dataset on data.gov.au, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence. Brokerage, holding model, execution and clearing are facts read from each broker's own published pages, and every one carries the URL and the sentence it was read from. Brokerage is the standard online rate for one ASX trade; it changes without notice and some brokers price differently for frequent traders, other settlement accounts or phone orders. This is reference data, not advice about which broker to use.",
 "licences": [
  {
   "layer": "Brokers' own pricing pages, Financial Services Guides and terms",
   "covers": "Brokerage, holding model, execution and clearing, each with its quote",
   "licence": "None granted. The facts are reproduced as published, with the URL (and, where quoted, the sentence) they were read from; quoted wording remains the copyright of each broker. Check the publisher's own terms before reusing quoted wording",
   "licence_url": null,
   "attribution": "Each broker, named with the URL on every record"
  },
  {
   "layer": "ASIC Australian Financial Services Licensee dataset (data.gov.au)",
   "covers": "Licence number, licensee name, ABN, licence date, locality and authorisations",
   "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0 AU)",
   "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/",
   "attribution": "Australian Securities and Investments Commission"
  },
  {
   "layer": "Reserve Bank of Australia exchange rates",
   "covers": "The 4pm AUD/USD rate used to convert US-dollar brokerage",
   "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
   "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
   "attribution": "Source: Reserve Bank of Australia"
  },
  {
   "layer": "Deep Almanac's own work",
   "covers": "Every field no other layer names: rankings and ranks, estimates (such as bills, interest and costs), derived, normalised and summary fields, counts, flags, and the selection and arrangement of the data",
   "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
   "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
   "attribution": "Deep Almanac (deepalmanac.com)"
  }
 ],
 "questions": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/questions.json",
 "openapi": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/openapi.json",
 "status": "https://deepalmanac.com/status.json",
 "llms": "https://deepalmanac.com/llms.txt",
 "files": [
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/questions.json",
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/stockbrokers.json",
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json",
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest-etf.json",
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/index.json",
  "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/openapi.json"
 ],
 "file_guide": [
  {
   "file": "questions.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/questions.json",
   "description": "The questions this dataset answers, the inputs to ask the reader for first, which file answers each, and what it does not hold. Read this before answering a broker question."
  },
  {
   "file": "stockbrokers.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/stockbrokers.json",
   "description": "Every broker with its brokerage (and any prepaid price and plans), holding model, execution, quotes and licence."
  },
  {
   "file": "cheapest.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json",
   "description": "Brokers open to new retail clients, cheapest first, for each reference trade size, with each broker's prepaid price and plans beside the ranking. For ETFs use cheapest-etf.json."
  },
  {
   "file": "cheapest-etf.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest-etf.json",
   "description": "The same brokers ranked for buying ETFs at each reference size, on each one's own ETF price where it states one apart from its share brokerage, with which ETFs it trades and any offer beside the ranking."
  },
  {
   "file": "index.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/index.json",
   "description": "This file."
  },
  {
   "file": "openapi.json",
   "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/openapi.json",
   "description": "OpenAPI 3.1 description of this dataset (https://deepalmanac.com/openapi.json lists every dataset's document)"
  }
 ],
 "brokers_checked": "2026-11-08",
 "brokers_checked_earliest": "2026-10-15",
 "broker_count": 88,
 "open_to_new_retail_clients": 33,
 "reference_sizes": [
  500,
  1000,
  2000,
  5000,
  10000,
  25000,
  50000,
  100000
 ],
 "brokerage_convention": "Brokerage is for one standard online ASX trade of the stated value, GST-inclusive (tiers marked gst \"excluded\" have 10% added), in Australian dollars: a broker charging in US dollars is converted at the RBA rate in its `fx`, with its own figures in `prices_native`. A tier applies to a trade no larger than its up_to; a percent tier is clamped to its min and max. brokerage.prepaid, a price for brokerage paid in advance, is priced by the same rule but not ranked, nor are plans. An ETF trade costs the same unless etf_brokerage states an ETF price, which etf_prices gives at each size and cheapest-etf.json ranks.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "Each broker's own pricing page, Financial Services Guide and terms",
   "description": "Brokerage, holding model, execution and clearing participant. Every fact carries the URL and sentence it was read from under `quotes`."
