Vantage Vs. SquaredFinancial - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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

SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.

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

• Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares
• High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips

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

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

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

• Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products)
• Real stocks are offered along with CFDs
• Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers

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

• Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5
• High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)

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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.

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

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Instatransfer

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.

US, CA, IR, SY.

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.

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

Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types:

• SquaredPro account has no default commissions
• SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot

For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows:

• USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2)
• European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)