Reviews, comparisons, and field guides. Each piece is the product of weeks of hands-on testing on funded accounts. Unranked here — sorted only by date.
Six weeks of hands-on use on funded accounts, across equities, futures, and crypto. Four platforms earned a recommendation. One incumbent is coasting. The full field guide.
By E. R. Hollings · Edited by M. Sato · 18 min · May 11, 2026
Six weeks across equities, futures, and crypto. Four platforms earned a recommendation. The honest field guide.
By E. R. Hollings · M. Sato · J. Okafor
An entire generation of FX traders learned on MT5. The next generation, increasingly, is not. Twenty brokers, four worthy alternatives.
By M. Sato · Edited by E. R. Hollings
The Schwab transition is finished. The retention story is not. Three platforms picking up the seasoned ToS expatriate, and one that does not.
By E. R. Hollings · Edited by M. Sato
DEX traders, perp desks, and on-chain analysts all want different things from a chart. The market has begun to split — and that's a good thing.
By J. Okafor · Edited by E. R. Hollings
The next pieces — replay simulators ranked, the case against your charting subscription, the broker-side execution methodology — are in the editor's queue.