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Our review methodology

Every broker is scored on the same five criteria with fixed weights, so you can check and compare our scores.

Weight per criterion

  1. 30%

    Regulation

    Is the broker strictly supervised and is your money well protected?

  2. 25%

    Costs

    What do you actually pay, all costs combined?

  3. 20%

    Platform

    How good, fast and reliable is trading with this broker?

  4. 15%

    Education

    Does the broker help you learn to trade responsibly?

  5. 10%

    Support

    Can you quickly reach someone who actually helps?

Regulation

30%

Is the broker strictly supervised and is your money well protected?

  • Licence from an EU/EEA regulator, verified in the public register
  • Segregated client funds and negative balance protection
  • Membership of an investor compensation scheme
  • Transparency about the legal entity and financials

Costs

25%

What do you actually pay, all costs combined?

  • Total cost per standard lot EUR/USD: spread plus commission
  • Spreads on major currency pairs
  • Financing, inactivity and withdrawal fees
  • Currency conversion costs

Platform

20%

How good, fast and reliable is trading with this broker?

  • Platform choice (MetaTrader, cTrader, TradingView, proprietary)
  • Quality of the mobile app and web trader
  • Order execution, order types and risk tools such as stop-loss
  • Range of instruments

Education

15%

Does the broker help you learn to trade responsibly?

  • Free demo account without time limit
  • Quality and objectivity of guides, webinars and articles
  • Clear explanation of risks, without profit promises

Support

10%

Can you quickly reach someone who actually helps?

  • Availability via chat, email and phone
  • Support in your language
  • Speed and quality of answers in our own tests

How we calculate the overall score

Each sub-score runs from 0 to 10. The overall score is the weighted average, rounded to one decimal.

0.30 × regulation + 0.25 × costs + 0.20 × platform + 0.15 × education + 0.10 × support

Verifying licences

We check every broker's licence ourselves in the regulator's public register and show the date of the last check. If that check is more than 90 days old, the broker is automatically removed from the site until it is re-verified.

How we compare costs

We calculate the total cost of one standard lot of EUR/USD (100,000 units, round turn): the typical spread times the pip value plus commission. At a reference rate of 1.0850, one pip is worth €9.22.

Hard requirements

  • Only brokers licensed by an EU/EEA regulator with a MiFID passport.
  • The mandatory ESMA loss percentage is shown for every broker, with source and date.
  • Brokers cannot buy a score, position or review. Affiliate fees play no role.
  • We never promise profits or downplay risks.