Editorial methodology — ForexSpreadCompare

How ForexSpreadCompare verifies, sources and updates its forex spreads and commission structure — venue-referenced, session-timed comparisons. coverage. Primary sources, fact-checking process, and editor accountability.

Primary sources we read

Coverage on ForexSpreadCompare is grounded in primary-source documents — not other people's blog posts. The sources we cite include:

• DFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) public register
• FSRA (ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority) firm lookups
• SCA (UAE Securities and Commodities Authority) license database
• CMA Kuwait, CMA Oman, QFCRA Qatar and CBB Bahrain regulator portals
• SAMA (Saudi Central Bank) public bulletins
• LBMA gold price fixings and DGCX (Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange) settlement data
• broker Terms of Service, Client Agreements, and most-recent audited PDFs
• broker live spread feeds
• regulated venue (EBS, CME) reference spreads
• broker Order Execution Policy disclosures

How we verify a claim before publishing

Before a piece is published on ForexSpreadCompare, the editor runs the following checks:

• We cross-reference license claims against the regulator's own database — not the broker's marketing page.
• We read the Client Agreement and the Order Execution Policy line by line, including the appendices that govern Islamic (swap-free) accounts and overnight rollovers on commodity CFDs.
• We track Gulf session liquidity through DGCX and LBMA fixings, not retail chart screenshots.
• Spread comparisons sample the broker's live feed during the same session window and check against the venue reference.

How we keep coverage current

Regulator pages, broker T&Cs and platform behaviour change. We re-check each significant article at least quarterly, and immediately when a regulator publishes a new circular or a broker materially changes its Client Agreement. The 'last updated' date on each article reflects the most recent verification pass — not the original publish date.

Affiliate relationships and editorial line

ForexSpreadCompare may earn affiliate commissions when readers open accounts through links on the site. Pages such as Privacy, Terms and this methodology page do not carry affiliate links. Reviews disclose affiliate relationships inline. Commercial relationships do not change the editorial conclusion — when a broker or platform fails verification, that is reported regardless of any partnership.

Editor and accountability

Daniel Cooper is the editor of record. The editor is publicly contactable and maintains a profile at /about-author. Corrections requests are answered in writing.

→ Daniel Cooper, Forex Spreads & Commission Structure Analyst