Forex.com Vs. Vantage - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.	Vantage is a global broker operating since 2009. Initially based in Australia, Vantage is offering trading in forex, stocks, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades	Traders looking to hedge their FX positions (low fees) Social traders looking to connect to popular copying services Traders preferring mobile apps
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)	ASIC (Australia) VFSC - (Vanuatu) CIMA (Cayman Islands)
The Good
Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets	Low deposit requirements Low non-trading fees Good educational material, news feed and market analysis Great mobile platform
The Bad
Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors	High stock CFD fees Not all instruments are available on every trading platform Doesn’t offer ETFs
Status
Operational	Inactive
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day	1 day
📋 Documents Required
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.
📍 Year Founded
2001	2009
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer	Bank Transfer Debit / Credit Card Cryptocurrency Bitwallet FasaPay Neteller Skrill Union Pay
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, HKD, NZD, JPY, SGD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
None	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.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
5,371	289
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
4,500	210
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
93	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
35	20
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
24	13
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
700	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	6
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
14	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold)	Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce for gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	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.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn	Yes for ECN accounts -from $6 per lot per round turn.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 36 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No