Since its inception in 2009 Vantage has been in the business of providing institutional trading conditions to retail clients around the world in a transparent true ECN/STP environment. Vantage offers access to more than a hundred trading instruments on various asset classes such as stocks, indices, energies, cryptocurrencies, commodities, and ETFs. With over a decade of experience in the financial market, Vantage has built a strong reputation for quality trading services, offering the latest innovative technologies that are constantly updated to keep them among the very best in the industry. Vantage is more than a broker. It provides a trusted trading ecosystem that enables clients to achieve their own success, in a faster and simpler manner. Vantage has a won a number of awards globally like; Best Forex Education Asia Pacific (IB Times Trading Awards 2012) Best ECN Broker (The Forex Awards 2016), Best Customer Support (The Forex Awards 2016), Financial Trading Services Provider of The Year (Fintech Awards 2018), and many others. You can quickly and easily open an online trading account with Vantage with a minimum deposit requirement of $200. Furthermore, the broker also offers free demo accounts if you wish to practice trading online with virtual funds before making an investment.

Markets

Vantage have a great selection of financial instruments which you can trade online across various global markets and asset classes including Forex, Stock Indices, Commodities, Metals, Energies and Share CFDs.

Trade Forex CFDs

Start trading the most liquid financial market in the world and capitalize on global economic volatility. All Vantage Forex traders are able to exploit volatility on global markets, with seamless 24-hour access. Vantage offers this access to global FX Markets via its powerful MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform. Access 40+ Forex Pairs including major, minor and exotic currency pairs.

Forex trading is the price speculation of one currency against another. Forex markets are always traded as currency pairs where a Forex trader will always buy or sell one currency in terms of another. An example of one such trade would be a EUR/USD buy trade, meaning buying EUR and selling USD.

Trade Commodities CFDs

Choose from precious metals, oil and soft commodities to take advantage of major market cycles. Soft commodity CFDs are an exciting new market that Vantage traders now have access to through their MT4 and MT5 platforms. This commodity class is a robust market full of large buyers and sellers of the physical assets that back the futures market.

Trade Indices CFDs

Gain instant access to the world’s most liquid Stock Exchange Indices through your MT4 and MT5 trading platforms. Linked to the Vantage oneZero™ MT4 Bridge, the broker provides the fastest execution speed due to unparalleled access to the deepest liquidity available at any time. This helps to make sure that they can offer traders truly transparent pricing, the prices of all Vantage Indices are based on the underlying price of the index’s corresponding stock market. Leverage the volatility of the largest stock market indexes in the world such as the SP500, DAX, FTSE and DJ30.

Designed for institutional traders, Vantage index CFDs can be enjoyed by all clients with no commissions, transparent prices, and ultra-sharp spreads. Vantage allows you to trade stock market Indices on both MT4 and MT5, the world’s most popular FX trading platforms. At Vantage, all Indices trading styles are welcome, including scalping, hedging, swing trading and the use of any Expert Advisor (EA) that suits your trading style.

Whatever your market of choice, the correlation between FX markets and stock Indices is powerful. Enhance your trading capabilities and possible even improve your trading success rate by gaining exposure to these markets.

Trade Share CFDs

Vantage is proud to offer clients access to some of the largest listed companies in the US, UK, EU and Australia through share CFDs. Capitalise on the moves of some of the biggest companies in the world and trade US and Hong Kong Share CFDs. Access highly liquid US Share CFDs in some of the largest companies such as Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, and more!

Vantage leveraged share CFDs enable clients to trade both long and short in some of the biggest listed companies. They understand the value of keeping trading costs to a minimum, which is why Vantage share CFDs are available to clients at some of the lowest commissions in the industry.

Vantage welcomes all styles of trading. Therefore, whether you are a short, medium, or long-term investor, trade manually or with an expert advisor, you can unlock the potential of trading US share CFDs on MT4 with a leading Australian Forex broker.

Precious Metals Trading

With a Vantage MT4 or MT5 trading account, you are able to take long term position trades in physical gold and silver, taking advantage of being able to trade in both long and short directions. Trading and long-term investment go hand in hand as you are able to hedge your physical positions whenever you see the market turning.

Whether you’re a trader or an investor, precious metals markets offer valuable indicators for correlated risk market direction, as well as being able to hedge or trade these predictable technical movements on MT4 with Vantage.

Energy Trading

If you choose to open a Vantage trading account, you will be able to trade energy markets on MT4 or MT5 with ease. Whether you’re in your heated home trading from your desktop PC, or you’re driving in the car that is literally fuelled by the energy market that you’re trading, with Vantage you never have to miss an opportunity. Energy traders take advantage of fluctuations in the price of a certain specialised set of commodities markets such as oil, gas, gasoline and heating oil.

