VT Markets takes best gold trading platform at FinanceFeeds Awards
VT Markets has won Best Gold Trading Platform at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026, capping a January in which it reported $1.5 trillion in gold turnover.
Key Facts
- VT Markets has been handed the “Best Gold Trading Platform” title at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026.
- The broker serves upwards of 600,000 active clients across more than 160 countries.
- January 2026 brought a record month of gold turnover, reported at $1.5 trillion.
- Across its wider book the firm reports more than 60 million trades and monthly volume above $720 billion.
- Globally reported no-slippage ratios sit between 61% and 65%.
- Its Dubai branch carries a UAE Capital Markets Authority Category 5 licence for introduction and promotion work.
VT Markets, the multi-asset CFD broker serving more than 600,000 active clients across over 160 countries, has collected the “Best Gold Trading Platform” title at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026. The category points to its strengthening standing in precious metals and to the money committed to the liquidity, execution plumbing and platform resilience traders expect in one of the world’s most heavily dealt markets.
Founded in 2015, the firm has grown from a single CFD brokerage into a global trading operation whose community now passes three million traders. It reports north of 60 million executed trades and monthly turnover above $720 billion across the full range — a measure of how far the infrastructure has scaled in a decade. No-slippage ratios of 61% to 65% globally read on how closely it watches execution.
Precious metals have taken a disproportionate share of that expansion. VT Markets logged a record $1.5 trillion in gold turnover during January 2026 alone, a figure that captures how much activity moved through its metals book over a stretch in which gold held the attention of investors worldwide.
The month’s price action explains much of the flow. The LBMA afternoon auction settled gold at $4,352.95 an ounce on 2 January 2026 and $4,981.85 by 30 January, peaking intramonth at $5,405 on 29 January — a spread near 24% inside four weeks. Stretches like that manufacture the repricing and hedging that push a metals book to a record, and they are where thin platforms break. Our year-end gold outlook covered why the bid has stayed persistent.
What the award is measuring
The category sits in a segment that strains the technology behind it. Gold lurches on inflation prints, central-bank decisions, geopolitical headlines and turns in the dollar or bond yields. Those bursts arrive with heavier order flow, wider spreads and harder execution inside seconds. For a gold-led platform, those windows count for far more than a quiet afternoon.
Metals traders are alert to the fine print. Spread behaviour, fill speed, slippage and available depth carry outsized weight in short-horizon strategies, above all around scheduled releases. A venue running large XAU/USD volumes needs the headroom to absorb busy stretches without turning every spike into a poor fill. That makes this an infrastructure award as much as a platform one, and why execution quality is now a battleground rather than a compliance footnote.
A second reason the category has grown interesting: gold is no longer the slow defensive holding it was once treated as. It is now a busy market for retail CFD traders, algorithmic books and short-term macro positioning. Brokers are fighting harder over their gold offering, from pricing and execution to charting, leverage and trading hours.
Best Gold Trading Platform is therefore a narrow test. It asks whether a broker can carry one of the busiest and most headline-sensitive instruments on its books once conditions stop being comfortable.
“The Best Gold Trading Platform award recognizes brokers that have developed an environment capable of supporting those conditions while providing traders with efficient access to the precious metals market. For VT Markets, the award reflects both the scale of its gold business and the infrastructure supporting execution behind that volume,” said FinanceFeeds EIC Nikolai Isayev.
“Gold trading places particular demands on a broker’s infrastructure. Unlike evaluating a platform purely on the number of instruments it offers, assessing a gold trading environment requires consideration of liquidity depth, spreads, execution quality, pricing consistency, platform stability and the ability to continue processing substantial trading flows during periods of heightened market activity,” he added.
Gold grows into a core line of the business
The gold volumes VT Markets reports signal how large the asset class has grown inside its wider ecosystem. That scale matters because gold is unforgiving once sessions turn volatile. A sudden reset in expectations throws up heavy order flow in a compressed window, leaning on liquidity, pricing and execution systems at once.
The broker has accordingly built its gold offering around deep liquidity and execution infrastructure meant to hold up as activity climbs — the kind of commitment behind the growing operational complexity brokers face in 2026.
VT Markets runs its international business through regulated entities. Its Dubai branch also holds a UAE Capital Markets Authority Category 5 licence covering introduction and promotion activities.
That mix of international reach, regulatory scaffolding and trading activity has let the firm build a global footprint while deepening individual product lines such as precious metals.
“Winning the Best Gold Trading Platform award is a meaningful recognition of the investment we have made in building a trading environment capable of supporting clients through every type of market condition,” said Ross Maxwell, Chief Strategy Officer, VT Markets. “Gold is one of the most important markets for our clients globally, and the significant growth in trading activity we have seen reflects both the strength of demand and the trust traders place in our infrastructure.”
“Our focus is not simply on increasing volume. It is on ensuring that as our business grows, clients continue to benefit from deep liquidity, competitive trading conditions and reliable execution, particularly during the periods when markets are moving most rapidly.”
Frequently Asked Questions
What award has VT Markets won?
VT Markets has been named Best Gold Trading Platform at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026. The category recognises brokers whose liquidity, spreads, execution quality, pricing consistency and platform stability hold up while gold trading flows run heavy, rather than brokers offering the longest instrument list.
How much gold volume does VT Markets report?
The broker reported a record $1.5 trillion of gold trading volume in January 2026. Across its wider multi-asset offering it reports more than 60 million trades, monthly turnover above $720 billion, and globally reported no-slippage ratios of between 61% and 65%.
Where does VT Markets hold its licences?
VT Markets operates internationally through regulated entities and serves more than 600,000 active clients in over 160 countries. Its Dubai branch also carries a UAE Capital Markets Authority Category 5 licence, which covers introduction and promotion activities rather than the full scope of dealing permissions.
Reporting by Karthik Subramanian. Filed 29 September 2026, 13:04 GMT.
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Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem.