  },
  {
   "name": "Reserve Bank of Australia exchange rates",
   "url": "https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/frequency/exchange-rates.html",
   "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
   "description": "The 4pm AUD/USD rate used to show brokerage charged in US dollars in Australian dollars."
  },
  {
   "name": "ASIC AFS Licensee dataset",
   "url": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/asic-afs-licensee",
   "release": "https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ab7eddce-84df-4098-bc8f-500d0d9776d1/resource/d98a113d-6b50-40e6-b65f-2612efc877f4/download/afs_lic_202611.csv",
   "last_modified": "2026-11-11T20:51:07.739275",
   "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia",
   "description": "Licence number, name, ABN, licence date, locality and authorisations, joined on AFS licence number."
  }
 ],
 "answering": {
  "note": "Each entry is a question readers ask, the inputs to collect before it can be answered, and the files that answer it. Prices are standard online brokerage for one ASX trade, in Australian dollars, GST-inclusive where the broker says so. Read commentary before quoting a price.",
  "questions": [
   {
    "question": "What is the cheapest share trading platform in Australia?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "cheapest stockbroker",
     "lowest brokerage ASX",
     "best online broker",
     "cheapest way to buy ASX shares",
     "cheapest CHESS sponsored broker"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": true,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [
     {
      "input": "trade_size: the dollar value of a typical trade (priced at $500, $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, $100,000)",
      "why": "Brokerage is a set of tiers: a flat fee up to a size, then a higher fee or a percentage. Which broker is cheapest depends on the size more than on anything else, so ask it first.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "Cheapest at $500: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); Webull $1.00 (CHESS-sponsored). Cheapest at $100,000: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); eToro $2.92 (custodial, selected list only, converted from USD). The dearest priced broker charges $19.95 at $500 and $200.00 at $100,000."
     },
     {
      "input": "holding: CHESS-sponsored (shares on the reader's own HIN) or custodial (held by the broker's custodian)",
      "why": "With CHESS sponsorship the shares are registered in the reader's name and can be moved to another broker by HIN; with custody they are held in a custodian's name for the reader. Some readers will only accept CHESS. `holding` on each broker is chess, custodial or both, with holding_note quoting the broker.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "At $10,000: cheapest CHESS-sponsored moomoo $3.00 (CHESS or custodial); Stake $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Tiger Brokers $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Webull $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); cheapest custodial Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial). Of 33 priced brokers, 23 offer CHESS sponsorship, and 4 of the 5 cheapest at $10,000 are custodial only."
     },
     {
      "input": "trades_per_year: roughly how many trades the reader makes a year",
      "why": "Brokerage is per trade, but some brokers also charge a monthly or yearly account fee (account_fee), which a reader making a few trades a year pays mostly as fee. Some sell brokerage cheaper paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid) or offer a monthly plan in place of it (plans), which only pay for a reader who trades often enough.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "3 of 33 priced brokers carry an account_fee: Vanguard Personal Investor 0.1% a year of holdings; Marketech Focus $20 a month; HALO $10 a month. 1 of 33 priced brokers sells brokerage cheaper paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid, not ranked): Pearler $5.50 against $6.50 on $10,000. 2 offer a monthly plan in place of per-trade brokerage (plans, not ranked): Pearler Micro ($2.00 a month, does not buy ASX shares); Sharesies $5 plan ($5.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $500 of orders a month), $10 plan ($10.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $1,000 of orders a month), $20 plan ($20.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $3,000 of orders a month)."
     },
     {
      "input": "international: whether the reader also wants to buy shares listed outside Australia",
      "why": "international_shares says only whether a broker offers them; this dataset holds no international brokerage or currency conversion costs, so it can narrow the list but not price that part.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "24 of 33 priced brokers offer international shares."
