Our review methodology – How we rate platforms

The members of our team are experts in the crypto and blockchain field with years of experience of trading and investing in blockchain projects. The people writing our platform reviews are dedicated to delivering world-class reviews to our visitors. The Trading Browser is built of crypto and trading enthusiasts that have a great passion for researching, analyzing, and writing about cryptocurrency-based trading platforms.

Our editorial team is experts in the cryptocurrency field and has several years of experience with crypto exchanges and other brokers for digital assets. We are well equipped with the knowledge to tell a bad actor from a good one and when we analyze an exchange we have a strict review method that we always follow in order to make sure we are not promoting a malicious company. You are the most important person for us and we do everything we can to select a legitimate business. When we select and review an exchange we always start with the security infrastructure to make sure that we can trust the exchange. Unless the platform can provide a stable security protocol we are not going to promote it. From here we go down the list of steps we take to make a full review, you can see all our steps in the list below.

Please see our expert review criteria for each platform.

Security

Security is the most important factor in our eyes. Some important security factors are government regulation, 2FA verification, crypto wallet address whitelist, biometric log in, email withdrawal veryfication, and backup insurance.

Regulation

This is the most important aspect of a trading platform. Only regulated brokers can receive an Excellent rating. With a government regulation comes increased safety features and insured customer funds.

Products

More products means more trading opportunities. The best brokers offer a wide variety of instruments to reach a wider audience. Operators with more markets to trade will receive a higher rating.

Funding Methods

See our review to find out which payment methods are accepted on each exchange. For example, VISA, Mastercard, Bank transfer, PayPal, or any other exotic funding method will be displayed on our review page.

Fees

Trading fees are the biggest costs for any trader. When we review brokers we will adjust the rating according to the cost of doing business on the platform. High rated platforms will be cheaper to use.

Special features

Negative balance protection, trading signals, social trading, demo account, professional trading account, short selling, performance analytics, and real stop loss are extra utility that will increase the rating.

Trading tools

One click trading, trading calculators, automated trading, market analysis, and advanced charting are tools that will help traders trade more efficiently. Brokers with a high rating has more tools to use.

Best for

Our experts will recommend a trading platform to a certain group of traders, for example, day traders, investors, or all traders. Choose the perfect platform that suits your style of trading.

Charting Interface

Without a great charting interface you will not be able to operate as a dedicated trader. Most investors rely on a professional platform to do a full technical analysis. In our review you can see all interfaces of each platform.

Support

Good support channels are very important for traders to feel comfortable trading or investing on an exchange. We always test all channels for each platform. For some extraordinary platforms we add the "Professional Support" badge when the live chat is fast and accurate.

Availability

Many exhcange have banned certain countries that they think don't fit the profile or that they just can't do business with due to political reasons. In our review you can see all restricted countries for each exchange.

Supported Devices

Today traders and investors use smartphones, tablets, and desktops to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Check our review page to see if your favorite device is supported.

Language

Trading Browser is visited by crypto investors from all corners of the world and we know that it is important for each user to find an excchange with their lanugage. On our review page you will see all languages supported for each platform.

Company

Our editorial team make sure to do a deep dive and find out who is running an exchange and if they are trustworthy. The exchanges promote are always backed by a great team!

Order Types

Order selection is one of the most important factors when it comes to entering and exiting the market. Some traders require more complex order types to execute good and safe trading.

Limits

Not matter if you are a large or small investor you should always know the limits of the exchange. We always show the minimum deposit, minium withdrawal, and the maximum withdrawal limit.

If you have further questions regarding our review methods and how we rate platforms please contact us at: contact@tradingbrowser.com.