Vantage FX vs Pepperstone

This thread is being made on the back end of alot of horror stories I have been reading about VantageFX. I have an account with both Pepper and Vantage, my Vantage account is profitable and not part of my main account, however with 15k usd held in the account it is still very much a sizeable sum to be concerned about.
I use both Pepper and Vantage as a kind of money makes money side venture to my own main s and d trading I conduct via a popular Swiss broker.

My concerns arouse when I heard about a certain fellow called Reza Mokhtarian. Reading up on this guy, only took 5 mins to find out the kind of guy he is, probably the pinnacle and definition of a scammer. Anyway, he's only an IB, so I thought not a really an issue till I come across this.

https://www.vantagefx.com/mentor-tips/

We have directly on Vantage website, a whole page dedicated to this disgusting individual. With him sitting smugly in an expensive seat, with a gold watch on.

Further research shown many dis-satisfied customers, ranging from profitable trades being cancelled to funds being withheld. Now with any review research I do allow for some leway in the fact some people are just annoyed they lost in say a Brexit trade due to volitility and such. But there are just too many negative reviews to allow me to ignore them all for this reason.

What I am asking here I suppose is, any traders here who consistently profit AND consistently withdraw from VantageFX for a number of years. Some reassurance if you will. Like I said the account is very profitable, and the last thing I want is to lose this sum of money for any reason.

I do have an account with Pepps but I don't have one with VantageFx.

If I did have one, I would definitely not let other people's opinions override my own experience.
Life has taught me that every single time I let someone else influence my own decision in any area, I regretted it.

Sorry if my post doesn't help you.

Could you elaborate on the specific reasons choosing VantageFX as one of your brokers in the beginning?

In general I can only encourage you to diversify your portfolio by more than two brokers.
The suspicion you have regarding this picture is enough to reduce your portfolio there.

Though I can not help you directly, I may tell you that my full portfolio (I am profitable for several years meanwhile) is spread along more than 10 different brokers - and VantageFX is NOT part of it..

I suppose Vantage Fx uses A and B-booking , so scammers like Reza can easily increase profit of broker. I think there's nothing wrong with mixed brokerage model if broker doesn't cheat and only segregate profitable and losing clients just to increase own profits. For example if trader loses for months is b-booked, but when he gets more experienced and starts to earn broker can switch him to a-book and earn only on commission. However, due to this kind of promotional campaign of Vantage Fx I've never got them chance.

I do also have accounts with Pepperstone, a few others and my main paying the bills and luxury manual account at Dukascopy, very expensive commissions, but extremely good service with protection of high funds.

I joined VantageFX originally due to diversifying my funds into automatic trading, money makes money kind of strategy, while my manual trading is focused at Dukascopy. VantageFX was chosen due to it's server in London and extremely good commission fees they offer. I have made several withdrawals from them since joining, and to be fair I have had the money within 2-3 days from request of funds, whether it be a $200 withdrawal or a $12,000 withdrawal. I don't really want to leave as personally I have not had issues with them, I am profitable consistently there, and withdraw regularly. However what I have found out over the past couple days still has me worried. Even if it is a small part of my portfolio.

Well, if you are concerned to the point of opening a thread here, why don't just move the money elsewhere and free your mind?

I also trade with Vantage FX and have asked the same question regarding their association with Reza in the past. After speaking directly to Vantage, my conclusion is that the relationship is simply a regular IB relationship. Reza is a scumbag, but what do you really want? If his clients aren't going to Vantage FX then they're going to an unregulated bucketshop in Belize. At least here his hoards of blind followers have a chance when they see the light and decide to learn to trade themself.

To me, this is all that matters. Strong regulation, cheap comms, comparable spreads and the ability to not have to worry about battling to withdraw my money.

These are the points that I cant fault Vantage FX for and why I'm happy to ignore the Reza rubbish they promote.