Regulation & markets
Scalping, hedging and EAs: which brokers allow them
Every broker that publishes the data allows all three. The item that separates them is the one almost nobody asks…
Choosing a broker
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Regulation & markets
EC Markets review 2026: is EC Markets trustworthy?
EC Markets is headquartered in London, but most international clients contract with its Mauritius entity. Why that distinction decides your…
Regulation & markets
HFM review 2026: is HFM a trustworthy broker?
HFM publishes three licences across three continents — and a client in Vietnam is served by none of them. What…
Regulation & markets
Ultima Markets review 2026: is Ultima Markets trustworthy?
Ultima Markets holds four licences across four regions, and only one of them applies to you. How to find which…
Regulation & markets
VT Markets review 2026: is VT Markets trustworthy?
VT Markets holds three licences, but the ASIC one covers wholesale clients only. Which entity signs your contract, how to…
Regulation & markets
Vantage review 2026: is Vantage regulated?
Vantage holds five licences across five jurisdictions, but only one entity actually serves you. Which one it is decides how…
Regulation & markets
Offshore brokers: what you gain and what you give up
Leverage does not create risk — position size does. But high leverage permits a position larger than is sensible, and…
Trading costs
EC Markets rebate: $38 a lot, and what comes with it
The rebate rises by exactly the markup added to the spread — $8 to $18 to $28 with each extra…
Trading costs
IC Markets rebate: four ways it differs from the rest
The rebate goes to an intermediary wallet rather than the trading account, account types differ sharply, and crypto is counted…
Risk management
If my account goes negative, do I owe the broker?
When price gaps past the stop-out level — a weekend gap, an unscheduled headline — the account can fall below…
Fundamentals
Do brokers hunt your stop loss?
Your broker can see your stop loss — that is true of every broker. Whether it has a reason to…
Regulation & markets
Choosing a forex broker: the complete guide in five steps
Licence, net cost, account type, a head-to-head, then fund it. Five checks in the order they should be done, each…
Regulation & markets
FCA, ASIC, CySEC: which regulator is strictest
Clients outside the major jurisdictions are nearly always on an offshore entity, so the licence displayed on the home page…
Trading costs
Which broker has the lowest spread? The question is always missing half the sum
The tightest spread usually comes with the highest commission. A ranking that compares only spreads compares half the calculation -…
Trading costs
Which broker pays the highest rebate — and why not to choose on it
The top rebate by instrument across four brokers. When one broker pays more on everything, the reason is usually that…
Regulation & markets
Which forex broker is trustworthy? The question to ask instead
Licences across eight brokers, plus what the table does not say: international clients are nearly always on an offshore entity,…
Trading costs
XM or HFM: the two with the lowest entry thresholds
XM pays more on every product but HFM starts from a tighter spread. And HFM publishes rebate figures for only…
Trading costs
Exness or Vantage: licences, entry thresholds and net cost
Vantage opens an ECN account at $50 where Exness asks $1,000. Both pay the rebate daily, straight into the trading…
Trading costs
Exness or XM: the figures side by side, not a ranking
XM pays more on all six products, in places three times as much. But the starting spread is 1.6 pips…
Fundamentals
Which broker has the lowest minimum deposit - and why it barely matters
HFM from $0, XM from $5, Exness from $10, Vantage from $50. But the deposit threshold does not reduce risk…
Trading costs
Which HFM account to choose - and one inconsistency in the published data
HFM has three account types with a $0 minimum. But the summary quotes up to $18/lot while the account-type table…
Regulation & markets
Is Exness trustworthy? Three licences and what to check
Exness publishes CySEC, FCA and Seychelles FSA licences. But the right question is not whether the broker is trustworthy -…
Regulation & markets
Where to look up a broker's licence: a regulator directory
Eight regulators with where to search each, and a four-step verification. The last step — matching the permitted scope of…
Regulation & markets
Licences at eight brokers: the full comparison
Every licence the eight brokers publish, with numbers so you can verify them yourself. The key point: the FCA licence…
Regulation & markets
Checking a broker's licence: five steps, ten minutes
Look the licence number up on the regulator's own register, not the broker's site, and match the legal entity against…