Editorial policy

Last updated: 14 October 2026

This page sets out the rules behind everything we publish: magazine articles, Academy lessons, tools and broker profiles. If you think a page breaks one of these rules, please tell us.

Independence

We decide what to write about and what it says. No broker, advertiser or partner sees an article or lesson before it is published, and none can ask us to change one. The site earns commission from some brokers, which we explain in our advertising disclosure. That money pays for the site. It does not buy coverage, kinder wording or a place on a list.

Affiliate links never appear in the text of an article or lesson. Where a sponsored box appears, it is labelled "Sponsored" and kept visually separate from what we write.

How articles and lessons are written

Every page starts with one question a reader actually has, such as "how much does a trade really cost?". Then we:

1. research the topic from primary sources (see below), not from other trading websites;
2. write it in plain English, with a worked example wherever there is maths;
3. add diagrams and, for lessons, a short quiz to check understanding;
4. check every fact, figure and calculation before the page goes live.

Sources and fact-checking

We prefer sources that are closest to the facts:

• Regulators and their public registers, for rules on leverage, client protection and licences;
• Central banks, for interest rates, policy statements and how monetary policy works;
• National statistics offices, for economic data such as inflation, jobs and GDP;
• Brokers' own legal documents, such as fee schedules and client agreements, for broker facts.

Every worked example's maths is checked. We recalculate each figure, including pip values, margin, position sizes and costs, and make sure the numbers in the text, the diagrams and the calculators agree. Prices in examples are illustrative, not live quotes.

Plain British English

We write in British English, in short sentences, and we speak to you directly. We explain jargon the first time it appears and link it to the glossary.

Education only

• We do not give trading signals or tell you what to buy or sell.
• We do not promise or imply profits, and we do not show cherry-picked winning trades.
• We do not publish "best broker" lists, rankings, scores or star ratings.
• Wherever we discuss leverage or returns, we include a risk warning: you could lose more than your deposit.
• Examples are teaching examples. They are not recommendations and they are not a forecast.

Nothing on the site is personal financial advice. Read our full risk disclaimer.

Keeping pages up to date

Markets, rules and fees change. We review pages when something they rely on changes, such as a regulator's leverage rules or a central bank's policy. When we make a meaningful change to an article, we show an Updated date next to the original publication date at the top of the page. Small fixes, such as a typo, do not change the date.

Broker profiles follow a stricter rule: each one shows the date it was last checked, and every change of fact is listed with its date in the profile's change log. See how we review brokers.

Corrections

We make mistakes, and we would rather hear about them than leave them up. To report one, email us with the page address, what you think is wrong and, if you can, a link to a source.

When a report is right, we:

1. fix the page as soon as we can;
2. add a short correction note to the page if the mistake could have changed what you understood or did, such as a wrong figure in a calculation or a wrong licence detail;
3. record the change in the change log, for broker profiles.

We do not quietly rewrite a page to hide a meaningful error.