No, Virtual Brokers is not completely free. Only the account opening and maintenance is free but there are multiple other charges that you will have to incur. There are platform charges for using the advanced trading platform that it offers. Similarly, you will have to pay commissions on the trades that you execute on the platform. Apart from that, there are also some additional administrative and market data fees that you will have to pay while using Virtual Brokers.

Virtual Brokers is owned by CI Investments Services Inc, which took over it in 2017, from BBS Securities, the previous owner of Virtual Brokers. Virtual Brokers was integrated with WealthBar, another financial platform in 2020 to form a new investment platform known as CI Direct Investing. Although it operates separately in Canada.

Like every other trading platform Virtual Brokers has its pros and cons. Read more to find out if the platform suits you. See if Virtual Brokers is good.

Yes, Virtual Brokers is a safe online trading platform. Let's analyze the safety and security features that make the Virtual Brokers a popular platform.