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In this head to head comparison of VT Markets vs Octa, we will compare the trading platforms, mobile apps, range of investments, costs, market research, and more. Let's dive in.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 51% and 89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
VT Markets, founded in 2016, and Octa, established in 2011, are both online brokers offering a range of trading services. Neither broker is publicly traded or operates as a bank. They share a similar regulatory standing, each holding one Tier-1 license, which is highly trusted according to ForexBrokers.com, and one Tier-2 license, indicating they are trusted. These licenses ensure a level of confidence to users exploring their trading platforms.
Despite their regulatory similarities, there is a slight difference in their trust scores. VT Markets holds a Trust Score rating of 70 out of 99 from ForexBrokers.com, representing an average risk. On the other hand, Octa scores slightly higher with a Trust Score of 72, also indicating an average risk level but with a bit more assurance. Both platforms offer a reasonably secure trading environment for users navigating the world of online trading.
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| Year Founded | 2016 | 2011 |
| Publicly Traded (Listed) | No | No |
| Bank | No | No |
| Tier-1 Licenses | 1 | 1 |
| Tier-2 Licenses | 1 | 1 |
| Tier-3 Licenses | 0 | 0 |
| Tier-4 Licenses | 0 | 1 |
Comparing commissions and fees at VT Markets and Octa comes down to account type and where your account is regulated. VT Markets splits pricing between its commission-free Standard STP account (wider spreads) and its Raw ECN account (commission plus tighter spreads), with a $100 minimum deposit for both. Octa’s costs vary by region and platform, and the broker highlights no slippage on 97.5% of orders and no overnight carry costs, though some rules can limit high‑frequency trading. For ratings, VT Markets scores 4.5/5 stars and ranks #21 of 63 for Commissions & Fees, while Octa scores 4/5 stars and ranks #30 of 63.
VT Markets’ Standard STP account lists a typical EUR/USD spread of 1.2 pips and charges no commission, making it simpler but pricier per trade. The Raw ECN account targets lower all‑in costs with an effective EUR/USD spread of 0.83 pips (0.6 pips round‑turn commission plus a 0.23‑pip average spread in September 2021). This setup is competitive for active traders who value tighter pricing, while casual traders may appreciate the no‑commission structure despite the higher spread. Overall: 4.5/5 stars, ranked #21/63 for Commissions & Fees.
Octa’s pricing depends on your regulator and platform: EU clients get a single MT5 account, while international clients can choose MT4, MT5, or OctaTrader. The broker lists an average EUR/USD spread of 0.5 pips under its EU entity and 0.9 pips under foreign entities, but it does not provide a date range for these figures. Octa also promotes no overnight carry costs and says 97.5% of orders see no slippage, though certain trading restrictions may apply to high‑frequency strategies. Overall: 4/5 stars, ranked #30/63 for Commissions & Fees.
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| Minimum Deposit | $100 | $25 |
| Average Spread EUR/USD - Standard | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| All-in Cost EUR/USD - Active | 0.8 | N/A |
| Active Trader or VIP Discounts | No | No |
| ACH or SEPA Transfers | No | No |
| PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw) | No | No |
| Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes | Yes |
| Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit) | Yes | Yes |
| Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes | Yes |
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VT Markets offers a wider selection of markets than Octa, with about 1,000 tradeable symbols versus Octa’s 300. VT Markets also has a slight edge in forex variety, listing 39 currency pairs compared with Octa’s 35. Both brokers let you trade forex as CFDs or spot contracts and support copy trading. Neither lets you buy U.S.-listed shares directly, but both provide access to real, exchange-traded international stocks. For crypto, each broker supports derivatives rather than buying actual coins.
When it comes to third-party evaluations of market range, both VT Markets and Octa earn 3.5 out of 5 stars. However, VT Markets places higher in category rankings, landing at 40th out of 63 brokers, while Octa ranks 53rd. If having more symbols and slightly more forex pairs matters to you, VT Markets may be the better fit; otherwise, both cover the core asset types traders commonly use.
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| Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs) | Yes | Yes |
| Tradeable Symbols (Total) | 1000 | 300 |
| Forex Pairs (Total) | 39 | 35 |
| U.S. Stock Trading (Non CFD) | No | No |
| Int'l Stock Trading (Non CFD) | Yes | Yes |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | Yes | Yes |
| Cryptocurrency (Physical) | No | No |
| Cryptocurrency (Derivative) | Yes | Yes |
| Disclaimers | Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). | Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). |
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VT Markets and Octa both make it easy to get started with a free demo (paper) account and offer Windows desktop and web trading. Each supports MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5), includes copy trading, and lets you place orders directly from charts. Octa also provides a proprietary in-house platform, while VT Markets focuses on MetaTrader. Neither broker integrates DupliTrade or ZuluTrade.