     }
    ],
    "then_read": {
     "cheapest_by_size": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json",
     "one_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json",
     "every_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/stockbrokers.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "Give the price at the reader's trade size, with the holding model and whether it trades the whole ASX.",
     "Add any account_fee, and any brokerage.conditions the rate depends on (a settlement account, CHESS).",
     "Where a broker has a prepaid price (prepaid_brokerage on its row, brokerage.prepaid on the broker), give it beside the standard price, as \"from $5.50 if you prepay\", with its terms; where it has plans, name them with what they cover. Neither is ranked.",
     "The list holds 33 brokers found and checked by hand, not every broker there is.",
     "For ETFs, answer from cheapest-etf.json's etf_sizes, not cheapest.json: some brokers price ETFs apart from shares."
    ]
   },
   {
    "question": "Which broker is cheapest for buying ETFs?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "cheapest broker for ETFs",
     "$0 brokerage ETFs",
     "cheapest way to buy VAS every month",
     "cheapest CHESS sponsored broker for ETFs",
     "best broker for regular ETF investing"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": true,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [
     {
      "input": "trade_size: the dollar value of a typical trade (priced at $500, $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, $100,000)",
      "why": "Brokerage is a set of tiers: a flat fee up to a size, then a higher fee or a percentage. Which broker is cheapest depends on the size more than on anything else, so ask it first.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "Cheapest at $500: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); Webull $1.00 (CHESS-sponsored). Cheapest at $100,000: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); eToro $2.92 (custodial, selected list only, converted from USD). The dearest priced broker charges $19.95 at $500 and $200.00 at $100,000."
     },
     {
      "input": "holding: CHESS-sponsored (shares on the reader's own HIN) or custodial (held by the broker's custodian)",
      "why": "With CHESS sponsorship the shares are registered in the reader's name and can be moved to another broker by HIN; with custody they are held in a custodian's name for the reader. Some readers will only accept CHESS. `holding` on each broker is chess, custodial or both, with holding_note quoting the broker.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "At $10,000: cheapest CHESS-sponsored moomoo $3.00 (CHESS or custodial); Stake $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Tiger Brokers $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Webull $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); cheapest custodial Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial). Of 33 priced brokers, 23 offer CHESS sponsorship, and 4 of the 5 cheapest at $10,000 are custodial only."
     },
     {
      "input": "etfs: which ETFs the reader wants to buy (a broad index ETF, or one issuer's)",
      "why": "Some brokers trade only a menu of ETFs they choose (etf_coverage selected), and some give their ETF price to only some ETFs, such as their own (applies_to), so the cheapest broker may not sell the reader's ETF at that price.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "2 priced brokers state an ETF price apart from their share brokerage: Webull ($0 per trade on ASX ETFs); Vanguard Personal Investor (No brokerage to buy Vanguard ETFs; $9 flat to sell them). At $2,000, the cheapest CHESS-sponsored for an ETF buy: Webull $0 (CHESS-sponsored); moomoo $3.00 (CHESS or custodial); Stake $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Tiger Brokers $3.00 (CHESS-sponsored); Totality $3.00 (CHESS or custodial). 5 ranked brokers trade only a selected list: Betashares Direct, Vanguard Personal Investor, CommSec Pocket, Sharesies, Halal Money."
     },
     {
      "input": "trades_per_year: roughly how many trades the reader makes a year",
      "why": "Brokerage is per trade, but some brokers also charge a monthly or yearly account fee (account_fee), which a reader making a few trades a year pays mostly as fee. Some sell brokerage cheaper paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid) or offer a monthly plan in place of it (plans), which only pay for a reader who trades often enough.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "3 of 33 priced brokers carry an account_fee: Vanguard Personal Investor 0.1% a year of holdings; Marketech Focus $20 a month; HALO $10 a month. 1 of 33 priced brokers sells brokerage cheaper paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid, not ranked): Pearler $5.50 against $6.50 on $10,000. 2 offer a monthly plan in place of per-trade brokerage (plans, not ranked): Pearler Micro ($2.00 a month, does not buy ASX shares); Sharesies $5 plan ($5.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $500 of orders a month), $10 plan ($10.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $1,000 of orders a month), $20 plan ($20.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $3,000 of orders a month)."
