Every number should link to its receipt: the source, the date we read it and, where we have one, a saved copy.

Missing one? That's a bug: tell us.

Measured and judged

• MeasuredFrom a source, with its link and the date we read it.
• JudgedOur own estimate or view, labelled, with how we reached it.

Never mixed up. We never pass a judged figure off as measured.

Where data comes from

In order of preference:

• The firm's own pageAs a UK visitor sees it: visible text, not hidden markup.
• Regulators and courtsRegisters, published decisions, court records.
• The firm's announcementsArchived.
• Named mediaReputable financial or trade media, named and dated.
• Community reportsNever enough alone to publish a change in a firm's status.

Sources disagree? We use the one closest to the regulator or the firm's main UK page, and note the other.

How we collect

• Fixed-rule scriptsFirms' public pages, read with fixed rules. Every read is logged and dated.
• No getting around wallsNo bot-wall or log-in workarounds. A page we can't read comes from a public archive copy, or isn't used.
• Automatic stopsA figure that doesn't match its source text isn't published.

How we check

• Script readEvery figure, labelled "read by our script".
• Second automated read, CFD onlyCFD loss-rate figures get an independent second automated read. On 13 October 2026 it matched 16 of 31; each firm's page says what happened to the rest. Other datasets: not yet.
• Disagreements are flaggedNever silently overwritten. A figure changes only after a fresh read from a UK connection confirms it.

Never passed off as a person. Each page says how and when its figures were checked. None calls an automated read a person's check, or says a person re-read a figure unless one did.

Which checks each CFD loss-rate figure has had: CFD method page.

How we date

• Read date, not build dateEach figure shows when we read its source, not when the site was rebuilt.
• Unknown dates say soFor example "Q2 2024, exact date unconfirmed", never a guess.

Publishing gates

A page is built only if it passes its gate. Pages that fail aren't created, rather than published thin and hidden from search engines.

• Firm, broker or exchangeLegal entity and regulator from a primary source, plus at least one figure we collected, with its read date.
• Comparison (X vs Y)Both firms pass the firm gate, plus five or more comparable fields of our own data.
• Rules historyAt least one detected change, with before and after copies.
• "Best for X" listFive or more firms checked against their own terms, with a written method.

Judged. Our own thresholds, not an industry standard.

Live so far, each with its own method section:

• CFD loss-rate seriesEach provider's own loss figure. Its gate, and what it doesn't meet yet: see its method page.
• Crowd Gauge and Crowd Fear & GreedSmall traders' positioning from CFTC data, with a pre-registered backtest.
• Exchange Availability CheckerCrypto exchanges by US state, in their own words, and the UK.
• UK crypto licence trackerFCA status of crypto platforms used in the UK.
• Prediction Market CheckerKalshi, Polymarket and others by US state, with court and state actions.
• US Futures Prop Access LedgerFutures prop firms: US access, prices and payout terms.
• Prop pass and payout ratesEvery rate a prop firm prints on its own site.
• Fine Print IndexKey terms per futures prop firm: stated or not.
• Prop Firm Country CheckWhat each firm's restricted-country list says.
• Prop firm news rulesWhat each firm's pages say about trading the news.
• Economic calendarRelease dates from the publishers' own pages.
• Market hours and holidaysExchange hours and holidays from the exchanges' own pages.
• Trading journals comparisonTrading journal software, compared.
• India brokerage calculatorCharges from each broker's and regulator's own pages.

Every download, with field notes: open data.

Corrections

We fix errors when we find them or are told, and log every change to a figure or material fact on the corrections page.

Limits

• Not completeWe cover only what we can check.
• Terms changeFirms change terms without notice. Each figure's read date shows how current it is.
• Not adviceOur data isn't financial advice: see risk warnings.