Our review process opens real money accounts at each broker, measures live spreads during the London and New York session overlap, times deposit and withdrawal speeds end-to-end, and cross-checks every FCA, ASIC and CySEC authorisation number directly with the regulator. The cards below give you our editor verdict, the headline metrics that matter (spread, minimum deposit, leverage, regulation), each broker's overall rank, a direct Trade Now link to the broker, and a Read Review button for the in-depth analysis. Below the cards you'll find our full scoring methodology, our editorial promises and the related guides that help you make sense of what you are reading.
Every figure quoted on this page comes from live UK accounts opened and funded by our editorial desk, not from broker marketing material. Spreads are sampled during the London and New York sessions, execution notes are recorded from real fills, and FCA authorisation is checked against the Financial Services Register before we publish or update a page.
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