     }
    ],
    "then_read": {
     "cheapest_etf_by_size": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest-etf.json",
     "one_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "Rank on etf_sizes[<size>] in cheapest-etf.json; keep holding chess or both for a reader who wants CHESS sponsorship. For a regular buyer the yearly cost is the buy price times the buys a year, plus any account_fee.",
     "Say whether the price is the broker's own ETF price (etf_price_stated, applies_to) or its share brokerage, and give sell_brokerage where it differs.",
     "Where etf_coverage is selected, name the menu (etf_coverage_note) and say the reader's ETF may not be on it.",
     "Give an offer beside the ranked price with its end date (offer_until); it is not ranked."
    ]
   },
   {
    "question": "How much brokerage would I pay on a trade of a given size?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "brokerage on a $3,000 trade",
     "what does CommSec charge for $20,000",
     "brokerage calculator"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": false,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [
     {
      "input": "trade_size: the dollar value of a typical trade (priced at $500, $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, $100,000)",
      "why": "Brokerage is a set of tiers: a flat fee up to a size, then a higher fee or a percentage. Which broker is cheapest depends on the size more than on anything else, so ask it first.",
      "how_much_it_moves_the_answer": "Cheapest at $500: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); Webull $1.00 (CHESS-sponsored). Cheapest at $100,000: Betashares Direct $0 (custodial, selected list only); IG $0 (custodial); eToro $2.92 (custodial, selected list only, converted from USD). The dearest priced broker charges $19.95 at $500 and $200.00 at $100,000."
     }
    ],
    "then_read": {
     "one_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "Take the first tier whose up_to is at least the trade (null has no ceiling): fee plus value x percent / 100, a percent-only tier clamped to min and max; add 10% for gst \"excluded\", divide by fx.usd_per_aud for a US-dollar broker.",
     "Quote brokerage.rule, the broker's own wording, beside the figure."
    ]
   },
   {
    "question": "Is this broker CHESS-sponsored, and does it matter?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "CHESS vs custodial",
     "do I own my shares",
     "HIN or custody"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": false,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [],
    "then_read": {
     "one_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "Read holding and holding_note, which quotes the broker. With CHESS sponsorship the shares are registered in the reader's name on their own HIN; a custodial broker holds them in a custodian's name for the reader."
    ]
   },
   {
    "question": "Who is behind this broker, and is it licensed?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "is this broker legitimate",
     "what is this broker's AFSL",
     "who executes my trades"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": false,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [],
    "then_read": {
     "one_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "licence is ASIC's register record, joined on AFS licence number. For an authorised representative it is the licensee's; execution_participant and clearing_participant name who executes and clears the orders."
    ]
   },
   {
    "question": "What happened to my old broker?",
    "also_asked_as": [
     "where did ANZ Share Investing go",
     "is this broker closed"
    ],
    "has_no_single_answer": false,
    "ask_the_reader_first": [],
    "then_read": {
     "every_broker": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/stockbrokers.json",
     "index": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/index.json"
    },
    "say_as_well": [
     "10 closed or closed-to-new-client brokers are kept, with category, status_note and successor_slug naming where accounts went."
