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Davy Select vs VT Markets

Compare Davy Select and VT Markets side by side: fees, regulation, platforms.

Davy Select

Davy Select

Irish self-directed investors

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, regโ€ฆ

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VT Markets

VT Markets

Forex and CFD active traders

VT Markets is an Australian-founded CFD and forex broker offering 1,000+ instruments across MetaTrader 4, Metโ€ฆ

Head-to-head comparison

Davy Select vs VT Markets
Feature Davy Select VT Markets
Minimum deposit - -
Stock trading fee Irish and UK stocks: 0.5% (min EUR 14.99); International stocks: 0.06% + EUR 25 settlement per trade Share CFDs available; commissions vary by account type
Regulators CBI ASIC, FSCA, FSC
Best for Irish self-directed investors Forex and CFD active traders
Markets & account
Stocks
ETFs
Forex
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CFDs
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Bonds
Funds
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Money Market Funds
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Business Account
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Margin
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Demo Account
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Pros & cons

Davy Select

Davy Select

Pros

  • Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland with long track record
  • Client funds held in segregated accounts
  • Access to over 7,500 stocks across 30 international markets
  • Over 650 ETFs and 1,200 funds available
  • Pension accounts (PRSA, ARF, PRB) offered on the same platform
  • No account opening fee and no deposit fee
  • Research tools powered by Morningstar and Thomson Reuters

Cons

  • High inactivity fee of EUR 50 per quarter
  • Irish and UK trade commissions of 0.5% are above the low-cost market average
  • EUR 40 custody charge per trade for instruments outside Ireland and UK
  • No demo account available
  • Mobile app is view-only - trades cannot be executed on mobile
  • Account opening process is not fully digital and can take several weeks
  • No CFDs, leverage, crypto or forex trading
VT Markets

VT Markets

Pros

  • No account opening, maintenance, or inactivity fees
  • Raw ECN spreads from 0.0 pips on major forex pairs
  • Over 1,000 tradable instruments across forex, indices, shares, ETFs, and bonds
  • Regulated by ASIC, FSCA, and FSC across three jurisdictions
  • Free $100,000 demo account with 90-day access
  • VTrade copy-trading platform with 100+ signal providers
  • TradingView integration alongside MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5
  • Client fund insurance up to USD 1,000,000 via Lloyd's of London

Cons

  • ASIC entity is wholesale-only; retail clients are onboarded under FSCA or FSC, not a Tier-1 regulator
  • No statutory investor compensation scheme for retail clients
  • Gold spread (~27 pips) is above the industry average
  • Withdrawal fees apply for e-wallets and for repeat wire transfers in the same month
  • No cryptocurrency trading offered
  • Not available to US, Singapore, or Russian residents
  • FCA warning issued for UK-facing operations since June 2023
Davy Select

Davy Select

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

VT Markets

VT Markets

VT Markets is an Australian-founded CFD and forex broker offering 1,000+ instruments across MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, and a proprietary copy-trading platform.

Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

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