Methodology · applied since August 2026

How we score

Every platform on this site gets the same treatment: five pillars, fixed weights, published criteria. If we can't verify a claim, it doesn't count.

The five pillars

Pillar	Weight	What we measure
Fees	30%	All-in cost for a typical user: spreads or commissions, conversion fees, withdrawal and inactivity charges, overnight funding.
Trust & regulation	25%	Which regulators oversee the entity you actually sign with; public listing and audited accounts; security and enforcement history; fund segregation.
Platforms	20%	Quality of web, mobile and third-party platforms; order types; charting; stability; demo availability.
Market range	15%	Breadth and depth of tradable instruments, and whether you can own real assets or only CFDs.
Support	10%	Speed and quality of human support, education resources, account-opening friction.

Commissions never touch scores. We earn referral commissions from some platforms. Scores are computed from the criteria above before any commercial relationship is considered, and several well-scored platforms pay us nothing.
Every number has a verification date. Fee tables and regulation data carry a "data verified" stamp — currently August 2026. When a broker changes pricing, the dataset is updated and every affected page rebuilds.
Honest dates. "Last updated" on a review means a real substantive update, not a cosmetic timestamp bump.
Risk first. Leveraged products lose money for most retail traders. Reviews say so plainly and repeat each broker's own risk disclosure.