    ]
   }
  ],
  "commentary": [
   {
    "topic": "CMC Invest is priced at $11.00 on $1,000 although it advertises $0 brokerage",
    "what_you_will_see": "prices[\"1000\"] is $11.00 for CMC Invest, and brokerage.conditions says the first buy under $1,000 is $0.",
    "why_it_is_correct": "Each price is the standard brokerage on any one trade of that size, buy or sell. The $0 covers only the first buy of a security on a day, under $1,000, and not margin-settled trades; selling those shares, or buying the same security again that day, costs $11.00. A $1,000 buy and a later sell therefore cost $11.00 in total; 14 of 32 other priced brokers charge less for the pair (cheapest Betashares Direct $0, IG $0; cheapest CHESS-sponsored Webull $2.00). The website also says \"under $1,000\" and the Financial Services Guide \"up to\" it, so a trade of exactly $1,000 may not qualify.",
    "say_this_as_well": "For a reader buying under $1,000, each security at most once a day, CMC Invest costs $0 per buy and is CHESS-sponsored; give the sell price beside it.",
    "do_not": "Do not call CMC Invest free, or the cheapest, without saying the sell costs $11.00.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/cmc-invest.json: prices, brokerage.rule and brokerage.conditions"
   },
   {
    "topic": "The first broker in cheapest.json is often not one the reader can use",
    "what_you_will_see": "cheapest.json ranks each of 8 trade sizes separately. First across them: Betashares Direct; at 8 of 8 sizes the first broker trades only a selected list of ASX shares. The cheapest CHESS-sponsored broker not limited to a selected list is Webull ($1.00) at $500 and Pearler ($6.50) at $100,000.",
    "why_it_is_correct": "The ranking is by brokerage alone, computed from each broker's tiers at each size; ties keep alphabetical order. It does not filter on holding or asx_coverage (partial means only a list the broker chooses), so a reader who needs CHESS sponsorship or a particular share has to filter it.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Give the price at the reader's own trade size, and say if the broker trades only a selected list.",
    "do_not": "Do not name one broker as cheapest without the trade size, the holding model and asx_coverage.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json: sizes[<size>], holding and asx_coverage"
   },
   {
    "topic": "An ETF question is answered from cheapest-etf.json's etf_sizes, not cheapest.json's sizes",
    "what_you_will_see": "sizes ranks share brokerage; 2 brokers state a different price for ETFs (Webull: $0 per trade on ASX ETFs; Vanguard Personal Investor: No brokerage to buy Vanguard ETFs; $9 flat to sell them). At $2,000 the cheapest CHESS-sponsored broker in sizes is Webull $1.00 (CHESS-sponsored); in etf_sizes it is Webull $0 (CHESS-sponsored). Offers not ranked: CommSec Pocket: $0 brokerage on CommSec Pocket trades placed through the CommSec Pocket app or CommBank app and executed from 20 April 2026 to 31 March 2027; CommSec may withdraw or change the offer at any time. Not ranked for ETFs: eToro.",
    "why_it_is_correct": "Each broker's ETF price is read from its own pricing page and quoted under quotes; a broker that states none charges its share brokerage on an ETF. The ETF ranking orders by the price of one buy, which is what a regular ETF investor pays most often, with the sell beside it.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Give the ETF price with applies_to, sell_brokerage where it differs, etf_coverage, and any offer with its end date.",
    "do_not": "Do not rank ETF buyers on sizes, do not rank an offer, and do not promise an ETF is on a broker whose etf_coverage is selected without checking its menu.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest-etf.json: etf_sizes[<size>]; https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: etf_brokerage and etf_prices"
   },
   {
    "topic": "Prepaid prices and monthly plans are published beside the ranking, not in it",
    "what_you_will_see": "prepaid_brokerage and plans on cheapest.json's rows, prepaid and plans at its top level, and brokerage.prepaid and plans on each broker. 1 of 33 priced brokers sells brokerage cheaper paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid, not ranked): Pearler $5.50 against $6.50 on $10,000. 2 offer a monthly plan in place of per-trade brokerage (plans, not ranked): Pearler Micro ($2.00 a month, does not buy ASX shares); Sharesies $5 plan ($5.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $500 of orders a month), $10 plan ($10.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $1,000 of orders a month), $20 plan ($20.00 a month, covers the brokerage on $3,000 of orders a month).",
