BullionVault Tariff

Commission and Custody charges

Commission rates

Commission rates for both purchases and sales are applied according to the aggregate value of bullion traded throughout the calendar year - starting on the day your create your account. They are as follows :-

Sum of all
purchases in
the year so far Commission rate
on the purchase

Up to $30,000 0.800%

The next $30,000 0.400%

The next $540,000 0.100%

then 0.020%

Sum of all
sales in
the year so far Commission rate
on the sale

Up to $30,000 0.800%

The next $30,000 0.400%

The next $540,000 0.100%

then 0.020%

Commission not subject to a minimum

There is no minimum commission per trade. Regular small volume traders will pay commissions of $0.01 per trade on deals up to $50 in value.

Custody charges

The custody charge is 0.12% per annum, with a minimum monthly fee of $4. It is billed monthly during any month in which you hold gold.

Dollar value
of your gold Typical annual
custody charge Effective annual
% rate

$5,000 $48 0.960%

$10,000 $48 0.480%

$20,000 $48 0.240%

$30,000 $48 0.160%

$40,000 $48 0.120%

$50,000 $60 0.120%

$75,000 $90 0.120%

$100,000 $120 0.120%

$250,000 $300 0.120%

$500,000 $600 0.120%

$1,000,000 $1,200 0.120%

Other Charges

Burglar Alarm Charging

BullionVault debits a fee to cover the messaging costs of the Burglar Alarm each time it sounds.

The charge per SMS is 20 cents or approximate foreign currency equivalent.

Funds wire

When you withdraw your money the cost of wiring funds direct to your bank is deducted from the amount withdrawn.

The charge is $30 or approximate foreign currency equivalent.

Miscellaneous Time and Materials billing

BullionVault reserves the right to charge for its Time and Materials in respect of its internal administration and services where those services could reasonably have been supplied via its website. The standard hourly rate for time billings is $50 per hour or currency equivalent.

Machinery utilisation billing

BullionVault reserves the right to charge for inappropriate use of its servers by automated web trading devices which operate without appropriate regard for the BullionVault resources their devices require. Ordinarily these charges will not be applied without fair warning.

	Sum of all purchases in the year so far	Commission rate on the purchase
Up to	$30,000	0.800%
The next	$30,000	0.400%
The next	$540,000	0.100%
then		0.020%

	Sum of all sales in the year so far	Commission rate on the sale
Up to	$30,000	0.800%
The next	$30,000	0.400%
The next	$540,000	0.100%
then		0.020%

Dollar value of your gold	Typical annual custody charge	Effective annual % rate
$5,000	$48	0.960%
$10,000	$48	0.480%
$20,000	$48	0.240%
$30,000	$48	0.160%
$40,000	$48	0.120%
$50,000	$60	0.120%
$75,000	$90	0.120%
$100,000	$120	0.120%
$250,000	$300	0.120%
$500,000	$600	0.120%
$1,000,000	$1,200	0.120%