Is Vanto a scam?
Wikilix independent safety report
We found no evidence that Vanto is a scam, and its Seychelles licence is genuine, but we are publishing a risk figure of 65 percent because this is a very young operation and too little can be establ…
Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)
Broker Summary
What Wikilix has recorded about Vanto: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.
Vanto is a multi-asset forex and CFD brand operated jointly by two companies: V Global Markets Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles under company number 8438124-1, and Vanto Trade Global LTD, a Saint Lucia International Business Company registered as number 2025-00711. The Seychelles company is the licensed one, and it also trades under the second brand name V Global Markets. Both are named openly in the site footer, on the contact page and on the legal documents page, which publishes a separate set of agreements for each entity.
Regulation. V Global Markets Limited holds securities dealer licence SD236 from the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles. That is a genuine licence, but it is an offshore, light-touch one: it carries no statutory client-money compensation scheme, no negative-balance-protection mandate and far weaker conduct supervision than an onshore regime such as the FCA, ASIC or CySEC. The Saint Lucia company holds no financial licence at all, and the broker says so plainly itself, disclosing that the Saint Lucia authority does not regulate, supervise or license CFD brokers and has not reviewed its documents. Treat the Saint Lucia registration as corporate paperwork rather than supervision.
What they offer. Trading is on MetaTrader 5 only, reached through a browser WebTrader, Windows and macOS desktop builds and Android and iOS apps, with MAM and copy-trading tools for money managers. The instrument range is more than 60 currency pairs, 9 global index CFDs, spot metals and energies, and 11 cryptocurrency CFDs. Execution is described as straight-through processing with pricing aggregated from several liquidity providers.
Costs and accounts. There are two accounts. Standard opens from $25 with FX spreads from 1.6 pips and no separate commission. Raw opens from $100 with spreads from 0.0 pips plus $3.50 per lot per side. Both cap leverage at 1:500 on forex and metals, 1:100 on indices and 1:10 on crypto, with a 50% stop-out level. High leverage of this kind magnifies losses as much as gains.
Funding. Cards, international wire transfers, USDT on the Tron and Ethereum networks, and regional local-payment channels in Malaysian ringgit, Philippine pesos, Indonesian rupiah, Vietnamese dong and Indian rupees. Cards, wires and local channels are stated at zero commission and settle within one working day; local deposits are quoted at around ten minutes. Crypto deposits are instant, and the broker states its crypto commission varies rather than publishing a rate.
Support runs 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday, by phone and WhatsApp on +44 7484 140504, on Telegram, and by email at support@vantotrade.com, with a separate complaints address. The broker lists English, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Filipino, Japanese, Thai and Malay.
Who it suits, and the caveats. The pricing is competitive and the corporate disclosure is unusually candid for an offshore brand, which puts Vanto ahead of many peers on transparency. Against that: the operation is young, the only licence is offshore and low-tier, client money carries no compensation backstop, and the brand is new enough that there is no long withdrawal track record to judge it on. Residents of the United States, Iran and North Korea are refused at signup. Anyone considering it should size positions on the assumption that recourse in a dispute is limited to the broker's own complaints process and the Seychelles authority.
Website snapshots
9 full-page captures of Vanto's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.
Regulatory Licenses
Every licence Vanto has in force is from an offshore regulator. Most carry no compensation scheme — each row below says what the issuing regulator actually requires.
How far our check got
- 1 confirmed on a register
FSATier 3OffshoreConfirmed on registerChecked
What the register says
- Licence number
- SD236
- Type
- Dealing in securities
- Register status
- Active. Listed as a Securities Dealer with the trade names V Global Markets and Vanto
What our check found
A genuine Securities Dealer licence from the Seychelles Financial Services Authority, permitting the firm to deal in CFDs, onboard clients directly and hold client deposits. The register entry records the trade name Vanto and the website vantotrade.com against the licensed entity. Client protection: Low. Real authorisation and some oversight, but no compensation scheme and limited practical enforcement, so a client has little recourse if the firm fails..
Register screenshot, captured Aug 21, 2026 Client protection under this licence
- No compensation scheme
- Complaints routeFSA Enquiries
- Maximum leverage1:1000
These are the rules FSA sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how Vanto applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.
About The Seychelles Financial Services Authority
Offshore regulatorGovernment bodyNo compensation schemePublic registerTransparency: low- Typical cost of this licence
- USD 10000-20000
Account Types
2 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 25. Leverage up to 1:500.
| Account | Min Deposit | Leverage | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| StandardStandard | USD 25 | 1:500 | None |
| RawRAW · ECN | USD 100 | 1:500 | $3.5 per 1 lot per side |
Country availability
Where Vanto says it will and won't take clients
Confirmed blocked
Named in the broker's own terms
Covered by a parent block
Territories a blocked country carries with it
How we know — 7 sources
- 1The account-opening form at register.vantotrade.com requires the applicant to confirm 'I am not a US, Iran, or North Korea resident' before the application can proceed, which puts US, IR and KP in the confirmed-blocked list on the strength of the onboarding control itself.