    "why_it_is_correct": "The ranking is what one trade costs with nothing paid upfront and nothing subscribed to. A prepaid price needs money paid in advance for trades not yet made, under the broker's terms (credits that expire, cannot be refunded); a plan charges a fee each month whether or not the reader trades. Neither is the price of one trade, so neither is ranked. A plan's per_size says, for a reader making trades of one size, from how many a month its fee costs less than the standard brokerage on them.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Give the prepaid price as \"from\" beside the standard one, with how it is bought and its terms. For a plan, say what it covers and whether it buys ASX shares at all (buys_asx_shares).",
    "do_not": "Do not rank a broker on its prepaid price or a plan, and do not offer a plan whose buys_asx_shares is false as a way to buy ASX shares.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: brokerage.prepaid and plans; https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/cheapest.json: prepaid and plans"
   },
   {
    "topic": "Pricing a trade size that is not one of the reference sizes",
    "what_you_will_see": "prices at $500, $1,000, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000, $25,000, $50,000, $100,000 only, and brokerage.tiers on each broker.",
    "what_it_actually_means": "A trade uses the first tier whose up_to is at least its value (null up_to has no ceiling). The tier charges fee plus value x percent / 100; when it has a percent and no fee, the percentage is clamped to min and max. A tier with gst \"excluded\" has 10% added, and a US-dollar tier is divided by fx.usd_per_aud. That is exactly how prices is computed, and the broker's own figures at $1,000, $10,000 and $50,000 are checked against it on every build.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Quote brokerage.rule, the broker's own wording, beside the computed price, and any brokerage.conditions.",
    "do_not": "Do not interpolate between two reference prices: a fee steps at each tier's up_to.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: brokerage.tiers, brokerage.rule and prices"
   },
   {
    "topic": "GST: included for most brokers, unknown for some (gst on each row says which)",
    "what_you_will_see": "Of 33 priced brokers, 22 quote brokerage including GST, 2 quote it before GST and 9 do not say.",
    "what_it_actually_means": "prices adds 10% for gst \"excluded\", so every figure is what the client is charged. Where gst is \"unknown\" the figure is used as quoted, and could be before GST; gst_note says why when the broker's documents disagree.",
    "say_this_as_well": "For a broker with gst \"unknown\", say the price is as quoted and GST may be added.",
    "do_not": "Do not add GST to prices again.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: brokerage.gst and brokerage.gst_note"
   },
   {
    "topic": "Brokerage charged in US dollars is converted at the Reserve Bank's rate",
    "what_you_will_see": "eToro charges in US dollars; prices shows Australian dollars at the RBA 4.00 pm AUD/USD rate of 0.6841 on 2026-11-12, and prices_native the broker's own figures.",
    "what_it_actually_means": "The broker converts at its own rate, which is not published, so the Australian-dollar price is an approximation that moves with the exchange rate. A US-dollar broker with no rate is not ranked.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Say the price is approximate and give the US-dollar figure, and read conditions (a charge on both opening and closing a position doubles a round trip).",
    "do_not": "Do not quote the converted figure as exact.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: fx, prices_native and brokerage.conditions"
   },
   {
    "topic": "Some brokers trade under another firm's licence",
    "what_you_will_see": "7 brokers open to new clients (Stake, Pearler, Superhero, Marketech Focus, HALO, ThinkMarkets, Trade for Good) have authorised_representative_of set, and their licence block names a different company.",
    "why_it_is_correct": "An authorised representative provides services under a licensee's AFS licence, so the licence number, name and authorisations are the licensee's. The ABN they publish is their own, so it is not compared with the licence.",
    "say_this_as_well": "Name both the brand and the licensee, and who executes the orders (execution_participant).",
    "do_not": "Do not report the licence name differing from the brand as an error.",
    "check_it_yourself": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json: authorised_representative_of, licence and execution_participant"
   }
  ],
  "commentary_note": "Figures here that a client will otherwise misread, each with what you will see, what it means, what to say, what not to do and the file and field that settles it.",
  "what_it_cannot_answer_yet": [
   {
    "question": "What does it cost to buy US or other international shares?",
    "why": "international_shares says only whether a broker offers them (24 of 33 priced brokers do); international brokerage is not collected.",
    "where_to_send_the_reader": "The broker's own pricing page, linked under documents on each broker."
