Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research and great trading platforms
Recommended for Forex and CFD traders familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms
USA
Australia
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees
Low forex and stock index CFD fees, but high stock CFD
Stock and ETF fees
Forex fees
Fund fees
Bond fees
Options fees
Futures fees
Crypto fees
CFD fees
Non-trading fees
Deposit and withdrawal
16
9
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$50
1-3 days
1 day
Proof of identity: SSN / passport / national ID card / driver's license
Valid Photo ID, deed of foundation for corporate account
Trading platform
Markets and products
Disclaimer: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Research, education
Great
Mid-range
Customer service
Security
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
No investor protection
$500k (securities up to $500k, cash up to $250k)
No investor protection
1946
2009
USA
Vanuatu, but Vantage Group has regulation in Australia, UK, Cayman Islands
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Fidelity's service is slightly better than Vantage's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fidelity's fees are similar to Vantage's.
Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Fidelity compared to Vantage, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Fidelity, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than Vantage's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Fidelity as somewhat better than the platform of Vantage, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Fidelity, while Vantage provides just about the same quality of research and education.