The safety dossier

Safety first

Vantage review

Who regulates Vantage, under which licence, and what that means for your money.

Last checked

If Vantage failed, we cannot tell you what would happen to your money, and that is the finding. There is no compensation scheme behind an account here and limited obligation on the firm to keep your funds apart from its own. Regulated by ASIC (AFSL 428901); FCA (590299); FSCA (51268); Cayman Islands CIMA (1383491); Vanuatu VFSC (700271), offering MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Vantage App, TradingView.

Our rating

★★★

One rating, identical across our sites - only the way it is shown changes. It averages six assessments: regulation, trading costs, platforms, markets, support and education.

Regulation and safety

Regulated by
ASIC (AFSL 428901); FCA (590299); FSCA (51268); Cayman Islands CIMA (1383491); Vanuatu VFSC (700271)
Regulator tier
Tier 1
Register entry
ASIC Professional Registers / FCA Financial Services Register
Client money segregated
Yes
Held at
Regulated banking institutions; entity-dependent
Negative balance protection
Yes, entity/client-classification dependent
Compensation scheme
FSCS protection for eligible UK clients; none for many international entities
Audited by
Independent external/statutory auditors
Not available to
United States and other jurisdictions where its services are prohibited

The licence is what decides where your money sits and who is obliged to do something about it.

Vantage holds tier-one authorisations from ASIC and FCA. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (CIMA and VFSC). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

ASIC caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection, and obliges the broker to hold client money in a separate trust account.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The FSCA licenses derivative providers in South Africa without a fixed retail leverage cap, so headline leverage is often higher than an FCA or ASIC entity may offer.

Check the licence yourself: ASIC Connect, the FCA Register, the FSCA list of regulated entities.

The company behind the brand

Legal entity
Vantage Global Limited
Company number
700271
Headquarters
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Founded
2009
Publicly listed
No
Parent company
Vantage Group
Employees
1,000+
Also trades as
Vantage Markets; formerly Vantage FX

What it costs to trade

Spread from
0.0 pips
EUR/USD spread
Approx. 0.1 pips, Raw ECN
GBP/USD spread
Approx. 0.3 pips, Raw ECN
Commission
$3 per side / $6 round turn, Raw ECN
All-in cost, EUR/USD
Approx. 0.7 pips
Spread type
Variable
Overnight swap
Both: overnight swaps may be charged or credited
Inactivity fee
$0
Deposit fee
Generally $0 internally
Withdrawal fee
Generally $0 internally; provider fees can apply
Currency conversion
Applicable where conversion is required

Cost is the last thing to weigh here, and never the thing that should decide it.

A quoted spread from 0.0 pips is a raw-spread figure, which almost always means a separate commission per lot. Compare the two together - a "zero spread" account with a high commission can cost more than a wider spread with none.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

Vantage lists a minimum deposit of $50. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Platforms and tools

Platforms
MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Vantage App, TradingView
Own platform
Yes
Mobile app
Proprietary plus MT4/MT5
Browser trading
Yes
Automated trading
Yes
Copy trading
Yes
Indicators
Extensive MT4/MT5 and TradingView libraries
Third-party tools
TradingView, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Trading Central
API access
Yes, institutional/FIX API solutions

MetaTrader 4 remains the most widely supported platform for expert advisors. If you rely on an existing EA, this is usually the deciding factor.

MetaTrader 5 handles more asset classes and order types than MT4, but expert advisors are not compatible between the two - an MT4 EA will not run on it.

TradingView integration lets you trade from charts you may already use, removing the need to run a second platform for analysis.

Markets and execution

Markets
Forex, Shares, Indices, Commodities, Metals, Energies, ETFs, Bonds, Cryptocurrencies
Currency pairs
60+
Total instruments
1,000+
Crypto CFDs
Yes, jurisdiction-dependent
Maximum leverage
1:1000
Execution model
STP/ECN-style liquidity-provider execution
Execution speed
Approx. 30ms
Order types
Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop and platform-specific orders
Servers
Equinix financial data centres including NY4

Leverage up to 1:1000 is available on this entity. High leverage does not increase your expected return - it increases position size for the same deposit, and shortens the move needed to close you out.

Vantage covers forex, shares, indices, commodities, metals, energies, etfs, bonds, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank transfer, paypal, skrill, neteller, crypto and regional payment methods. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Accounts

Minimum deposit
$50
Account types
Standard STP, Raw ECN, PRO ECN, Swap-Free, Demo
Account currencies
USD, AUD, GBP, EUR, SGD, CAD, NZD, JPY and entity-dependent currencies
Islamic account
Yes
Demo account
Yes
Professional account
Yes, jurisdiction-dependent
Minimum trade size
0.01 lots
Time to open
Typically a few minutes, subject to verification

Deposits and withdrawals

Deposit methods
Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer, PayPal, Skrill, Neteller, crypto and regional payment methods
Withdrawal methods
Bank transfer, cards, e-wallets and supported original funding methods
Deposit time
Many electronic methods instant
Withdrawal time
Usually processed within 24 hours; settlement depends on provider
Minimum withdrawal
Method-dependent
Local payment methods
Extensive regional payment options

Support and education

Support hours
24/7
Contact channels
Live chat, email, phone, Help Centre
Languages
Multilingual
Telephone
N/A
Email
support@vantagemarkets.com
Live chat response
Typically within minutes
Education
Extensive: Vantage Academy, courses, webinars, platform guides and educational articles
Research
Market analysis, daily commentary, Trading Central, economic analysis and trading ideas

Information is regularly updated. Last compiled from Vantage's own website on 26 August 2026.

Questions people ask about Vantage

What happens to my money if Vantage goes bust?

Vantage sits behind FSCS protection for eligible UK clients; none for many international entities. A scheme covers eligible clients of the entity that holds the licence, so the entity you were onboarded to decides whether it covers you.

Which bank actually holds client money at Vantage?

Vantage holds client money with Regulated banking institutions; entity-dependent, in accounts kept separate from the firm's own. Almost no comparison site publishes this, and it is the thing that decides how quickly you would see your money again if the broker failed.

Can I lose more than I deposit with Vantage?

Vantage provides negative balance protection, recorded as yes, entity/client-classification dependent. So it exists and it does not reach every client, and which entity you were onboarded to decides whether it reaches you.