VT Markets Review 2025

Is VT Markets regulated?

Yes, VT Markets is regulated by:

• the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
• the South African Financial Service Provider (FSP)
• and the Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC).

Is VT Markets safe?

To be certain that a brokerage is safe, we highly advise that you check two facts:

• how you are protected if something goes wrong
• the background of the broker.

How you are protected

While trading with leverage may increase profits, investors are also at the risk of losing more than their initial investment amount. It is important to note that VT Markets provides negative balance protection. If the balance on your account goes negative, you will be protected and any negative account balance will be cleared within one working day after requesting it by email.
However, in the very unlikely case that VT Markets fails, you may suffer a loss because neither the ASIC nor the other regulators currently have an investor protection (compensation) scheme in place.
One of the reasons we wrote 'very unlikely', though, is that clients’ funds are held in a segregated account with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). CBA is the largest financial institution in Australia.

Our brokerage experts put together a comprehensive guide on the safety profile of VT Markets.

Background

VT Markets is a trademark of Vantage Group. The Vantage Group of companies is authorized and regulated in various jurisdictions.
VT Markets was established in 2016. The longer track record a broker has, the more proof we have that it has successfully survived previous financial crises.
Among negatives, VT Markets does not disclose its financial information and it is difficult to ascertain its ownership background.

Find your safe broker

Account base currencies

At VT Markets, you can choose from the following 5 base currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD.

This selection falls behind competing brokers. Both Fusion Markets and IC Markets offer more base currencies.

Why does this matter? For two reasons. If you fund your trading account in the same currency as your bank account or you trade assets in the same currency as your trading account base currency, you won't have to pay a conversion fee.

A convenient way to save on currency conversion fees is by opening a multi-currency bank account at a digital bank. These usually offer bank accounts in several currencies with great currency exchange rates, as well as free or cheap international bank transfers. Opening an account only takes a few minutes on your phone.

Deposit fees and options

VT Markets charges no deposit fees.

In a nice addition to the usual deposit options such as bank transfer or cards, you can also deposit via Bitcoin and Tether (the following agreement types are supported: ERC20/TRC20/OMNI).

Here's all you need to know about minimum deposit requirements and depositing money at VT Markets.

A bank transfer can take several business days, while payment with a credit/debit card is instant. You can only deposit money from accounts that are in your name.

VT Markets supports the following electronic wallets:

• Neteller
• Skrill
• Fasapay
• UnionPay
• Perfect Money
• Alipay

VT Markets withdrawal fees and options

Similarly to deposits, you can use bank transfer, credit/debit cards and electronic wallets to withdraw funds from your account. However, it's important to note that you can only withdraw funds using a method that you have previously used to deposit to your account.
When withdrawing to credit/debit cards or via bank transfer, VT Markets charges no withdrawal fee, unless the withdrawal amount is less than 100 units of your account base currency, in which case you should calculate with a 20 unit handling fee. So, for example, a withdrawal of $80 would cost $20, withdrawing AUD 60 would cost AUD 20, and so on.
Furthermore, there is a $40 minimum withdrawal amount. For your first wire transfer withdrawal submitted each month, VT Markets will cover the bank handling fee for you.
By contrast, withdrawing to e-wallets is not free of charge. For example, Fasapay withdrawals will incur a 0.5% handling fee, Skrill withdrawals come with a 1% handling fee, while Neteller withdrawals involve a 2% handling fee.

Read our guide containing all key info on available withdrawal methods and related fees at VT Markets.

You can only withdraw money to accounts in your name.

How long does it take to withdraw money from VT Markets? VT Markets claims that it can take 3-7 working days to receive your money to a credit/debit card or via bank transfer, and 1-3 working days using electronic wallets.

How do you withdraw money from VT Markets?

• Once logged in to your account, select 'Funds' in the menu.
• Click 'Withdrawal'.
• Choose the appropriate method from the 'How did you fund your trading account?' dropdown.
• Fill out the form and click 'Submit'.

Can you open an account?

Visit broker
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money

VT Markets accepts customers from all over the world. There are some exceptions, most notably the US but also including countries like Belarus or Singapore.

Read our separate article on how to get your account started with VT Markets.

What is the minimum deposit at VT Markets?

The required VT Markets minimum deposit is $100.

This is considered low, since there are brokers that require a minimum of $2,000 or more. However, it is not the lowest on the market, as some brokers active in the Southeast Asia region require as little as $50.

Account types

VT Markets provides two different account types, with different pricing.