Platforms

Vantage provides their clients with several top trading platforms including the famous MetaTrader5 (MT5) and MetaTrader4 (MT4) trading platforms. The MetaTrader platforms are available on the web, desktop (MAC and Windows) and mobile devices (Android, iPad, iPhone, and Tablets). With their user-friendly interfaces and many advanced features, the MT5 and MT4 are one of the most utilized trading platforms across the globe.

MetaTrader 4 Platform

The MetaTrader 4 Platform (MT4) is the most popular online Forex trading terminal in the world. With one simple MetaTrader 4 login, you will be able to access your MT4 trading account anywhere, anytime. By providing traders fast and stable access to their FX trading accounts, this assures they have access to their MT4 trading account when an opportunity arises. Vantage is considered a leader in implementing smart Forex trading solutions.

The platform becomes even more powerful once it is connected to the brokers deep FX liquidity pools via the custom made oneZero™ MT4 Bridge. Vantage has worked hard alongside MetaQuotes to fine-tune their fibre optic network and servers to fully exploit MetaTrader 4’s Forex trading capabilities. Traders using the Vantage MT4 platform are gaining an edge on global Forex markets with substantial improvements in execution speed and a transparent price feed across all asset classes.

The MT4 platform offers Forex traders the most powerful charting platform on the market. Widely accepted as the industry benchmark in retail Forex trading platforms, MT4 is by far the most popular platform for charting out there today.

The ability to customise charts using chart studies and indicators is unmatched, with literally tens of thousands of options for Forex traders to choose from. This means that no matter your trading style or system, the MT4 platform has a custom charting option exactly for you.

Trading on MT4 has become as popular as it has for one simple reason: Flexibility. No matter where or when you need to access your MT4 platform, you know that you will always have your forex charts at your fingertips.

With a large number of professional Forex traders choosing MT4 as their charting platform of choice, MT4 makes it possible for traders to follow their every order in real time! Through the Forex trading signals tab, you are able to tap directly into the minds of professional traders, making trading decisions alongside them in real time via their signal service.

MT4 signals can be filtered, studied and applied to your account directly from the trading platform, with this streamlined process allowing you to follow Forex traders while focusing your attention elsewhere in the markets.

MetaTrader 5 Platform

The MetaTrader 5 platform (MT5 platform), is the next generation of Forex trading platform to roll off the production line at MetaQuotes. MT5 is the direct successor the most well known and most popular Forex trading platform, MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and to take your Forex trading to the next level, you need to make the upgrade too.

MetaQuotes has integrated all of the features that have made MT4 the excellent Forex trading platform that it is, and then improved on them. If you choose to trade Forex on MT5 with Vantage, you will benefit from the latest version of MT5 which has activated all EA and signals trading and most importantly, includes the capability to hedge positions.

This latest version of MT5 makes all the difference to professional Forex traders, as many Forex brokers running older versions of the platform does not allow you to hedge your positions. Vantage is tight and historic relationship with MetaQuotes means that they are always at the forefront of developments and offering the ability to hedge in MT5 is no different.

Vantage has located NY4, MT5 Equinix Servers in New York for a reason. This is due to the location of the primary liquidity providers and means that all clients can experience the fastest trade executions possible when they trade on MT5 through Vantage.

MT5 offers a full set of trading orders for flexible Forex, Commodities and Indices trading, with access to Vantage is liquidity provider’s market depth at your fingertips. MT5 allows you to see where the big orders are sitting on the price ladder and lets you plan your trading accordingly.

MT5’s addition of a two-position accounting system (netting and hedging), allows traders to maintain full risk management control of their account, in their own way. At Vantage, they understand how important the management of risk is and they don’t want clients’ trading platform to be an unwanted restriction to achieving their goals.

While retaining the familiar look and feel of MT4, MetaTrader 5 truly is a next generation Forex trading platform. Trading on MetaTrader 5 with your Vantage account can help you to gain your trading edge. Lightning fast execution speeds, the tightest of spreads and even more powerful charting capabilities than MT4 are just some more of the features that make MT5 so powerful.

MT5 allows traders to use more timeframes on an unlimited number of charts in their watch list. Have you ever wanted to see how your trading strategy would run off the 12-minute charts, but been restricted by MT4’s limited timeframe capabilities? With 21 timeframes and one-minute history of quotes available on MT4, moving to MT5 is the smart choice for flexibility.

Not to mention MT5’s inbuilt system of alert, designed to help traders keep track of important market events without having to consult an external economic calendar. You never have to miss a tick when you’re trading on MT5.

MetaTrader Apps

Perfect for both new and experienced traders who want to access the markets while on the go, the convenient MT4 and MT5 apps by MetaQuotes are fast, reliable and compatible with both Android and iOS devices. All Vantage clients can experience the same trading functionality on their mobile device as MetaTrader for PC and Mac – such as one touch trading, a variety of order types, instant access to over 300+ tradable assets, and more.

