Advertiser Disclosure

Compare Forex Brokers earns commission when a reader opens an account with a broker partner. That relationship does not change where a broker ranks: rankings are the scoring model’s output, applied identically whether or not a commercial deal exists.

The short version

We make money from broker partner commissions, not from selling rankings. The model decides the order, the commercial team does not. Where a partnership exists, we disclose it, and you can check any broker’s FCA authorisation yourself using the links in its review.

How affiliate income works

When you click through to a broker from this site and open an account, that broker may pay us a commission, usually a one-off fee or a share of the revenue you generate. The amount varies by broker and is paid in GBP. You pay nothing extra for using our links, and the price or spread you get from the broker is the same as it would be without us.

Commission rates differ from broker to broker, which is exactly why we keep them out of the ranking. If the model rewarded the highest payout, the order would tell you which broker pays us best, not which broker is best for you. It does not work that way, and the next section explains the mechanism that stops it. Compare that against our broker reviews, where the same model applies to every listed firm.

How we keep affiliates out of the rankings

The order on a comparison page comes from the eight-criteria scoring model documented on the methodology page, not from the size of a commission. Testing and review work is kept separate from the people who manage commercial relationships, so a partnership cannot quietly lift a broker’s score. A broker with no commercial relationship can outrank a partner, and regularly does. When a partner scores poorly on cost or regulation, the review says so, because the alternative is a ranking you cannot trust.

What we will and will not do for a broker

We will list a broker accurately, link its FCA register entry and describe its real costs and features. What we will not do is move it up the model, soften a genuine weakness, or remove a fair criticism because a commercial relationship exists. A broker that asks for a better ranking in exchange for a deal gets the same score it would have earned anyway.

Sponsored content and direct partnerships

Any content that is paid for, rather than independently produced, is labelled as such. A direct partnership with a broker does not buy editorial control over that broker’s review. Where the line between commercial and editorial could be unclear to a reader, we mark it.

Our regulatory status

Compare Forex Brokers is not authorised or regulated by the FCA. The site provides general information about forex and CFD trading, not financial advice or personal recommendations. The trading risks and legal position behind that stance are set out in our risk disclaimers. Because the site is not FCA-authorised, it does not approve financial promotions or arrange deals in investments on any broker’s behalf; each broker is responsible for its own regulated communications, and you should read the broker’s own risk warnings and Key Information Document before opening an account.

How to verify our claims

You do not have to take our word for a broker’s regulation. Every review names the broker’s UK FCA entity and its Firm Reference Number, and links the FCA register entry. Search that firm name or FRN on the FCA Financial Services Register and you can confirm the authorisation, the permissions and any published warnings directly from the regulator.

The register is worth knowing how to read, because a broker’s legal entity is often not the brand on the front of the website. Finalto Financial Services Limited is the FCA entity behind markets.com, for instance, and the register lists the legal name rather than the trading name. When you look a broker up, check that the entity is authorised, that its permissions cover dealing in investments for retail clients, and that any clone warning attached to the FRN refers to a copycat site rather than the broker itself. If a firm cannot be found on the register at all, that is the clearest signal of all.

How to flag a conflict

If something on the site reads like an undisclosed conflict, tell us. The contact page routes the message to the team’s monitored inbox. We would rather fix a disclosure gap than leave it, and a genuine issue gets corrected and the page re-dated.

Justin Grossbard co-founded Compare Forex Brokers in 2014 and owns the rating model. David Levy fact-checks and signs off the site’s content.