{
  "title": "Forex and CFD Broker Ledger",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "release_status": "provisional (v0, not yet human-checked)",
  "as_of": "2026-11-09",
  "firms_in_ledger": 33,
  "firms_read": 25,
  "firms_not_read": [
    "AvaTrade",
    "FP Markets",
    "Forex.com",
    "FxPro",
    "HFM",
    "ThinkMarkets",
    "Vantage",
    "XM"
  ],
  "claims_checked": 300,
  "claims_verified": 300,
  "claims_read_by_hand": 0,
  "sources_fetched": 160,
  "sources_ok": 137,
  "sources_blocked_or_failed": [
    "avatrade-accounts",
    "avatrade-home",
    "capital-com-help-deposits",
    "deriv-k-academy-api",
    "deriv-k-ctrader",
    "deriv-k-specs",
    "exness-accounts",
    "forex-com-accounts",
    "forex-com-funding",
    "forex-com-home",
    "fp-markets-accounts",
    "fp-markets-funding",
    "fp-markets-regulation",
    "fxpro-accounts",
    "fxpro-home",
    "hfm-home",
    "plus500-faq",
    "thinkmarkets-accounts",
    "thinkmarkets-home",
    "vantage-accounts",
    "vantage-home",
    "xm-accounts",
    "xm-home"
  ],
  "read_from": "United States network address, 2026-11-09",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "headline": "As of 9 November 2026, 19 of the 33 forex and CFD brokers in the ledger state a minimum deposit on their own pages, and 19 state a maximum retail leverage. We read the pages of 25; 8 blocked or did not answer our reader.",
  "headline_basis": "measured (each broker's own pages, saved and hashed on the check date); counts are judged arithmetic over those rows",
  "brokers_min_deposit_stated": [
    "Admirals",
    "Axi",
    "CMC Markets",
    "Capital.com",
    "Eightcap",
    "FBS",
    "FXPesa",
    "FXTM",
    "Global Prime",
    "IC Markets",
    "IG",
    "M4Markets",
    "Pepperstone",
    "RoboForex",
    "TMGM",
    "Tickmill",
    "XS.com",
    "XTB",
    "eToro"
  ],
  "brokers_leverage_stated": [
    "Admirals",
    "Axi",
    "CMC Markets",
    "FBS",
    "FXPesa",
    "FXTM",
    "Global Prime",
    "IC Markets",
    "IG",
    "JustMarkets",
    "M4Markets",
    "OANDA",
    "Pepperstone",
    "RoboForex",
    "TMGM",
    "Tickmill",
    "Ultima Markets",
    "XS.com",
    "XTB"
  ],
  "brokers_swap_free_stated": [
    "Admirals",
    "Axi",
    "Deriv",
    "Eightcap",
    "Exness",
    "FXTM",
    "IC Markets",
    "JustMarkets",
    "M4Markets",
    "RoboForex",
    "TMGM",
    "Tickmill",
    "XS.com",
    "XTB"
  ],
  "brokers_spread_stated": [
    "Admirals",
    "Axi",
    "Capital.com",
    "Deriv",
    "Eightcap",
    "FBS",
    "FXPesa",
    "FXTM",
    "Global Prime",
    "IC Markets",
    "IG",
    "M4Markets",
    "OANDA",
    "Pepperstone",
    "RoboForex",
    "TMGM",
    "Tickmill",
    "XS.com",
    "XTB",
    "eToro"
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Data only. 'Not stated' means the broker's pages we read do not say. It is not a finding either way.",
    "Values are for a standard retail account on the check date. Leverage and spreads depend on the company you sign up with and change often.",
    "Regulators are shown only as the broker states them. Check the register before you deposit.",
    "Who can open an account is shown only as the broker states it. Check the law where you live."
  ]
}