Public research policy
Editorial independence
FXVeritas publishes a public file of brokers, legal entities, licenses and client-protection facts. Commercial relationships may exist. They do not buy Safety evidence labels, Research Confidence, verification status, directory order, or compare order.
Public file principles
These rules apply to every FXVeritas public research page. They are not a ranking.
- Research Confidence is not a safety rating.
- Regulator verified does not mean a broker is safe.
- Unknown does not mean unsafe. Unverified does not mean fraudulent. Unregulated does not automatically mean a scam.
- Protection unknown does not mean no.
- Commercial or affiliate relationships do not change research labels, verification status, Research Confidence, or editorial conclusions.
- FXVeritas does not recommend a broker because data has been verified.
Editorial independence
Research conclusions are editorial. A broker cannot pay to change what is in the public file.
Safety evidence labels describe what FXVeritas has on file. Research Confidence describes how complete that file is. Neither is a product that can be purchased.
Research vs commercial separation
Research pages record licenses, legal entities, protection facts and source checks. Commercial pages disclose paid relationships when they exist.
A commercial relationship is not a research input. Finder shortlists follow the user's answers. A disclosed partner may appear one place higher when two brokers are already a close match. How much a partner pays does not change that.
Affiliate relationships
FXVeritas may receive compensation if a reader opens an account through an affiliate link.
Affiliate compensation does not change Safety evidence, Research Confidence, verification status, directory sort, or compare order.
On Finder results, a disclosed partner may appear one place higher when two brokers are already a close match for the user's answers. Commission amount does not affect that adjustment.
Sponsored and other commercial relationships
A sponsored placement is a paid position. It is labeled as such.
Paid placement is separate from editorial order. It does not raise Research Confidence or add Safety evidence.
Open account and affiliate links
An Open account link appears only when an eligible commercial relationship exists. Otherwise the official website is shown.
Using either link does not change the research file. The presence of a link is not a research conclusion.
Disclosure when a commercial relationship exists
Broker profiles state whether a commercial relationship is on file, including none.
Disclosure is a fact about FXVeritas and the broker. It is not a Safety evidence label.
Verification is not endorsement
Confirming a licence on an official register, or checking a broker official page, is a file fact.
Verification is not an endorsement, not a recommendation to open an account, and not a statement that the broker is safe.
What money cannot buy
Brokers may advertise or join an affiliate programme. They cannot pay to change the public research file.
- Safety evidence
- A payment cannot add, remove or rewrite Safety evidence labels.
- Research Confidence
- A payment cannot raise or lower Research Confidence.
- Documented complaints
- A payment cannot remove a documented complaint from the file.
- Regulatory data
- A payment cannot alter regulator-verified licence data.
Related methodology
How FXVeritas records facts, and what those facts are not.