- 2The footer legal notice published on every page of vantotrade.com states the site 'is not intended for residents of the United States or for use in any jurisdiction where such use would be contrary to local law or regulation', corroborating the United States block.
- 3US dependent territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands) are listed as dependent territories of the named United States block; the broker does not name them itself.
- 4The catch-all wording 'any jurisdiction where such use would be contrary to local law or regulation' names no country and has not been expanded into any code list.
- 5No dedicated restricted-countries page is published: /restricted-countries/, /prohibited-countries/, /accepted-countries/, /where-we-operate/, /terms/ and /faq/ all return 404 on vantotrade.com.
- 6The client agreements are published only as PDFs at docs.vantotrade.com; the files were reachable but their text could not be read this run, so no restriction clause was taken from them.
- 7The country selector on the second step of the registration flow was not reached this run, so no whitelist has been recorded; absence of a code is not acceptance.
Funding Methods
9 ways to fund an account. 8 with no deposit fee. One credits instantly.
| Method | Deposit fee | Withdrawal fee | Min deposit | Withdrawal min / max | Processing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Card PaymentsCredit CardVisa and Mastercard. Deposits and withdrawals in EUR, USD and GBP, 0% commission, within 1 working day. | Free | Free | USD 25 | USD 25Not recorded | 1 day |
| Wire TransferWire TransferInternational bank transfers in EUR, USD and GBP, 0% commission, within 1 working day. | Free | Free | USD 25 | USD 25Not recorded | 1 day |
| Local PaymentsBank TransferRegional channels in MYR, PHP, IDR, VND and INR. 0% commission. Deposits around 10 minutes, withdrawals within 1 working day. Stated deposit minimums MYR 100 / PHP 1200 / IDR 400K / VND 600K / INR 2000; withdrawal minimums match except INR 50000. | Free | Free | Not recorded | Not recordedNot recorded | 1 hour |
| Card PaymentsCredit CardVisa and Mastercard in EUR, USD and GBP. 0% commission both ways, within 1 working day. | Free | Free | USD 25 | USD 25Not recorded | 1 day |
| Wire TransferWire TransferInternational bank transfers in EUR, USD and GBP. 0% commission both ways, within 1 working day. | Free | Free | USD 25 | USD 25Not recorded | 1 day |
| Local PaymentsBank TransferRegional channels in MYR, PHP, IDR, VND and INR. 0% commission. Deposits around 10 minutes, withdrawals within 1 working day. Stated deposit minimums MYR 100, PHP 1200, IDR 400,000, VND 600,000, INR 2,000; withdrawal minimums match except INR 50,000. | Free | Free | Not recorded | Not recordedNot recorded | 1 hour |
| Wire TransferWire TransferInternational bank transfers in EUR, USD and GBP. 0% commission both ways, within 1 working day. | Free | Free | USD 25 | USD 25Not recorded | 1 day |
| Crypto PaymentsCryptocurrencyUSDT on Tron (TRC-20) and Ethereum (ERC-20), quoted in USDT. Minimum 100 USDT each way. Deposits instant, withdrawals within 1 working day. The broker states the commission varies rather than publishing a rate. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 100 | USD 100Not recorded | Instant |
| Local PaymentsBank TransferRegional channels in MYR, PHP, IDR, VND and INR. 0% commission. Deposits around 10 minutes, withdrawals within 1 working day. Stated deposit minimums MYR 100, PHP 1200, IDR 400,000, VND 600,000, INR 2,000; withdrawal minimums match except INR 50,000. | Free | Free | Not recorded | Not recordedNot recorded | 1 hour |
Trading Platforms
One trading platform on record: Meta Trader 5.
- Meta Trader 5RecommendedWindowsMacLinuxWebAndroidiOSAPIDownloadDetails
Global Domains
6 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.
Corporate Network
2 legal entities behind the Vanto brand.
Company Registration
The operating company is V Global Markets Limited. Registered in Seychelles. Registration number 8438124-1.
- Legal entity
- V Global Markets Limited
- Registration number
- 8438124-1
- Jurisdiction
- Seychelles
- Registry
- Seychelles Financial Services Authority, capital markets register. The Seychelles company registry is not publicly searchable, so the incorporation date could not be established.
- Registered address
- Office 6.1, OST Building Zone 18, Providence, Mahe, Seychelles

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