The question comes before the profile
Our profiles answer a narrow set of document questions: Which company does the Great Britain source name? What firm reference number does the provider state? Which platform options are documented? What account-specific conditions should a reader inspect next?
They do not answer “Is this broker best for me?” A source list cannot establish execution quality, service standards or financial suitability. The site publishes no star ratings, composite trust scores or customer review summaries.
Selection is a research sample
The first edition covers CMC Markets, FOREX.com, IG, OANDA and Pepperstone. These names were selected to illustrate different account and platform combinations using accessible primary documentation. They are not claimed to represent the entire market or a statistically chosen sample.
Directory order is alphabetical. No commercial payment determined selection or position. The comparison tool uses the same records as the directory so a broker’s fields do not change between surfaces.
Evidence and attribution
For a profile, we use the broker’s country-specific platform and company disclosures. Provider-stated FCA reference numbers are labelled as such. We direct readers to the FCA’s official Firm Checker for an independent, current company, permission and contact check rather than asserting that a provider statement is a fresh regulator certification.
Regulatory guides link to the relevant FCA publications. A rule is discussed only within its stated product and client scope. We avoid turning a group-wide regulation statement into a claim about every customer relationship.
Published platform availability is recorded at a broad level. It can depend on the account, instrument and eligibility. A named platform is not a guarantee that every feature or product on it is available to every resident.
What has not been tested
No live or demo accounts were opened for this edition. No execution, latency, slippage, customer-service, deposit or withdrawal tests were performed. No author credentials, testimonials or user ratings are invented to imply otherwise. AI assistance was used to prepare the source-led text and implementation; it does not create first-hand experience.
We do not copy live spread tables into profiles. A price without its instrument, account, entity, period and measurement method can mislead. We also avoid guessed leverage offers and stale provider loss percentages.
The cost model is reproducible
The calculator uses base currency units, a stated pip size, quote-to-account conversion, spread in pips and commission in account currency per side per 100,000 base units. It multiplies the spread by pip value and adds the two commission sides. A standard round-trip spread approximation counts one spread with unchanged midpoint and spread.
Every default is hypothetical. No quote API, personal account or broker feed is connected. Input checks reject missing, non-finite, negative and out-of-range values. Unit tests cover non-JPY and JPY quote conventions, fractional lots, currency conversion and invalid inputs.
The model excludes funding, slippage, conversion mark-ups, minimum commissions, tiers and other fees. Its displayed total should not be treated as the full cost of holding a real position.
Dates, changes and uncertainty
The initial primary-source check took place on 9 November 2026. A check date records a snapshot and does not promise daily monitoring. When a document is unavailable, the field should be qualified or removed rather than filled from memory. When sources conflict, identify the exact account and document version before stating a conclusion.
A material correction should state the changed field, reason and correction date on the affected page. Report a source discrepancy to info@pipbriefing.click, including the affected page and official source. No automated monitoring or response time is promised. Readers should confirm current terms in the linked official documents before relying on a detail.