How We Score Brokers

The FX Verdict gives every broker a single score out of 10. This page is where that number comes from: the formula, the data behind it, how current it is, and how we make money. If anything on a review page contradicts what's written here, this page — and ultimately the code that computes the score — is the source of truth.

How we score every broker

Every broker is assessed on the same four weighted criteria, at the same weights — the rubric never changes from one broker to the next:

The /10 headline number is exactly the weighted average of those four sub-scores — nothing is added, capped, or adjusted afterwards, so every point traces back to a field you can check on this page. Because the inputs are graded in bands, two brokers can legitimately land on the same score; when they do, both print the same number and the higher Trustpilot review volume lists first. A 10 would need a Tier-1 Thai-facing entity, a clean withdrawal record, and every Thai payment rail at once — no broker on our list does all four today. A rail we could not verify against a primary source is not credited in the funding score — it counts as absent, never as present, and the broker's review page says which one under Data caveats. That can understate a broker, and we prefer that to overstating one.

Our data sources and verification

Regulation facts are checked against primary sources — the regulators' own public registers (badges you'll see on review pages include FCA, CySEC, ASIC, FSCA, and others) — not a broker's own marketing claims. Withdrawal-reliability sentiment comes from majority feedback patterns aggregated from public review platforms, primarily Trustpilot. For every broker profile we show Trustpilot's own published rating and total review count — the full, unfiltered aggregate, positive and negative reviews included. For the brokers where we've built deeper coverage, we also collect a rolling sample of the most recent individual reviews — currently 1,384 individual reviews across those brokers. The quote carousel on each review page is a curated selection skewed toward positive experiences (currently reviews rated 4 stars and up), so it is illustrative, not a representative sample of every review on file. For the honest, full picture — including critical reviews — follow the “Read all reviews on Trustpilot” link in that section to the broker's complete Trustpilot page. We do not use broker marketing pages, sponsored “best broker” lists, or unverifiable claims as scoring inputs. Anything we could not confirm against a primary source is labelled as unverified rather than published as fact.

How often we update

We do not run real-time or daily broker-by-broker checks. Regulation status, funding rails, Thai-support levels, and Trustpilot figures are reviewed and refreshed on a periodic cycle, and every review page carries a “Data as of” date. Treat that date, not any other language on the page, as how current the information is — and always confirm a broker's live terms on its own site before funding an account.

Independence and how we make money

The FX Verdict is not a forex broker. Some links on this site are affiliate or partner links: if you open an account through one, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Here is precisely what that commission buys. On the homepage there is a block titled “Our partner brokers (paid placements)”, containing the brokers we have a commercial relationship with, ordered by us. That block is paid placement, and both its heading and a disclosure line inside it say so — it is not a score ranking, and brokers we earn nothing from can and do score higher than the brokers in it. The commission buys nothing else. Every broker is assessed on the same four criteria at the same weights described above — the rubric itself never changes from one broker to the next, and a commercial relationship never changes a score or a word of a review. The table of all 35 brokers on the homepage and the full comparison table both default to featured-first order: the three paid placements show first, then every remaining broker in score order. Each table carries a one-tap “By score” toggle that removes the paid rows from the top and returns the pure ranking. Payment buys position in that default view. It never changes a score. We publish the rubric in full on this page so it can be checked against any review, rather than taken on trust.

Three brokers pay for placement: Tickmill (Gold), HFM (Silver), and Exness (Partner). Those three occupy the first three rows of the homepage table, the comparison table, and the partner block by default. Every one of the three carries a Featured tag and a paid-placement note on the surface where it appears. No other broker pays for position anywhere on this site.

Who writes these reviews

The FX Verdict Editorial Team covers the Thai retail forex market. We check regulator registers, aggregate real-user withdrawal and support reports, and review each broker's published onboarding and funding terms before a review goes live. No broker sees or approves a review beforehand, and no broker can pay for a rewrite or a higher score.