How we rate and rank brokers

1) Ranking is one stated rule, not an opinion

Every “best for” list is built on a single column we actually store, and a single ordering rule printed at the top of the page itself. No list is hand-curated, and no position in one can be bought.

The rule is always the thing the reader came for: the Islamic-account page orders by minimum deposit, the scalping page orders by spread. We rank by stars only to break a tie — the rating is a tie-breaker, never the primary criterion.

A broker is on a list because its data put it there. If the column the list rests on is missing for a broker, it does not appear — we do not guess a missing value.

2) Where the star rating comes from

The rating and review count are computed from approved user reviews in the database and recalculated automatically whenever one is approved or removed. They are never written by hand, and no administrator can type a number in.

A broker with no reviews shows as “not yet rated”, not as zero — a zero reads as a bad score, which is the opposite of the truth.

Every review is moderated before publication. We remove advertising, defamation and duplicates. We do not remove a review for being negative.

3) What we refuse to score

We give no score for “platform ease”, “support quality” or “execution speed”. These are either things we have no objective way to measure, or things that change with your country, your account and the hour you trade. Putting a number on them lends them a precision they do not have.

We publish no spread, bonus or minimum deposit we have not verified. An unverified field stays empty, and the interface hides it rather than filling it with a dash that reads like a statement.

4) A licence belongs to an entity, not a brand

Most brokers operate through several legal entities under different regulators. We show each licence attributed to its entity. The “most regulated” list counts the regulators we have verified — it is a measure of breadth, not of protection.

What protects you is the licence held by the specific entity your account is opened with. Check the entity named in your account agreement and look it up on the regulator's register, rather than reading the row of logos.

5) Our financial relationship with brokers, and what it does to the ranking

We receive a commission when you open an account through our links. That means we hold a financial interest in some of the brokers listed, and it is a fair reason to question whether the ranking is honest.

So: ordering runs on a column of data and not on whether an agreement exists, contracted brokers are labelled plainly, and we list brokers we have no agreement with at all. There is no position on any list that is for sale.

6) When these lists change

Lists are built from broker data at request time, so they change the moment the data does. There is no frozen copy and no hand-saved order.

A list that no broker qualifies for is not published at all — no empty page, and nothing linking to one.

7) If you spot something wrong

If a figure on this site is out of date or incorrect, write to us through the Contact page with the broker, the field and the correct source. We will fix it and move the last-updated date.