{"id":7035,"date":"2026-11-14T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.broker-pro.org\/?page_id=7035"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T18:06:41","slug":"methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.broker-pro.org\/en\/broker-ratings\/methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Rate Brokers: Broker-Pro Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page explains how the Broker-Pro editorial team reviews brokers and crypto exchanges and how our rankings are built. The methodology is shared by all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broker-pro.org\/en\/broker-ratings\/\">Broker-Pro rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Principles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verifiable data only.<\/strong> Licences are checked in official regulator registers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Independence.<\/strong> Rankings cannot be bought; affiliate links are disclosed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open criteria.<\/strong> Weights are listed below; the final score is out of 10.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regular updates.<\/strong> At least quarterly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>Every broker review on Broker-Pro ends with a rating on five criteria, each scored from 0 to 100. The final score out of 10 is their average, and the same number appears in our ranking tables.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Criterion<\/th>\n<th>Weight<\/th>\n<th>What we check<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Regulation<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>Licence, regulator tier, number of licences, entity and domain match with the register, regulator warnings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal documentation<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>Client agreement, risk disclosure, entity details, how disputes are handled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trading platform<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>MT4\/MT5, cTrader, TradingView, proprietary platforms, mobile apps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fees and spreads<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>Spreads, commissions, swaps, deposit and withdrawal fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Online reviews and trust<\/td>\n<td>20%<\/td>\n<td>Client complaints, withdrawal problems, history of sanctions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Where we have not yet checked fees or reviews in detail, the criterion gets a neutral 50 until the review is updated.<\/p>\n<h2>Regulator tiers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tier 1:<\/strong> FCA, ASIC, FINMA, BaFin, NFA\/CFTC, MAS.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tier 2:<\/strong> CySEC and other EU regulators, AFSA, DFSA, FSCA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tier 3:<\/strong> offshore registrars (St Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When a company is blacklisted<\/h2>\n<p>Companies without a licence, with regulator warnings, systematic non-payment complaints or signs of cloning go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broker-pro.org\/en\/broker-ratings\/broker-blacklist\/\">blacklist<\/a>. We re-review companies that fix the issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trading CFDs and Forex carries a high risk of losing money. Most retail investors lose money when trading CFDs. This content is not investment advice. Licence data is current as of November 2026; check the broker\u2019s status in the regulator\u2019s register before opening an account.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page explains how the Broker-Pro editorial team reviews brokers and crypto exchanges and how our rankings are built&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":7016,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How We Rate Brokers: Broker-Pro Methodology | Broker-Pro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broker-pro.org\/en\/broker-ratings\/methodology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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