How We Rate and Rank Forex Brokers
What goes into a broker's score, what we do not check, and how the best-for lists are sorted.
What goes into a score
We weigh five areas. We do not publish a weight for each, because the score is a judgment across all five and not a weighted sum. A score of 9 means the reviewer found few concerns in the published terms. It is not a measure of how a broker will treat your account.
Regulation and client protection
Which regulators the broker names, where the entity that serves you is based, and what the broker says about segregated funds and negative balance protection.
Trading costs
Published spreads and commissions by account type, plus swap and inactivity charges where the broker states them.
Platforms and execution model
Which platforms are offered and how the broker says it executes orders (dealing desk, ECN or a mix).
Deposits and withdrawals
Minimum deposit, funding methods, and what the broker says about processing times and fees.
Support and usability
What support channels and education the broker publishes, and public customer feedback such as the Trustpilot score and review count we show.
What we look at
- The broker's own website and account terms for costs, platforms, deposits and leverage.
- The regulators the broker names. We list them as the broker states them.
- Public customer feedback, shown with its source and review count.
- Reviewer write-ups of the same broker where the broker's own site is silent. A review page says when a figure comes from such a source.
What we do not do
- We do not run our own execution or latency tests, so we make no claim about speed or slippage.
- We have not opened every regulator's register for every entity. Check the regulator's own register for the entity that will hold your money before you deposit.
- We do not give personal advice, and we do not give religious rulings on any account type.
How the best-for lists are sorted
Each list on the best-for pages states its rule at the top. The rule uses a figure from our broker directory, such as the starting spread or the minimum deposit, and ties are broken by the editorial score. The page shows the broker's own words for costs and terms next to the position, so you can check the sort yourself. A broker's position on a list is never set by hand and never depends on whether it pays us.
How current the figures are
The nine reviews were first published on 1 August 2026. A review shows a "last checked" date once the team has re-read the broker's terms. Where a review shows no such date, treat the figures as those of the first publication and confirm them on the broker's site. Brokers change spreads, leverage and account rules without notice.
Money and independence
Some brokers pay us a commission when a reader opens an account through our link. Which brokers, and what the link labels mean, is on the editorial policy and advertiser disclosure page. Scores and list positions are set by the rules above, and the weaknesses we find are published on the review whether or not the broker is a partner.
Read the editorial policySpotted a wrong figure?
If a spread, fee or regulator on our site is out of date, tell us on the contact page and name the page and the figure. We check it against the broker's published terms and correct the page.
CFDs and leveraged forex are complex and carry a high risk of losing money quickly. Only trade with money you can afford to lose.