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RANKED BY TRUST SCORE · UPDATED DAILY

Best CFD brokers.

The highest-scoring CFD and forex brokers on our board, ranked by trust score alone: regulation checked against the registers, withdrawal complaint history, platform quality and verified trader reviews. Safety first, spreads second.

10 RANKED · RE-RANKED DAILY · CHECKED 15 OCT 2026

  1. TOP PICK

    Exness

    8.0 / 10 LEGIT ✓ STRONGEST: CYSEC LICENCE 178/12 AND FCA LICENCE 730729 BOTH CONFIRMED ON-REGISTER
  2. 2
    7.9

    Capital.com

    CFD broker regulated by the FCA, ASIC and CySEC with gaps in its South Africa licensing    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: FCA LICENCE 793714 CONFIRMED, HELD BY CAPITAL COM (UK) LIMITED
  3. 3
    7.9

    FP Markets

    Multi-entity CFD and forex broker regulated by ASIC, CySEC and FSCA    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: ASIC LICENCE 286354 FOR FIRST PRUDENTIAL MARKETS PTY LTD, CONFIRMED ON REGISTER
  4. 4
    7.9

    IG

    Multi-jurisdiction CFD broker regulated by the FCA, DFSA and ASIC    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: THREE FCA LICENCES CONFIRMED LIVE: 195355, 944492, 114059
  5. 5
    7.9

    Pepperstone

    CFD broker offering multiple platforms and 1,444 instruments    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: ASIC AFSL 414530 IS CONFIRMED FOR PEPPERSTONE GROUP LIMITED
  6. 6
    7.8

    ActivTrades

    CFD broker regulated by the FCA, with additional licences in the EU, Mauritius and the Bahamas    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: FCA LICENCE 434413 CONFIRMED ON THE REGISTER FOR ACTIVTRADES PLC
  7. 7
    7.7

    XTB

    Multi-jurisdiction CFD broker regulated by FCA, CySEC, KNF and others    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: FCA LICENCE FRN 522157 CONFIRMED ACTIVE FOR XTB LIMITED
  8. 8
    7.6

    Deriv

    CFD broker operating multiple entities, one covered by an EU MFSA licence    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: MALTA MFSA LICENCE C 70156 CONFIRMED ON REGISTER, AN EU EEA-PASSPORTING LICENCE
  9. 9
    7.6

    Spreadex

    UK spread-betting and CFD broker authorised by the FCA since 2001    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: FCA LICENCE 190941 FOR SPREADEX LTD, CONFIRMED ON-REGISTER, AUTHORISED SINCE 2001
  10. 10
    7.5

    Admiral Markets

    UK and Cyprus regulated CFD broker running MetaTrader, TradingView and its own platforms    OK-ISH    STRONGEST: FCA LICENCE 595450 CONFIRMED ON THE REGISTER FOR ADMIRAL MARKETS UK LTD

This ranking is the live output of our scoring method: five criteria, verified at source, recomputed daily. No placement on this page is paid, and the ranking changes when the evidence does. The full catalogue is on the board, and the other rankings are crypto exchanges, prop firms and stock brokers.