VT Markets vs XTB compared

VT Markets
XTB
74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money
81% of retail CFD accounts lose money

VT Markets

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Markets and products score1.9/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score3.6/5.0
  • Overall score4.1/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 3.99/5
You can't open an account at VT Markets

XTB

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Markets and products score3.9/5.0
  • Trading platform combined score4.4/5.0
  • Overall score4.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 4.06/5
You can't open an account at XTB
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Forex traders familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for low fees and great deposit/withdrawal service

Best CFD broker

Country of origin

Australia

Country of origin

Poland

Fees

Fees score
3.8
Fees score
4.3
Fees summary

Low forex fees, but high CFD fees

Fees summary

Low forex, average non-trading fees, high stock CFD fees

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.5
Number of base currencies

5

Number of base currencies

5

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$200

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport, national ID Proof of residency: utility bill, bank statement, residence certificate

Required documents

Proof of identity: ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Trading platform

Web platform score
2.8
Web platform score
4.4
Mobile platform score
4.1
Mobile platform score
4.4
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
4.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.9
Markets and products score
3.9
Stocks
Stocks
*
*
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
*
*
ETFs
ETFs
*
*
Forex
Forex
*
*
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs
CFD disclaimer

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.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 81% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
4.5
Research score
4.8
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Great

Education score
4.0
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

No protection

Investor protection amount

£85k for UK clients, €20k for clients under CySEC and CNMV, €22k for other European clients, and no protection for other customers

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

2016

Foundation date

2002

Country of regulation

Cayman Islands, Australia

Country of regulation

UK, Poland, Cyprus, Spain, Belize, Dubai

VT Markets

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

XTB

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

VT Markets's service is slightly weaker than XTB's and a comparison of their fees shows that VT Markets's fees are slightly higher than XTB's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at VT Markets compared to XTB, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at VT Markets, while customer service quality is similar to XTB's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of VT Markets as somewhat worse than the platform of XTB, found that clients have access to less markets and products with VT Markets, while XTB provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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