Advertiser Disclosure

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Written by Sasitharan

Founder

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Fact-Checked by Riyaan Ahmed

Co-Founder

Last Updated:

July 6, 2026

Our commitment to transparency

TradingCritique operates on a simple principle: readers deserve to know how we make money.

We are a broker review and comparison site. Our reviews, ratings, and rankings are produced independently by our editorial team using our published TC Rating methodology. Our reviews are not influenced by whether a broker pays us a commission.

This page discloses every broker with whom we have an approved affiliate relationship. If you use one of our affiliate links to open an account and fund it, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

How TradingCritique makes money

TradingCritique is free to use. We do not charge readers for access to reviews, ratings, comparison tools, or educational content.

Our revenue comes from affiliate commissions. When a reader clicks through one of our tracked affiliate links, opens an account with the broker, and funds that account, we may earn a commission from the broker. Commission is paid by the broker, not the reader.

We do not accept:

  • Paid placement in reviews, rankings, or comparisons
  • Sponsored ratings or paid TC Rating adjustments
  • Pay-for-review arrangements
  • Display advertising served on-site

FTC material connection disclosure

In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), TradingCritique discloses that we may earn a commission from certain broker links on this site. Where a commercial relationship exists with a broker reviewed or listed on TradingCritique, that relationship is disclosed on this page. This applies to readers accessing TradingCritique from the United States and, by the same standard, to readers in every other region we serve.

How to identify an affiliate link on TradingCritique

Affiliate links on TradingCritique are visible as call-to-action buttons labelled “Visit Broker,” “Open Account,” or similar. Every affiliate link passes through a tracked redirect on our own domain (for example, tradingcritique.com/go/[broker-name]) and carries the nofollow and sponsored HTML attributes required by search engine guidelines.

Plain text links to broker websites within editorial content, or citations to broker websites for source verification, are not affiliate links and do not earn TradingCritique a commission.

Regulation First applies to our affiliate portfolio

TradingCritique’s editorial principle is Regulation First. We recommend brokers that hold direct authorization from FCA, ASIC, CySEC, or equivalent Tier 1 regulators for the regions our readers come from.

The same standard applies to our commercial relationships. We only approve affiliate partnerships with brokers whose referral flow routes readers to a regulated Tier 1 entity. We have declined affiliate applications from brokers whose referral flow would route retail readers to offshore entities in Seychelles, Mauritius, BVI, Labuan, or similar jurisdictions.

Coverage is not recommendation. We review non-regulated and offshore brokers editorially so that readers searching for them find accurate information. We do not carry affiliate links to those brokers, and they are marked “Not TC Rated” on our reviews.

Our approved affiliate partners

The list below covers every broker with an approved affiliate relationship with TradingCritique as of the update date at the top of this page. Presented alphabetically:

  • ActivTrades
  • AvaTrade
  • Capital.com
  • City Index
  • Exness
  • FOREX.com
  • Fusion Markets
  • Global Prime
  • HYCM
  • IG
  • Plus500 CFD
  • Plus500 Futures
    (US clients only)
  • Tickmill
  • Trade Nation
  • XM
  • XTB

Approved partnerships that are not yet promoted on the site (pending live tracking links) are not listed above. This list is updated when new affiliate relationships are approved or when existing relationships end.

Editorial independence

Our TC Rating is a 50-point scoring methodology across six pillars: Regulation, Trading Costs, Security, Products, Platform, and Support. Scoring is done independently by our Financial Research Analyst team and reviewed by our founder. Commercial relationships do not affect scoring, ranking position, or written editorial content.

Brokers on our approved affiliate list do not receive preferential treatment in reviews. Some of the highest-rated brokers on TradingCritique are affiliate partners because they are strong on our regulation and safety criteria. Some are not affiliate partners.

Brokers rated poorly on our TC Rating system remain rated poorly regardless of any affiliate relationship. If a broker on the approved list scores below TC Validated (38 out of 50), the low rating is published as scored. Read our full methodology for how this separation is enforced.

About the operator of TradingCritique

TradingCritique.com is operated by A2Z Publish LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in India under the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008.

Legal entity :

A2Z Publish LLP

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ACV-4761

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33ACFFA8287L1ZY

Registered address :

1/1A, U R Nagar Extension, Anna Nagar West Extension, Padi, Chennai 600050, Tamil Nadu, India

Partners :

Sasitharan, Riyaan Ahmed

Editorial contact :

[email protected]

Contact

If you have questions about our advertiser disclosures or commercial relationships, contact us at [email protected]