The criteria, examined one by one
Three of the five tests carry their own page, because they are the ones forex providers fail most often. The full five-test method sits on the method page.
What the scorecard is really sorting
A reader almost never compares two near-identical services. In practice the choice is between types of provider — a messaging room, a copy-trading platform, a social caller, an aggregator, or an audited desk — and each type passes or fails the tests as a category. The scorecard's job is to make that structural difference legible, so a polished presentation cannot hide which category a provider belongs to. The table below sorts the field on the two tests that decide most reviews: was the call sealed before its outcome, and is the win rate shown with its full denominator.
| Provider type | Timestamped? | Denominator shown? | Why it sits there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messaging-app room | No | Rarely | The feed is editable end to end, so weak calls quietly disappear. |
| Copy-trading platform | Rarely | Sometimes | Results are logged, yet a single call is seldom proven on its own. |
| Social-media caller | No | No | Deletable posts paired with affiliate-funded incentives. |
| Aggregator / re-poster | No | No | Carries forward someone else's unchecked calls wholesale. |
| Automated / AI service | Sometimes | Backtest only | A simulated curve is not a live record, and no one signs it. |
| Audited, timestamped desk | Yes | Yes | A receipt per call, plus a witness outside the service. |
The bottom row is the only category to earn a tick in both columns, which is the structural case this review makes for its No. 1 — not that it is louder, but that it belongs to the one type a stranger can audit. Each of the three criteria below pulls a single test apart in detail.
Why these two columns decide most reviews
Two of the five tests carry most of the weight. Sealed before the close is impossible to add after the fact: either the calls were anchored in public before they resolved, or they were not, and no later tidying can move that line. Denominator shown is impossible to fake honestly: a win rate counts as evidence only once the full count of calls — every loser still in the tally — is printed right beside it. Pass both and a reader has something to take apart; fail either and the rest is decoration. The other three — a measured grade, outside corroboration and clean pricing — matter, but in practice they tend to ratify a verdict these two have already delivered rather than reverse it. So the table is sorted on the pair, and a provider with a glossy site, a busy room and a polished pitch can still come to rest in a row marked with two crosses.
The three tests with their own page
Sealed before the candle closed
Why a public timestamp is the test a fast forex call cannot argue its way around.
A re-runnable track record
What a real forex track record contains, and what a highlight reel quietly leaves out.
Grades that are measured
How an A-to-D conviction grade is calibrated against a model's own returns instead of a mood.
The remaining two tests — outside corroboration of the operator's skill and clean, public pricing — are covered on the method page, because corroboration is examined there against the competition and audit sources, and pricing is the quickest of the five to confirm.