Because markets move 24 hours a day, 5 days a week the broker understands how important it is for Forex traders to be able to access the market anywhere, anytime. That’s why the Vantage Account is accessible across all devices.

By offering trading accounts across the robust MT4 and MT5 platforms and mobile trading applications, professional traders can rest-assured that they will have fast and stable access to their account whenever they need it.

MT4 & MT5 WebTrader Platforms

Gain access to the Vantage cloud based, original MetaQuotes WebTrader Platform. Gain fast and stable access to your MT4 & MT5 trading account from any web browser window wherever you may need to manage trades from.

The MetaQuotes WebTrader platform for MT4 and MT5 offers clients a robust method to trade directly from their browser, and it’s compatible across Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems.

When you trade using the WebTrader platform, you can access a suite of 30 indicators, 24 technical analysis tools, 9 time-frames as well as having the same convenience of One-Click Trading, much like the desktop versions of MT4 and MT5.

With the MT4 and MT5 WebTrader you can access all Vantage markets from any device, anywhere, and anytime.

Vantage App

The Vantage app offers traders easy, yet powerful mobile access to hundreds of FX Pairs, Commodities, Indices, Share CFDs and more! Available for both iOS and Android devices, the Vantage trading app is equipped with a suite of trading and investing tools so you can trade global markets anywhere, anytime!

With a suite of technical indicators such as Moving Averages, Bollinger Bands, MACD, 9 timeframes, charting tools, and 10 timeframes, the Vantage App offers traders of all styles powerful yet simple technical charting.

And, it’s packed full of features such as order management, custom watchlists, trading signals by Trading Central, alerts, news calendar and more, it’s never been easier to access the global markets anywhere, anytime.

When you start trading with the Vantage trading app, you unlock access to 300+ tradable instruments, including currencies, commodities, indices, share CFDs and more!

The all-in-one trading app also features fast account opening and in-built funds management for easy deposits and withdrawals.

ProTrader Trading Platform

The Vantage ProTrader platform, powered by TradingView, offers all clients access to hundreds of the most popular indicators, over 50 technical drawing tools and a comprehensive suite of tools for in-depth market analysis that cover the most popular trading systems and strategies. Start trading your Vantage account from the world-famous TradingView style chart with the exclusive ProTrader platform!

Whether you are a scalper, swing trader, or trade long term, the ProTrader platform is designed for traders of all styles. Featuring 12 different chart types from traditional candlesticks to Renko and Kagi, as well as multiple timeframes and a variety of chart layouts, traders can monitor the markets like never before.

When you start trading on the Vantage ProTrader platform, you unlock access to a suite of technical indicators and oscillators. And, for the true chartists, ProTrader features a wide range of drawing tools from trend lines and Fibonacci retracements to Gann and Elliott Waves and many more!

To stay on top of upcoming economic events, traders can take advantage of ProTrader’s built in market news headlines and catch the latest market buzz coverage of 300+ FX pairs, Indices, Commodities, Share CFDs and more.

Tools

Vantage additionally provides their clients with a variety of useful trading tools. Some of the tools made available by Vantage include trading signals, market news, trade analysis and much more.

ZuluTrade

Through the ZuluTrade social trading platform, clients of Vantage will gain exclusive access to a vast pool of professional traders and profitable trading systems. All this streamed directly into your Vantage MT4 trading account.

Choose the professional traders you wish to follow and diversify your Forex trading risk around multiple strategies. Based on the performance of the traders you follow; your trading account will be an exact mirror of the performance of some of the brightest and most talented Forex traders within the social trading industry. All this streamed directly into your Vantage MT4 trading account.

MyFxBook AutoTrade

Vantage has teamed up with MyFxBook AutoTrade to bring forex traders one of the most popular FX copy trade services available. AutoTrade is an account mirroring service where you can copy trades from top successful FOREX trading systems.

The AutoTrade service is an online FX trade copying platform with over 90,000 FOREX traders. Connect a Vantage account with AutoTrade to auto copy and trade with access to in-depth analysis and statistics.

With your unique Vantage AutoTrade account, you can easily create a portfolio and automatically copy the trades of other successful Forex traders. You’ll have the ability to manage and customise each copied FX trade and learn from in-depth portfolio statistics.

DupliTrade

Vantage clients can start to diversify their portfolio by duplicating the trades of proprietary traders, trading their own accounts with real money! When you connect your Vantage account to DupliTrade, you gain access to a folio of hand-picked prop traders. Then, you simply choose the traders you want to copy based on their performance, strategy and trading style, and their trades will be duplicated on your Vantage MT4 or MT5 account.