For charting and watchlists, VT Markets offers 30 drawing tools versus 15 at Octa, and both let you build watchlists with seven data columns. Indicator availability depends on the platform you use (such as the standard MT4/MT5 libraries). According to ForexBrokers.com, both brokers earn 4 out of 5 stars for Trading Platforms and Tools, with Octa ranked 38th of 63 and VT Markets 48th of 63—useful context if platform choice is your deciding factor.
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| Virtual Trading (Demo) | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary Platform | No | Yes |
| Desktop Platform (Windows) | Yes | Yes |
| Web Platform | Yes | Yes |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | Yes | Yes |
| MetaTrader 4 (MT4) | Yes | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 (MT5) | Yes | Yes |
| DupliTrade | No | No |
| ZuluTrade | No | No |
| Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total) | 15 | 30 |
| Charting - Drawing Tools (Total) | 30 | 15 |
| Charting - Trade From Chart | Yes | Yes |
| Watchlists - Total Fields | 7 | 7 |
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VT Markets and Octa both deliver capable mobile trading apps for iPhone and Android, with real-time watchlists, price alerts, and solid charting. Each app includes 30 technical studies, lets you draw trendlines, and switch among multiple time frames like intraday, daily, or weekly. Both earn 4-star ratings for mobile trading. One shared drawback: neither VT Markets nor Octa syncs watchlists between the mobile app and the online platform.
Key difference: Octa’s app auto-saves your chart drawings, while VT Markets does not—handy if you annotate charts and want your lines to stay put. In industry rankings for Mobile Trading Apps from ForexBrokers.com, Octa sits at #37 out of 63 brokers, ahead of VT Markets at #45. If you value saved chart work, Octa may edge it; if you need cross-device watchlist syncing, note that neither app currently offers it.
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| Android App | Yes | Yes |
| Apple iOS App | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Alerts - Basic Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Watchlist Syncing | No | No |
| Mobile Charting - Indicators / Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Mobile Charting - Draw Trendlines | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Charting - Multiple Time Frames | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Charting - Drawings Autosave | No | Yes |
| Mobile Watchlist | Yes | Yes |
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Comparing market research, both VT Markets and Octa provide daily market commentary, top-tier forex news (from sources like Bloomberg, Reuters, or Dow Jones), and an economic calendar. In independent testing by ForexBrokers.com, Octa earns 4 stars and ranks #27 out of 63 brokers for Research, while VT Markets receives 3.5 stars and ranks #37.
Tool-wise, VT Markets stands out with Trading Central analytics and a built-in sentiment tool that shows the ratio of long and short positions, though it doesn’t include Autochartist. Octa takes the opposite route: it offers Autochartist for technical and fundamental ideas but does not provide Trading Central or a sentiment tool, and it doesn’t feature research from TipRanks or Acuity Trading.
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| Daily Market Commentary | Yes | Yes |
| Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) | Yes | Yes |
| Autochartist | No | Yes |
| Trading Central (Recognia) | Yes | No |
| Social Sentiment - Currency Pairs | Yes | No |
| TipRanks | No | |
| Signal Centre (Acuity Trading) | No | |
| Economic Calendar | Yes | Yes |
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VT Markets and Octa both deliver beginner-friendly forex and CFD education. Each broker provides 10+ learning pieces, at least 10 beginner video lessons, and an investor dictionary with 50+ trading terms. For Education, VT Markets is rated 3.5/5 stars and ranks #56 out of 63 brokers, while Octa earns 4/5 stars and ranks #42.
The key differences show up in ongoing learning and depth. Octa hosts monthly client webinars and keeps a searchable archive of past sessions, so you can learn live or on your own schedule. It also offers 10+ advanced videos for when you’re ready to go beyond the basics. VT Markets does not host recurring webinars or keep an archive, and it lacks a comparable set of advanced videos, though it still covers the fundamentals well. If you want live classes and a path into more advanced material, Octa is the stronger choice; if you mainly need beginner videos and a glossary to get started, VT Markets will do the job.
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| Education (Forex or CFDs) | Yes | Yes |
| Client Webinars | No | Yes |
| Client Webinars (Archived) | No | Yes |
| Videos - Beginner Trading Videos | Yes | Yes |
| Videos - Advanced Trading Videos | No | Yes |
| Investor Dictionary (Glossary) | Yes | Yes |
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After testing 63 of the best forex brokers, our research and account testing finds that VT Markets is better than Octa. VT Markets finished with an overall rank of #44, while Octa finished with an overall rank of #47.
VT Markets benefits from being part of the Vantage Group of companies, and provides access to the MetaTrader suite of platforms as well as its own VT Pro trading app.
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Both VT Markets and Octa do not offer the option to buy actual delivered cryptocurrency, but they each provide the ability to purchase cryptocurrency derivatives.
VT Markets and Octa both do not support ACH, SEPA, or PayPal for fund transactions, but they do offer Skrill, Visa, Mastercard, and bank wires as options for depositing or withdrawing account funds.
Please note:
We review each broker’s overall global offering – a “Yes” checkmark in our Compare Tool does not guarantee the availability of any specific features in your country of residence. To verify the availability of any features within your country of residence, please contact the broker directly.
