Verification record
VT Markets review
The entity behind VT Markets, its licence, and how to confirm both yourself.
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VT Markets is a real firm and not an outright scam, though enough is unverified here that we would want the gaps closed before recommending it. Regulated by ASIC (AFSL 516246); FSCA South Africa (50865); Mauritius FSC (GB23202269); UAE CMA (20200000299, Category 5 introduction/promotion only), offering MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, VT Markets App, WebTrader, 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 516246); FSCA South Africa (50865); Mauritius FSC (GB23202269); UAE CMA (20200000299, Category 5 introduction/promotion only)
- Regulator tier
- Tier 1
- Register entry
- ASIC Professional Registers, AFSL 516246
- Client money segregated
- Yes
- Held at
- Regulated banking institutions
- Negative balance protection
- Yes
- Compensation scheme
- Financial Commission compensation fund up to €20,000 per eligible client; no statutory investor compensation scheme under the Mauritius entity
- Audited by
- Independent external auditors
- Not available to
- United States and jurisdictions where provision of VT Markets services would contravene local laws or regulations
A licence is the first thing a fake broker cannot produce, so it is the first thing to check.
VT Markets holds a tier-one authorisation from ASIC. 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 (FSC). 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 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.
An FSC licence (Mauritius or Belize, depending on the entity) is an offshore authorisation with lighter reporting duties than a tier-one regulator.
Check the licence yourself: ASIC Connect, the FSCA list of regulated entities, the Mauritius FSC register of licensees.
The company behind the brand
- Legal entity
- VT Markets Limited
- Company number
- 212672 GBC
- Headquarters
- Sydney, Australia
- Founded
- 2015
- Publicly listed
- No
- Parent company
- VT Markets Group
- Employees
- 200+
- Also trades as
- VT Markets
Deposits and withdrawals
- Deposit methods
- Credit/debit card, local bank transfer, international bank transfer, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and regional payment methods
- Withdrawal methods
- Bank transfer, cards, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and applicable original funding methods
- Deposit time
- Most methods 30-60 minutes; international bank transfer 3-7 business days
- Withdrawal time
- Typically processed within 1 business day; settlement varies by method
- Minimum withdrawal
- $40 equivalent
- Local payment methods
- Local bank transfers and jurisdiction-specific regional payment methods
What it costs to trade
- Spread from
- 0.0 pips
- EUR/USD spread
- Approx. 0.2 pips, Raw ECN
- GBP/USD spread
- Approx. 0.4 pips, Raw ECN
- Commission
- $3 per side / $6 round turn, Raw ECN
- All-in cost, EUR/USD
- Approx. 0.8 pips
- Spread type
- Variable
- Overnight swap
- Both: overnight swaps may be charged or credited; swap-free accounts available
- Deposit fee
- None internally
- Withdrawal fee
- Generally none internally; third-party charges may apply
- Currency conversion
- Conversion at applicable exchange rate
Costs matter less than whether you can withdraw, but an offer that looks impossible usually is.
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.
VT Markets lists a minimum deposit of $100. 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.
Accounts
- Minimum deposit
- $100
- Account types
- Standard STP, Raw ECN, Swap-Free, Islamic, Cent, Demo
- Account currencies
- AUD, USD, HKD, GBP, EUR, CAD
- Islamic account
- Yes
- Demo account
- Yes
- Professional account
- Yes, Raw ECN/high-volume configuration
- Minimum trade size
- 0.01 lots
- Time to open
- Under 3 minutes
Markets and execution
- Markets
- Forex, Indices, Energies, Precious Metals, Soft Commodities, ETFs, Shares, Bonds
- Currency pairs
- 60+
- Total instruments
- 1,000+
- Crypto CFDs
- Yes
- Maximum leverage
- 1:1000
- Execution model
- STP / ECN
- Execution speed
- Under 100ms
- Order types
- Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop
- Servers
- Global financial data-centre infrastructure
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.
VT Markets covers forex, indices, energies, precious metals, soft commodities, etfs, shares, bonds. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.
Funding options: credit/debit card, local bank transfer, international bank transfer, e-wallets, cryptocurrency 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.
Platforms and tools
- Platforms
- MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, VT Markets App, WebTrader, TradingView
- Own platform
- Yes, VT Markets App
- Mobile app
- Both proprietary and third-party
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes, MT4/MT5 Expert Advisors and algorithmic trading
- Copy trading
- Yes, VTrade Copy Trading
- Indicators
- 100+ through TradingView; MT4/MT5 built-in and custom indicators
- Third-party tools
- MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, VPS
- API access
- Yes, institutional/API connectivity
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.
Support and education
- Support hours
- 24/7
- Contact channels
- Live chat, email, Help Centre
- Languages
- Multilingual
- Telephone
- +61 2 9054 9999
- info@vtmarkets.com
- Live chat response
- Typically under 2 minutes
- Education
- Extensive: educational articles, trading guides, video tutorials, platform education and market-learning resources
- Research
- Market analysis, market news, technical/fundamental commentary, trading tools and insights
Questions people ask about VT Markets
Is VT Markets a real registered company?
Yes. At VT Markets, the company you would be contracting with is VT Markets Limited, registered as 212672 GBC and based in Sydney, Australia. A registration number is checkable in the register of the country that issued it, and a broker that will not give you one is telling you something.
Is VT Markets regulated, and by whom?
VT Markets holds ASIC (AFSL 516246); FSCA South Africa (50865); Mauritius FSC (GB23202269); UAE CMA (20200000299, Category 5 introduction/promotion only), which we grade as tier 1. A licence number is the part worth checking, because it is the thing a cloned site copies and the thing the regulator's register will not confirm.
Does VT Markets trade under any other names?
VT Markets also appears as VT Markets. This matters when you are checking a licence or a warning list, because a search for one name will not always find what was published about another.