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Research and education

Source-led explainers on broker verification, regulation, legal entities, costs and risk. No broker ranking or recommendation is published.

Broker regulatory evidence database

Browse official entity records, broker disclosures and verification gaps without treating an entity licence as proof of client coverage.

Open evidence database

Broker Verification

Start with the legal company that would contract with you, then check its current status and permissions on the regulator’s own register. These guides explain how to search, what counts as a useful match, and why a brand name or licence number alone is not enough. They link to official regulator tools and broker files without treating a search result as an endorsement.

  • Verification · 9 min read

    How to verify a broker licence yourself

    A step-by-step method for checking a forex or CFD provider against an official regulator register, and the traps that make a licence claim misleading.

  • Broker verification · 8 min read

    How to check if a forex broker is regulated

    Check a broker’s legal entity, licence status, permissions, website and country-specific client protections using official regulator records.

Regulation

Regulatory records identify entities and permissions, not an entire brand or every account offered under it. Learn how to read a register entry, distinguish the marketing name from the contracting company, and interpret jurisdiction-specific limitations. Use these explainers alongside the regulator guides and check the exact company shown in your own account agreement.

Fees & Trading Conditions

Headline spreads and account labels rarely tell the whole cost story. These guides show how to review dated fee schedules, financing charges, account definitions and leverage terms. They do not publish a broker-specific fee or feature unless a source supports it, and they explain which conditions must match before two offers can be compared fairly.

Broker Risk

Authorisation does not remove market, leverage, counterparty or impersonation risk. This section explains what a licence can establish, what it cannot guarantee, and how fake websites can copy genuine company details. The material is educational, not a safety rating, trading recommendation or substitute for checking official records.

Broker Comparisons

These evidence-led comparisons show the source records available for each named entity and clearly flag missing terms. They do not pick a winner. A fair choice depends on the entity, country, client category, account and product that would actually apply; unsupported costs, leverage and withdrawal claims remain unverified.

Broker profile research index

All broker profiles use the same directory and evidence-status framework. A listed entity record does not by itself establish brand ownership or client-specific regulatory coverage.

  • 24K MarketsNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • AvalonNo confirmed match found · Provider claim only
  • AvaTradeMatched · Confirmed
  • CMC MarketsMatched · Provider claim only
  • Epic PipsNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • Fog ForexNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • FP MarketsMatched · Confirmed
  • FXCMMatched · Confirmed
  • FXFreeInsufficient identifying information · Not established
  • FXTMMatched · Provider claim only
  • GMForexNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • IC MarketsMatched · Confirmed
  • IGMatched · Confirmed
  • NessFXMatched · Provider claim only
  • OANDAMatched · Provider claim only
  • OspreyFXNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • PepperstoneMatched · Confirmed
  • Plus500Matched · Confirmed
  • Power ForexNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • RubixFXNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • SlickorpsMatched · Provider claim only
  • STForexInsufficient identifying information · Not established
  • Sway MarketsInsufficient identifying information · Not established
  • XHProLiveNo confirmed match found · Not established
  • XMMatched · Confirmed