   },
   {
    "question": "What currency conversion margin will I pay on international trades?",
    "why": "FX margins are not collected; the RBA rate here is used only to show US-dollar ASX brokerage in Australian dollars.",
    "where_to_send_the_reader": "The broker's fee schedule or Financial Services Guide."
   },
   {
    "question": "Are there inactivity, transfer or other fees?",
    "why": "Only brokerage and a standing account_fee (3 of 33 priced brokers carry one) are collected; inactivity, transfer-out, data and other fees are not.",
    "where_to_send_the_reader": "The broker's fee schedule, linked under documents."
   },
   {
    "question": "Which broker has the best app, research or service?",
    "why": "No ratings, reviews, platform features or service quality are held, and complaint counts are not republished.",
    "where_to_send_the_reader": "ASIC's internal dispute resolution data (https://www.asic.gov.au/regulatory-resources/financial-services/dispute-resolution/) and AFCA's Datacube (https://data.afca.org.au/), read with care: both count a whole licence, not a brand."
   },
   {
    "question": "What are the phone, frequent-trader or promotional rates?",
    "why": "Only the standard online rate is ranked. A price for brokerage paid in advance (brokerage.prepaid) and monthly plans in place of per-trade brokerage (plans) are published beside it; other rates appear, if at all, in brokerage.conditions.",
    "where_to_send_the_reader": "The broker's pricing page."
   }
  ],
  "context_this_dataset_does_not_hold": [
   "The reader's tax position: capital gains tax and franking credits do not depend on the broker.",
   "Interest paid on a broker's cash or settlement account, and margin lending rates.",
   "Options, CFDs, crypto and managed funds offered by the same brokers.",
   "Whether a broker that is not listed exists: the list states its count and how it was found."
  ],
  "not_advice": "Reference data, not advice about which broker to use."
 },
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  "url_template": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/{slug}.json",
  "page_template": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/{slug}/",
  "brokers": [
   {
    "slug": "commsec",
    "name": "CommSec",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/commsec.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/commsec/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "commsec-pocket",
    "name": "CommSec Pocket",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/commsec-pocket.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/commsec-pocket/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "nabtrade",
    "name": "nabtrade",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/nabtrade.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/nabtrade/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "westpac-share-trading",
    "name": "Westpac Share Trading",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/westpac-share-trading.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/westpac-share-trading/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "bell-direct",
    "name": "Bell Direct",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/bell-direct.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/bell-direct/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "cmc-invest",
    "name": "CMC Invest",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/cmc-invest.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/cmc-invest/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "stake",
    "name": "Stake",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/stake.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/stake/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "selfwealth",
    "name": "SelfWealth",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/selfwealth.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/selfwealth/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "pearler",
    "name": "Pearler",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/pearler.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/pearler/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "superhero",
    "name": "Superhero",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/superhero.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/superhero/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "sharesies",
    "name": "Sharesies",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/sharesies.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/sharesies/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "moomoo",
    "name": "moomoo",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/moomoo.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/moomoo/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "webull",
    "name": "Webull",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/webull.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/webull/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "interactive-brokers",
    "name": "Interactive Brokers",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/interactive-brokers.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/interactive-brokers/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "tiger-brokers",
    "name": "Tiger Brokers",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/tiger-brokers.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/tiger-brokers/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "totality",
    "name": "Totality",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/totality.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/totality/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "etoro",
    "name": "eToro",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/etoro.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/etoro/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "ig",
    "name": "IG",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/ig.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/ig/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "vanguard-personal-investor",
    "name": "Vanguard Personal Investor",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/vanguard-personal-investor.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/vanguard-personal-investor/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "betashares-direct",
    "name": "Betashares Direct",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/betashares-direct.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/betashares-direct/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "poems",
    "name": "POEMS",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/poems.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/poems/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "marketech-focus",
    "name": "Marketech Focus",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/marketech-focus.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/marketech-focus/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "halo",
