We will never take money from a broker. Ever.
BrokerMap is independent. The Trust Score formula is public. Every data refresh cadence is public. Where we're unsure, we say so. This page is the contract.
- We will never accept money from a broker. Ever.
- No affiliate links. No referral codes. No CPA.
- No sponsored placements in rankings, ever.
- No paid editorial. We disclose every revenue source on this page.
- If we ever break any of the above, we'll archive the violation publicly here.
Five signals. Weighted. Public.
Every score on this site is a weighted average of five signals. Here's what they are and how much each one moves the number.
Tier-1 regulators (FCA, ASIC, CySEC, MAS) score 100. Tier-2 score 60. Offshore-only 25. Multi-licensed brokers are scored at the highest tier they hold for SEA clients — not the highest tier on their website.
Average EUR/USD spread plus commission, normalized against the market median. Wider than median? Lower score. Tighter? Higher score. Updated hourly.
Country availability across SEA, count of supported local payment rails (PromptPay, GCash, FPX, DuitNow, USDT), and minimum-deposit accessibility. Lower minimums score better, capped.
Embedded Trustpilot and WikiFX scores, weighted by recency and review count. When sources disagree by more than 2 points, we flag it on the broker page rather than averaging through it.
Frequency of license cross-checks, freshness of spread data, time since last regulator action. Brokers we can't easily verify get penalized; brokers with rich public data get rewarded.
How often we re-verify each thing.
| Data | Cadence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Live spreads | Hourly snapshots | Manual + scraper |
| Spread history | Weekly aggregation | Snapshot rollups |
| Regulator filings | On regulator publication | Watcher cron + manual |
| Country availability | Monthly | Manual + broker page scraper |
| Payment methods | On change | Manual + broker page scraper |
| Composite Trust Score | Daily | Materialized view |
How we'll eventually make money.
None of these affect rankings. None of them involve money from brokers. We'd rather close the site than break that.
Audience build. Free newsletter as lead magnet.
Free tier scales. Paid tier piloted (~$15-25/mo).
Banks, exchanges, payment providers, regulators. Disclosed. Never broker money.
B2B tiers ($99-1k/mo) for fintechs and researchers.