Verify the exact legal entity and licence
Entity name, licence status, approved domain, permissions, warnings, and account jurisdiction.
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A practical framework for checking Forex broker regulation, client money, execution, trading costs, platforms, withdrawals, leverage, and support.
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Published guides
Published guides
The biggest Forex scandals in history: broker frauds, rigged markets and missing client money
A documented investigation of benchmark manipulation, broker misconduct, Ponzi schemes and market-driven collapses—with court outcomes, red flags and practical checks.
Open article →15 January 2015: the day the Swiss franc broke Forex
A documentary reconstruction of the SNB shock: the CHF 1.20 floor, vanished liquidity, failed stop-losses, negative balances and the brokers that broke.
Open article →3 January 2019: the night the yen jolted the Forex market
A documented reconstruction of the January 2019 yen flash event: the 30-second move, AUD contagion, disappearing liquidity, widened spreads and what traders can actually learn.
Open article →NFP breakout after the jobs report: a 32-release test on real FX quotes
A reproducible test of an NFP opening-range breakout on EUR/USD and USD/JPY, using actual BLS publication dates and Dukascopy 15-minute bid quotes from 2024–2026.
Open article →How to choose a Forex broker: 8 checks before you fund an account
Before funding an account, make sure every answer below is clear, current, and documented.
Open article →How to verify a Forex broker licence before you deposit
A step-by-step guide to checking a Forex broker’s legal entity, official register entry, permissions, website, warnings, and client protections.
Open article →What does Forex trading really cost? Spread, commission, swap and slippage
Learn how to calculate the real cost of a Forex trade by combining spread, commission, overnight financing, slippage, conversion, and account fees.
Open article →Forex robots: how to read live results and drawdown
A practical framework for checking Forex Expert Advisors through public live monitoring, equity, drawdown, lot sizing, broker conditions and demo testing.
Open article →Forex position size calculator
Calculate risk amount, position size in standard lots and base-currency units from account balance, risk percentage and stop distance.
Open article →Forex pip value calculator
Calculate the value of one pip for a chosen lot size, contract size, pip size and quote-to-account conversion rate.
Open article →Research topics
Research topics
Understand client-money protections
Client-money bank, segregation rules, compensation eligibility, negative-balance policy, and insolvency terms.
Review execution and conflicts
Execution policy, venue, price source, slippage data, stop treatment, and conflict disclosure.
Calculate the total trading cost
One realistic cost example including spread, commission, swap, conversion, and account fees.
Test the platform and order controls
Required order types, trading rules, history export, outage process, and EA or API compatibility.
Test deposits and withdrawals
Successful small round trip, realistic processing time, complete fees, and clear source-of-funds requirements.