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| Trust Score | 70 | 72 | |
| Year Founded | 2016 | 2011 | |
| Publicly Traded (Listed) | No | No | |
| Bank | No | No | |
| Regulated in one or more EU or EEA countries (MiFID). | No | Yes | |
| Tier-1 Licenses | 1 | 1 | |
| Tier-2 Licenses | 1 | 1 | |
| Tier-3 Licenses | 0 | 0 | |
| Tier-4 Licenses | 0 | 1 |
| Tier-1 Licenses (Highly Trusted) | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Australia (ASIC Authorised) | Yes | No | |
| Canada (CIRO Authorised) | No | No | |
| Hong Kong (SFC Authorised) | No | No | |
| Japan (SFC Authorised) | No | No | |
| Singapore (MAS Authorised) | No | No | |
| Switzerland (FINMA Authorised) | |||
| United Kingdom (U.K.) (FCA Authorised) | No | No | |
| USA (CFTC Authorized) | No | No | |
| New Zealand (FMA Authorised) | No | No | |
| Regulated in one or more EU or EEA countries (MiFID). | No | Yes |
| Tier-2 Licenses (Trusted) | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Kenya (CMA Authorised) | |||
| Israel (ISA Authorised) | No | No | |
| South Africa (FSCA Authorised) | Yes | Yes | |
| UAE (DFSA/Central Bank Authorised) | No | No | |
| India (SEBI Authorised) | No | No | |
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| Investments | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs) | Yes | Yes | |
| Tradeable Symbols (Total) | 1000 | 300 | |
| Forex Pairs (Total) | 39 | 35 | |
| U.S. Stock Trading (Non CFD) | No | No | |
| Int'l Stock Trading (Non CFD) | Yes | Yes | |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | Yes | Yes | |
| Cryptocurrency (Physical) | No | No | |
| Cryptocurrency (Derivative) | Yes | Yes | |
| Disclaimers | Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). | Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients). |
| Cost | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Average Spread EUR/USD - Standard | 1.2 | 0.9 | |
| All-in Cost EUR/USD - Active | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Active Trader or VIP Discounts | No | No | |
| Inactivity Fee | No | No | |
| Execution: Agency Broker | No | Yes | |
| Execution: Market Maker | Yes | Yes |
| Funding | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Minimum Deposit | $100 | $25 | |
| PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw) | No | No | |
| Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes | Yes | |
| Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit) | Yes | Yes | |
| Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw) | Yes | Yes | |
| ACH or SEPA Transfers | No | No |
| Trading Platforms | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Proprietary Platform | No | Yes | |
| Desktop Platform (Windows) | Yes | Yes | |
| Web Platform | Yes | Yes | |
| Social Trading / Copy Trading | Yes | Yes | |
| MetaTrader 4 (MT4) | Yes | Yes | |
| MetaTrader 5 (MT5) | Yes | Yes | |
| cTrader | No | No | |
| DupliTrade | No | No | |
| ZuluTrade | No | No |
| Trading Tools | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Virtual Trading (Demo) | Yes | Yes | |
| Alerts - Basic Fields | Yes | Yes | |
| Watchlists - Total Fields | 7 | 7 | |
| Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total) | 15 | 30 | |
| Charting - Drawing Tools (Total) | 30 | 15 | |
| Charting - Trade From Chart | Yes | Yes | |
| Charts can be saved | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Trading | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Android App | Yes | Yes | |
| Apple iOS App | Yes | Yes | |
| Mobile Alerts - Basic Fields | Yes | Yes | |
| Mobile Watchlist | Yes | Yes | |
| Watchlist Syncing | No | No | |
| Mobile Charting - Indicators / Studies | 30 | 30 | |
| Mobile Charting - Draw Trendlines | Yes | Yes | |
| Mobile Charting - Multiple Time Frames | Yes | Yes | |
| Mobile Charting - Drawings Autosave | No | Yes | |
| Mobile Economic Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Research | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Daily Market Commentary | Yes | Yes | |
| Forex News (Top-Tier Sources) | Yes | Yes | |
| Autochartist | No | Yes | |
| Trading Central (Recognia) | Yes | No | |
| TipRanks | No | ||
| Social Sentiment - Currency Pairs | Yes | No | |
| Economic Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Education | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| Education (Forex or CFDs) | Yes | Yes | |
| Client Webinars | No | Yes | |
| Client Webinars (Archived) | No | Yes | |
| Videos - Beginner Trading Videos | Yes | Yes | |
| Videos - Advanced Trading Videos | No | Yes | |
| Investor Dictionary (Glossary) | Yes | Yes |
| Major Forex Pairs | VT Markets | Octa | |
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| GBP/USD | Yes | Yes | |
| USD/JPY | Yes | Yes | |
| EUR/USD | Yes | Yes | |
| USD/CHF | Yes | Yes | |
| USD/CAD | Yes | Yes | |
| NZD/USD | Yes | Yes | |
| AUD/USD | Yes | Yes | |
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