{
  "title": "Stock Broker Ledger",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "release_status": "provisional (v0, not yet human-checked)",
  "as_of": "2026-10-22",
  "firms_in_ledger": 29,
  "firms_read": 29,
  "firms_not_read": [],
  "claims_checked": 458,
  "claims_verified": 458,
  "claims_read_by_hand": 0,
  "sources_fetched": 215,
  "sources_ok": 205,
  "sources_blocked_or_failed": [
    "fidelity-international",
    "fidelity-outside-us",
    "interactive-investor-account-opening",
    "interactive-investor-trading-account",
    "trading-212-home",
    "trading-212-interest",
    "trading-212-invest",
    "wealthsimple-fractional-help",
    "xtb-home",
    "xtb-int-fees"
  ],
  "read_from": "United States network address, 2026-10-22",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "headline": "As of 22 October 2026, 27 of the 29 stock brokers in the ledger state a commission for US shares on their own pages, and 28 state an investor protection scheme. We read the pages of 29; 0 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_us_commission_stated": [
    "AJ Bell",
    "CommSec",
    "DEGIRO",
    "Fidelity",
    "Firstrade",
    "Freetrade",
    "Hargreaves Lansdown",
    "Interactive Brokers",
    "Lightyear",
    "Public",
    "Questrade",
    "Robinhood",
    "Saxo",
    "SoFi Invest",
    "Stake",
    "Tiger Brokers",
    "Trade Republic",
    "TradeStation",
    "Trading 212",
    "Wealthsimple",
    "Webull",
    "Webull UK",
    "XTB",
    "eToro",
    "interactive investor",
    "moomoo",
    "tastytrade"
  ],
  "brokers_home_market_commission_stated": [
    "AJ Bell",
    "CommSec",
    "DEGIRO",
    "Fidelity",
    "Firstrade",
    "Freetrade",
    "Hargreaves Lansdown",
    "Interactive Brokers",
    "Lightyear",
    "Public",
    "Questrade",
    "Robinhood",
    "Saxo",
    "Scalable Capital",
    "SoFi Invest",
    "Stake",
    "Tiger Brokers",
    "Trade Republic",
    "TradeStation",
    "Trading 212",
    "Vanguard Investor UK",
    "Wealthsimple",
    "Webull",
    "Webull UK",
    "XTB",
    "eToro",
    "interactive investor",
    "moomoo",
    "tastytrade"
  ],
  "brokers_fx_fee_stated": [
    "AJ Bell",
    "CommSec",
    "DEGIRO",
    "Fidelity",
    "Freetrade",
    "Hargreaves Lansdown",
    "Interactive Brokers",
    "Lightyear",
    "Questrade",
    "Saxo",
    "Stake",
    "Tiger Brokers",
    "Trade Republic",
    "Trading 212",
    "Wealthsimple",
    "Webull UK",
    "XTB",
    "eToro",
    "interactive investor",
    "tastytrade"
  ],
  "brokers_protection_stated": [
    "AJ Bell",
    "CommSec",
    "DEGIRO",
    "Fidelity",
    "Firstrade",
    "Freetrade",
    "Hargreaves Lansdown",
    "Interactive Brokers",
    "Lightyear",
    "Public",
    "Questrade",
    "Robinhood",
    "Saxo",
    "Scalable Capital",
    "SoFi Invest",
    "Stake",
    "Tiger Brokers",
    "Trade Republic",
    "TradeStation",
    "Trading 212",
    "Vanguard Investor UK",
    "Wealthsimple",
    "Webull",
    "Webull UK",
    "eToro",
    "interactive investor",
    "moomoo",
    "tastytrade"
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Data only. 'Not stated' means the broker's pages we read do not say. It is not a finding either way.",
    "Fees are for a standard retail account on the check date; brokers change prices and run promotions.",
    "Regulation and investor protection are shown only as the broker states them.",
    "Who can open an account is shown only as the broker states it. Check the law where you live."
  ]
}