Editorial methodology — LowSpreadBroker
How LowSpreadBroker verifies, sources and updates its low-spread broker reviews — venue-referenced sampling, not marketing banners. coverage. Primary sources, fact-checking process, and editor accountability.
Primary sources we read
Coverage on LowSpreadBroker is grounded in primary-source documents — not other people's blog posts. The sources we cite include:
- central-bank archives (Federal Reserve FRASER, BoE Quarterly Bulletins, ECB Working Papers, SNB historical statements)
- BIS Triennial Survey FX volume reports
- IMF Article IV consultation papers
- academic literature on currency crises (Plaza, Black Wednesday, Asian 1997, CHF unpeg 2015, Brexit, JPY 2022)
- broker Terms of Service and historical spread snapshots
- regulated venues (CME, ICE, EBS) settlement and tick data
- broker live spread feeds
- regulator disclosures on commission and markup (FCA, CySEC, ASIC)
How we verify a claim before publishing
Before a piece is published on LowSpreadBroker, the editor runs the following checks:
- We frame current market dynamics through the historical record — every claim about how a currency 'behaves under pressure' is backed by a dated event and a primary-source citation.
- We read the original central-bank statements, not the wire-service summary.
- Broker spreads and execution claims are checked against the venue (CME, EBS), not the broker's marketing material.
- Low-spread claims are sampled during London/NY overlap and checked against the broker's published Order Execution Policy.
How we keep coverage current
Regulator pages, broker T&Cs and platform behaviour change. We re-check each significant article at least quarterly, and immediately when a regulator publishes a new circular or a broker materially changes its Client Agreement. The 'last updated' date on each article reflects the most recent verification pass — not the original publish date.
Affiliate relationships and editorial line
LowSpreadBroker may earn affiliate commissions when readers open accounts through links on the site. Pages such as Privacy, Terms and this methodology page do not carry affiliate links. Reviews disclose affiliate relationships inline. Commercial relationships do not change the editorial conclusion — when a broker or platform fails verification, that is reported regardless of any partnership.
Editor and accountability
Michael Stevens is the editor of record. The editor is publicly contactable and maintains a profile at /about-author. Corrections requests are answered in writing.