When your Vantage account is funded with a minimum of $2000, you can gain access to a portfolio of professional proprietary traders. And, you can also test your portfolio on a demo account to find the right traders to suit your needs.

Sentiment Indicators

The forex market sentiment page displays the overall long and short positions of the Vantage book. The sentiment ratio of long to short positions are represented as a percentage and displayed as a sliding scale where orange represents clients’ shorts and teal represents their longs.

Sentiment analysis is another tool that Forex traders can use to make trading decisions, adding it to their standard arsenal of fundamental and technical analysis. It works side by side with these methods of analysis by helping to alert you of any supply/demand imbalances which could lead to potential reversals in price.

Trading Central

Vantage have partnered with Trading Central to provide daily market commentary, global financial news, and in-depth market analysis, conveniently accessible from the Vantage app.

Whether you are a novice, or a professional trader, all clients can now benefit from receiving daily market analysis as it happens.

Vantage Forex Calculators

Make smarter trading decisions and find key price levels by taking advantage of the Vantage Forex calculators. All values are calculated in real-time based on live market prices.

Smart Trader Tools

The Smart Trader Tools Package allows the Vantage MT4 and MT5 platforms to rival even the most advanced institutional trading platforms on the market. This can further level the playing field between retail traders and the world of institutional trading, participated in by the banks.

Vantage prides itself on execution speed and fully transparent STP/ECN trading model and with the SmartTrader Tools Package they have now taken the MT4 and MT5 Platforms to the next level. Rediscover the MetaTrader 4 and 5 Platforms by deploying the most comprehensive upgrade to your MetaTrader experience today and take your trading further with Vantage.

Alarm Manager

For sending notifications and alerts to clients for specific activities and may also perform some automated actions.

Correlation Trader

For the analysis of the correlation between different markets.

Excel RTD Link

Allow clients to put real-time account data into excel for analysing, comparing and creating rules.

Free Forex VPS hosting

If you are a serious Forex trader, and want to keep your MetaTrader 4 platform running 24 hours a day, a virtual private server (VPS) is ideal. A VPS uses an external server to manage your trading connectivity ensuring that the MT4 platform is running 24 hours a day and is not subject to downtime caused by electrical or computer problems. Many Forex traders use VPS technology to ensure that their Expert Advisors (Forex trading robots) can run non-stop. If you maintain a minimum account balance of $1,000, you can apply for a free forex VPS.

ProTrader Tools

Unlock a premium set of trading tools and gain exclusive insights to what is currently moving the markets, as well as actionable technical trade setups and real-time macro-economic news events, all from within your client portal.

To access Pro Trader Tools, all you have to do is ensure your trading account is funded with a minimum of $1,000, and then agree to the terms and conditions and your suite of Pro Trader Tools will appear in your client portal.

ProTrader Video Course

Wherever you are in your trading journey, give your edge a boost with FREE 30+ video preview into the Pro Trader Video course, which includes an Introduction to Forex, MT4 – A Complete Guide, and the MT5 Complete Guide.

To unlock the full Pro Trader Video course in your Client Portal, simply open and fund a live account with $1000 or more, and you’ll gain access to an additional 130+ video tutorials, including Expert Day Trading, Advanced Trading Strategies, Advanced Stock Market Trading Level 1 & 2, Chart Patterns, Candle Patterns, and much more!

Education

Vantage offers numerous free educational materials in the library section of their website which are accessible to their registered clients. These materials are in several formats, including articles, courses, and tutorial videos and cover topics ranging from trading market updates, forex guidelines, and trading psychology.

Trading Academy

Learn to trade forex with tutorials and courses in the Vantage trading academy which is free to access from the brokers website.

Educational Webinars

The broker hosts weekly live sessions where you can learn more about the forex market and trading online.

Market News

You can get daily market updates from the brokers website with charts and technical/fundamental analysis to help inspire trade ideas.

Forex Economic Calendar

A Forex Economic Calendar is a useful tool for Forex traders to track important, potentially market-moving events. Many Forex traders use the economic calendar as a release schedule to assist them in anticipating when major movements will happen in the market.

Conclusion

Vantage is a regulated forex broker that provides traders with access to the global Forex market through top tier FX liquidity providers. This means you get some of the best trading conditions possible from any online brokerage firm. With Vantage, you will be sure to always experience super-fast trade execution, as well as interbank grade, tight RAW ECN spreads. When combining these factors together, the broker can offer clients a true institutional trading experience, across a wide range of trading instruments such as Forex, Commodities, Indices and Share CFDs. Clients can access a wide range of markets through the powerful yet easy to use MetaTrader 4 & MetaTrader 5 platforms, as well as WebTrader and multiple mobile trading apps for iPhone and Android devices. Experience the difference with Vantage today!