*Round turn means that you open and close the position

How to open your account

The VT Markets account opening process is easy and fully digital. Completing the online application form takes roughly 10-15 minutes, while our account was approved within one business day.
VT Markets account opening involves the following steps:

1. Enter your name and contact information (email address, phone number).
2. Fill in personal information such as your date and place of birth and your ID number.
3. Add some details about your employment and financial status, e.g. your estimated annual income and your trading experience.
4. Choose the account type and the base currency.
5. Verify your identity and residency by uploading a copy of your passport or national ID, as well as a bank statement, utility bill or residency certificate.
6. You will get your trading account credentials when your account is approved.
7. In the final step, fund your account.

Contrary to the web and desktop platforms, VT Markets offers its own self-developed mobile trading app besides the MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms. We tested the company's own mobile trading platform.
The platform is available for both iOS and Android.

The mobile trading platform is available in several languages.

Look and feel

VT Markets has a great mobile trading platform; we liked its design and user-friendliness. You can easily find every feature.

Login and security

VT Markets provides a safer, two-step login for its mobile platform.

You can't log in using biometric authentication. Providing this feature would be more convenient.

Search functions

The search functions are OK.

You can search by typing the name of the product, whereby you get a list of relevant search results. However, you can't search by browsing category folders.

Placing orders

You can use the following order types on the mobile trading platform:

• Market
• Limit
• Stop

There are also order time limits you can use:

• Good 'til canceled (GTC)
• Good 'til time (GTT)

Alerts and notifications

You cannot set alerts and notifications on the VT Markets mobile platform.

Our analysts personally tested VT Markets's mobile trading platform; read the VT Markets mobile app review for a detailed verdict on its performance and features.

Visit broker
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money

VT Markets offers MetaTrader 4 as a desktop trading platform.
It has the same design, languages, order types (with the addition of Trailing Stop), search functions, and portfolio and fee reports as the web trading platform.
The major difference is that you can set alerts and notifications on the desktop trading platform, in the form of mobile push or email notifications. To set email or mobile notifications, you must add your email address and mobile MetaQuotes ID (you can find it in the MT4 app's settings). You can add them if you go to 'Tools' and then 'Options'.
A minor difference is that, unlike on the web platform, it is possible to download your portfolio and fee reports. Go to the 'Account History' tab to view your reports; to download them, right-click on one position then choose 'Save as Detailed Report'.

Visit broker
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money

VT Markets is primarily a forex broker, but it also provides some CFDs and cryptos for trading. To learn more about CFDs, please read our CFD trading tips.

Disclaimer: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

VT Markets's forex, stock index CFD and stock CFD selections are similar to those of its competitors, but VT Markets has a better crypto selection. Furthermore, its commodity CFD selection includes gold and oil indices as well. On the negative side, ETF, bond and futures CFDs are missing from the company's product range.

You can change leverage levels at VT Markets, which is great. Being able to change leverage is a very useful feature when you want to lower the risk of your trade. Always be careful with forex and CFD trading, as preset leverage levels may be too high.

Social Trading

VT Markets offers social tradingthrough ZuluTrade.
ZuluTrade allows you to identify successful traders (as ranked by ZuluRank, a proprietary performance evaluation algorithm), and follow their trades, which are then translated into real trades in your own broker account.
Should you decide to give ZuluTrade a try, note that there's a tool called ZuluGuard that can help you monitor the volatility of the various available autotrading strategies.

Below you can find links to all aspects of VT Markets in this comprehensive collection.

Lower fees, lower costs?

We detailed this in our VT Markets fees article.

What about the minimum deposit?

Our ultimate guide to the VT Markets minimum deposit is updated regularly.

How to start your VT Markets account?

Look no further than our evaluation of the VT Markets account opening.

How's their trading app?

Here's our expert view after checking the VT Markets trading app.

Is the quality of customer service satisfactory?

All you need to know about the VT Markets customer service.

Legit or scam?

Is VT Markets legit features all the key aspects you need to look at to see if a broker is safe and legit.

Free or premium? Or both?

A glance at actual costs and whether VT Markets is really free.

Is this broker good for beginners?

We checked it in Is VT Markets good for beginners.

Should you buy your silver bullets on VT Markets?

Research for silver bugs in the Silver buy on VT Markets guide

I want to trade options, are they available at VT Markets?

We explored the topic in Can you trade options on VT Markets?

What is the minimum account balance at VT Markets?

Check out the current account balance requirements at VT Markets in our What is the minimum account balance at VT Markets article.

How do you withdraw money from VT Markets?

We tested it and collected the options and costs in How to withdraw money on VT Markets.