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fxtraderrsa editorial

South Africa-based editorial team covering FX, indices, commodities, and broker microstructure. We review broker pages for spread accuracy, regulatory claims, and risk-disclosure language before publish.

Independent — no broker employmentCompliance review on every broker pageFSCA & offshore-licence literacyLive testing, not vendor docs

About

We cover institutional-grade FX research for a retail audience. Our editors come from bank desks, prop shops and execution-quality consultancies. We do not hold positions in broker stocks, do not receive bonuses tied to affiliate revenue, and have no relationship with any broker beyond test accounts.

Our editorial standards are published in full. If you spot an error, email us — corrections stay at the top of the affected article for 30 days.

Areas of expertise

Macro

FSCA policy

Cash-rate decisions, statement language, what "data-dependent" actually means.

Pairs

AUD crosses

Major and cross pairs from a South Africa perspective. Carry mechanics, rate divergence, intermarket flows.

Microstructure

Spread quality

How brokers report spreads vs what fills under stress. Slippage measurement methodology.

Regulation

CFD rules

Leverage caps, retail vs pro classification, what offshore licences mean for South Africa residents.

Platforms

MT5 & cTrader

Hands-on with both. Order types, DOM, expert advisor compatibility, fill behaviour.

Execution

Withdrawal speed

Tested broker withdrawals head-to-head with timestamps. Reproducible methodology.

Recent articles

Editorial commitments

No paid placements Brokers cannot pay to be reviewed, ranked higher, or have content edited. Affiliate links exist but do not affect ranking.
Live testing, not vendor docs Every spread, fill, and withdrawal time is measured on a real funded account. We publish methodology and raw data.
Compliance review on every broker page Compliance signs off on every regulator claim and risk-disclosure paragraph before publication.
Update dates are real "Updated" reflects substantive content changes only — not date-stamping for SEO. We log changes in the page footer.
Public corrections If we get something wrong, the correction stays at the top of the article for 30 days. We don't memory-hole.
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