Our sources
- Financial research: academic and industry literature on market structure and behaviour.
- Public information: platform terms, disclosures and public statements.
- Industry data: regulator registers, warnings lists and published statistics.
- Market analysis: how instruments behave under different conditions.
- Platform comparison principles: consistent criteria applied to every provider.
- Risk-awareness education: every evaluation is framed around potential losses.
The six evaluation lenses
- Regulation & legal entity — who operates the service and under which oversight.
- Costs — spreads, commissions, financing and non-trading fees.
- Execution — order types, slippage handling and execution model.
- Risk controls — stop orders, margin rules, negative balance policy.
- Usability — interface clarity, accessibility and record-keeping.
- Transparency — clarity of terms, risk warnings and complaint routes.
You can see these lenses applied in our PFW Management review, and explained technically in how trading platforms work.
Limits of our research
Updates
Evaluations are revisited when material public information changes. Our editorial policy explains how corrections are handled.