ETX Capital Vs. Vantage - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Founded in 1965, ETX Capital dedicated the last decades to both spread betting and CFD trading until their recent rebranding into OvalX.

Vantage is a global broker operating since 2009. Initially based in Australia, Vantage is offering trading in forex, stocks, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies.

• Forex traders for variety of currencies and high net worth equities
• Traders seeking commission free equities inside their 250 commission-less selection
• Traders who want to trade commodity futures and bonds 

• Traders looking to hedge their FX positions (low fees)
• Social traders looking to connect to popular copying services
• Traders preferring mobile apps

• FCA (UK)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• CySec (Cyprus)

• ASIC (Australia)
• VFSC - (Vanuatu)
• CIMA (Cayman Islands)

• Commission-free trades for 250 equities
• Low minimum deposit to open standard account (100£)
• Wide selection of commodity futures and bonds
• Decent educational material for market research, including seminars on indices, commodities and currencies

• Low deposit requirements
• Low non-trading fees
• Good educational material, news feed and market analysis
• Great mobile platform

• Doesn’t provide live news feed on standard account
• No ability to purchase real stocks or ETFs (All assets are CFDs)
• Expensive commissions on shares (Eg minimum $15 on US shares, 10 € on EU shares)

• High stock CFD fees
• Not all instruments are available on every trading platform
• Doesn’t offer ETFs

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Skrill
• UnionPay
• Bank Transfer

• Bank Transfer
• Debit / Credit Card
• Cryptocurrency
• Bitwallet
• FasaPay
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Union Pay

US, BE, CN, SG, CH.

AF, AL, AS, AU, BY, BM, BA, BG, BI, CA, CF, CN, HR, CU, ER, GR, GU, IR, IQ, CI, JP, LB, LR, LY, ML, ME, MM, KR, PR, GN, GW, RO, SL, RS, SG, SI, SO, SD, ES, SD, SY, VE, YE.

No for all methods, except the bank transfer. First one is free, subsequent in the same month are charged $20 or equivalent depending on the account currency.

Depending on asset class. (Eg: U.S shares have a 2 cents per share charge with a minimum of $15 per order, European shares have a 0.1% of transaction value charge with a minimum 10 € charge)

Yes for ECN accounts -from $6 per lot per round turn.