About CompareFX: who we are and how we stay independent
CompareFX is an independent forex and CFD broker comparison site. We publish how we score brokers, who writes the reviews, and exactly how we make money — so you can judge our verdicts for yourself.
Why we built CompareFX
Most broker comparison sites rank brokers in commission order, hide their testing process, and stay anonymous. For a decision as consequential as where you put your trading capital, that is not good enough. We built CompareFX to do the opposite: publish the scoring system, state the trade-offs plainly, and keep the editorial line the same whether a broker pays us or not.
Our promise is simple. Every comparison and review on this site is built from the same eight-criteria rubric, checked against public regulator registers, and written to help you choose the broker that fits how you trade — not the broker that pays us the most.
What we do
- Head-to-head comparisons. Side-by-side breakdowns of two brokers across regulation, spreads, platforms, and trading conditions, with a clear use-case verdict.
- Individual broker reviews. A full look at each broker's accounts, costs, platforms, and regulation, scored on our published rubric.
- "Best broker for…" guides. Shortlists for specific needs — scalping, beginners, low spreads, copy trading, and by country.
- Regulation and education explainers. Plain-English guides to how broker regulation works and what the jargon means.
How we stay independent
Fixed rubric
Eight criteria, fixed weights totalling 100%, applied to every broker — including those that pay us nothing.
No pay-to-rank
We do not accept payment to lift a score. If a broker offers more commission to move up the list, the answer is no.
Verified against regulators
Every regulatory claim is checked against the public regulator register before it goes on a page.
Open disclosure
We disclose affiliate relationships near the top of every page that contains affiliate links, and list them in full on our methodology page.
The full detail — the rubric, the testing process, the conflict-of-interest disclosure, and our data-refresh cadence — lives on our methodology page. If anything on a comparison page contradicts that methodology, we want to hear about it.
Who writes our reviews
Anonymous review sites are a red flag in this industry. Reviews on CompareFX are currently bylined "CompareFX Editorial" and represent the consensus view of the founding team. We are finalising named author bios — including verified trading experience and public profiles — and will publish them before our first paid-traffic campaign. The scoring rubric, testing process, and disclosure standards apply identically to team-bylined and named-author reviews.
How we make money
CompareFX is free to read. We earn affiliate commissions when a reader opens and funds an account with certain brokers through tracked links on our comparison and review pages. That commission is paid on the account being opened — never on where a broker sits in our rankings, and never on the score we give it. The brokers we currently have active affiliate relationships with are listed on our methodology page and refreshed every quarter.
Contact and corrections
Spotted a factual error, want to flag a missing broker, or want to challenge a score? Email editorial@comparefx.co with the page URL. We publish verified corrections within five working days, with a visible changelog entry on the affected page. We do not remove negative-but-accurate review content at a broker's request.