About
About CFD Brokers
CFD Brokers is an independent editorial team that tracks and ranks retail forex, CFD, crypto and stock brokers. We do not run a brokerage, we do not sell trading signals, and we do not accept payment for placement in the ranking.
What we do
Every broker we track is scored on four factors — cost (35%), regulation (30%), operating history (20%) and accessibility (15%). We re-check broker-published spreads and commissions weekly, verify regulator licences against public registers (FCA Connect, ASIC Connect, CySEC, FSCA and others) and recompute the full ranking quarterly. Sources are linked on every broker page.
Editorial principles
Three principles drive every editorial decision. First, factual accuracy: every claim in a broker card resolves to a public source you can verify yourself — we link to regulator registers and broker disclosures rather than asking you to trust our summary. Second, methodology consistency: the same scoring weights apply to every broker, every quarter, regardless of commercial relationship. Third, conflict transparency: affiliate revenue is disclosed at the top level of the site rather than buried in footnotes, and authors do not write about brokers in which they hold a personal stake. Substantive changes to how brokers are scored are documented on the methodology page; affected brokers are re-scored against the new rubric.
What we cover
Our active coverage focuses on retail-facing brokers offering forex, CFDs, crypto-CFDs, equities, ETFs and listed futures to individuals across major MiFID II, FCA, ASIC, CFTC/NFA, FSCA and Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. We track a curated set of country × asset combinations rather than every regulator in every country — explicit coverage decisions are listed on each country page. We do not currently cover prop-firm challenge accounts (those are not regulated brokers), insurance-wrapped investment products, or institutional-only platforms. We prefer fewer rigorously verified entries over a long undifferentiated list.
How we make money
We earn affiliate commission when readers open accounts through our links. The same composite score is calculated for every tracked broker, sponsored or not — payment cannot move a broker up the ranking. We do not accept payment for editorial coverage, ranking inclusion, FAQ entries or country-page placement.
Site history
The current four-factor scoring methodology has been in continuous operation since 2024, replacing an earlier three-factor model. The weighting (cost 35%, regulation 30%, history 20%, accessibility 15%) reflects feedback that retail traders value cost transparency more than the prior model suggested. The broker database has been online in its current form since 2024. The change log on the methodology page records substantive scoring revisions; broker-page authors and update timestamps record per-entry changes. Country pages were added in stages from late 2024 onward as legacy URL coverage was migrated to the new platform.
Contact
Editorial corrections, regulator updates and broker pricing changes — email editorial [at] brokerlist.top. We aim to acknowledge within two business days.