The Team Behind
InsideBrokers
We exist to make trading safer. Our analysts test brokers with real money, verify every licence directly against regulator databases, and publish the truth — regardless of commercial relationships.
Making Trading Transparent, One Review at a Time
The retail trading industry has a transparency problem. Sponsored rankings, paid reviews, and undisclosed conflicts of interest leave traders unable to tell trustworthy brokers from dangerous ones.
InsideBrokers was founded in 2024 to fix that. We built an independent research platform — fully funded by affiliate commissions that are structurally separated from our editorial process — so traders can access genuinely unbiased analysis.
We open real accounts. We deposit real money. We test platforms under real market conditions. And we publish the findings — the good, the bad, and the ugly — without exception.
Our Core Principles
Everything we publish is governed by six commitments that have never changed since day one.
Independence First
No broker pays for better scores. Our ratings are driven purely by data — tested with real accounts, verified against regulator databases, and reviewed by a second analyst before publication.
Real-Money Testing
Every platform we review is tested with a real funded account. We go through the full journey — registration, deposits, live trades, and withdrawals — so you get insights from actual experience.
Data-Driven Scores
Our 5-category weighted scoring model applies the same framework to every broker. Regulation carries 30%, fees 25%, platform 25%, products 15%, and support 5% — consistently.
Global Coverage
We cover brokers regulated by FCA, ASIC, CySEC, FSCA, DFSA, CFTC, and more — giving traders access to trusted information regardless of where they are in the world.
Editorial Firewall
Our commercial and editorial teams operate independently. Affiliate relationships never influence review outcomes, scores, or verdicts. This is not a policy — it is how we are structured.
Always Up to Date
Reviews are updated whenever fees, regulation, or platform features change materially. Every review carries a "Last Tested" timestamp so you always know how fresh the data is.
Meet the Team
Former traders, compliance experts, and data scientists — united by one goal: giving traders the information they deserve.
Former FX desk analyst with 14 years in financial markets. Adrian leads our editorial strategy and ensures every review meets our rigorous independence standards.
Quantitative analyst and CFA charterholder. Elise designed our proprietary 5-factor scoring model and oversees the methodology applied to every broker evaluation.
Retail trading specialist with hands-on experience across 80+ platforms. Lucas leads live-account testing and fee benchmarking for all Forex and CFD broker reviews.
Regulatory compliance expert with a background in FCA and CySEC frameworks. Helena verifies all licence data and maintains our regulatory monitoring pipeline.
InsideBrokers also works with a network of contributing analysts and regulatory compliance consultants across 12 countries.
Our Editorial Independence Guarantee
InsideBrokers earns revenue through affiliate commissions when readers open accounts via our links. This commercial activity is managed by a separate team and has zero influence on how we score, rank, or review brokers. Our analysts do not know — and are not told — which brokers have affiliate agreements. Every score is based solely on our documented methodology.
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