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How We Research, Write & Publish

Editorial Policy

Our editorial standards, fact-checking process, affiliate disclosure rules, and corrections policy — everything that governs how content is created on MarketFocus.

Core Principle

Editorial integrity is not negotiable. If a piece of content could be influenced by a commercial relationship, it must be restructured or reassigned.

Editorial Independence

MarketFocus maintains a strict separation between its editorial and commercial operations. Editorial staff do not have visibility into advertising or affiliate arrangements at the time of writing or scoring. Commercial staff do not review or approve editorial content before publication.

How We Review Brokers

Our broker reviews are based on direct, first-hand research. The methodology:

  • Live account testing: We open and fund real accounts with our own capital with every broker we review. Testing periods are a minimum of 60 days before a score is published.
  • Execution measurement: Order execution speed and slippage measured across a minimum 100-trade sample per broker.
  • Regulation verification: Every license claim verified directly on the relevant regulator's public register — FCA, ASIC, CySEC, DFSA.
  • Withdrawal testing: Real withdrawal requests submitted and processing times documented for each payment method.
  • Scoring formula: Regulation 25% · Trading Cost 25% · Execution 20% · Products 15% · Support 15%. Applied consistently to all brokers.

Affiliate Disclosure

MarketFocus earns revenue through affiliate commission arrangements with certain brokers. When a reader opens an account through a link on our site, we may receive a commission. This does not influence editorial content in any way.

  • Broker scores and rankings are determined exclusively by our editorial methodology, applied identically to all brokers regardless of commercial relationship.
  • We do not accept payment to publish positive reviews, change scores, or improve rankings.
  • We have published unfavorable reviews for brokers with whom we have affiliate arrangements.
  • Affiliate disclosures are placed prominently on every page where affiliate links appear.

Fact-Checking & Sourcing

All factual claims must be sourced to primary or authoritative sources: regulatory filings, central bank statements, official government statistical releases, BIS/IMF reports, or peer-reviewed research. Writers cite every non-trivial factual claim. Editors verify source accuracy before publication.

Corrections Policy

When errors are identified, we correct them promptly with a dated correction notice. We do not silently edit published articles. To report a factual error: editorial@marketfocus.net — subject: 'Correction Request'.

AI & Automated Content

MarketFocus does not publish AI-generated articles as final editorial content. All published content is written, reviewed, and verified by human editorial staff. Any article published under a named author has been written by that individual.