FXTopBrokers was founded in 2024 because we were fed up reading broker reviews that were really just paid advertisements. We decided to build the site we wished existed.
In 2024, Melbourne-based entrepreneur Norman Kurta got tired of reading broker comparison sites that were — let's be honest — just thinly veiled advertising. Every site ranked whichever broker was paying them the highest CPA. Negative reviews didn't exist. Independent testing certainly didn't.
Melbourne turned out to be the perfect place to build this. More ASIC-regulated brokers are headquartered here than anywhere else on earth — Pepperstone, IC Markets, FP Markets, Eightcap, Fusion Markets, and Go Markets are all based in the same city. Proximity means access. Access means better reviews.
So we built FXTopBrokers. The premise was simple: open real accounts, deposit real money, trade for at least 30 days, test withdrawals, contact support — then write what we actually found. No editorial exceptions. No broker paying to influence their score.
In our first year, we've reviewed over 208 brokers, deposited more than $20,000 in test funds, and built a specialist editorial team. We've published negative findings that cost us affiliate revenue. We've removed brokers from our top lists when their service declined. We've updated scores within hours of detecting meaningful changes.
We earn affiliate commissions. We're transparent about that. What we won't do is let it affect what we write.
Our commercial and editorial teams operate separately. No broker has ever influenced a rating by paying us, and none ever will. Negative findings are published regardless of commercial impact.
We deposit real capital and trade every broker. We test withdrawals with our own funds. No broker gets a review without a live account and a minimum 30-day testing period.
Broker conditions change constantly. We re-test every 90 days and update scores the same day a meaningful change is detected. Every date stamp on our reviews reflects the last actual test date.