CMC Markets, reviewed
The platform is the pitch at CMC, and the pitch is largely honest. What the density costs, what the small print says, and where the group's attention has wandered.
The Archive
Leverage limits, revisited
Eight years after ESMA's intervention, the UK's retail leverage caps read as permanent furniture. The 2026 steady state, summarised per the rulebook.
IG, reviewed
The incumbent of UK retail derivatives, read the way this desk reads everything: Register first, published pricing second, marketing last. The scale is real; so are the costs of it.
The authorised-broker landscape, 2026
FCA authorisation and FSCS protection remain the baseline for UK retail forex. A summary of what the FS Register actually tells you — and what it does not.