    "name": "HALO",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/halo.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/halo/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "bendigo-invest-direct",
    "name": "Bendigo Invest Direct",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/bendigo-invest-direct.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/bendigo-invest-direct/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "netwealth-share-trading",
    "name": "Netwealth Share Trading",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/netwealth-share-trading.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/netwealth-share-trading/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "thinkmarkets",
    "name": "ThinkMarkets",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/thinkmarkets.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/thinkmarkets/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "bank-of-melbourne-directshares",
    "name": "Bank of Melbourne Directshares",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/bank-of-melbourne-directshares.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/bank-of-melbourne-directshares/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "banksa-directshares",
    "name": "BankSA Directshares",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/banksa-directshares.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/banksa-directshares/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "capital-19",
    "name": "Capital 19",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/capital-19.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/capital-19/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "sequoia-direct",
    "name": "Sequoia Direct",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/sequoia-direct.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/sequoia-direct/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "stgeorge-directshares",
    "name": "St.George Directshares",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/stgeorge-directshares.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/stgeorge-directshares/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "trade-for-good",
    "name": "Trade for Good",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/trade-for-good.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/trade-for-good/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "halal-money",
    "name": "Halal Money",
    "category": "active_asx_retail",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/halal-money.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/halal-money/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "anz-share-investing",
    "name": "ANZ Share Investing",
    "category": "closed_or_merged",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/anz-share-investing.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/anz-share-investing/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "macquarie-online-trading",
    "name": "Macquarie Online Trading",
    "category": "closed_or_merged",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/macquarie-online-trading.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/macquarie-online-trading/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "spaceship",
    "name": "Spaceship",
    "category": "no_asx_shares",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/spaceship.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/spaceship/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "raiz",
    "name": "Raiz",
    "category": "no_asx_shares",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/raiz.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/raiz/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "investsmart",
    "name": "InvestSMART",
    "category": "status_unclear",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/investsmart.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/investsmart/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "openmarkets",
    "name": "Openmarkets",
    "category": "b2b_only",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/openmarkets.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/openmarkets/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "morrison-securities",
    "name": "Morrison Securities",
    "category": "b2b_only",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/morrison-securities.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/morrison-securities/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "hsbc-worldtrader",
    "name": "HSBC WorldTrader",
    "category": "closed_to_new_clients",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/hsbc-worldtrader.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/hsbc-worldtrader/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "boq-trading",
    "name": "BOQ Online Share Trading",
    "category": "closed_or_merged",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/boq-trading.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/boq-trading/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "lightyear",
    "name": "Lightyear",
    "category": "not_in_australia",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/lightyear.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/lightyear/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "kuvera",
    "name": "Kuvera",
    "category": "not_in_australia",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/kuvera.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/kuvera/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "desktop-broker",
    "name": "Desktop Broker",
    "category": "adviser_only",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/desktop-broker.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/desktop-broker/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "ic-markets-shares",
    "name": "IC Markets Share Trading",
    "category": "status_unclear",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/ic-markets-shares.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/ic-markets-shares/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "trading-212",
    "name": "Trading 212",
    "category": "no_asx_shares",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/trading-212.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/trading-212/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "revolut",
    "name": "Revolut Trading",
    "category": "no_asx_shares",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/revolut.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/revolut/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "easyequities",
    "name": "EasyEquities",
    "category": "status_unclear",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/easyequities.json",
    "page": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/easyequities/"
   },
   {
    "slug": "baker-young",
    "name": "Baker Young",
    "category": "adviser_only",
    "url": "https://deepalmanac.com/au/finance/stockbrokers/v1/brokers/baker-young.json",
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